UNITED NATIONS

General Assembly

Dist. GENERAL A/46/522 18 October ORIGINAL: 1991 ENGLISH

Forty-sixth session Agenda item 13 REPORT OF TRE SPECIAL COMMITTEETO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES AFFECTING TNE RUMAN RIGRTS OF TRR PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND OTRRR ARABS OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES lvote bv the SecretThe Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the men&era of the General Assembly the twenty-third report of tbe Special Connnittee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Ruman Rights of the PalestinLan People ana Other Arabs of the Occupied Territorie8, which was submitted to him in accordance with paragraphs 20 and 21 of Assembly resolution 45/74 A of 11 December 1990. The present report should be considered Logetber with the Special Carrmfttee's periodic reports (A/46/65 aad A/46/282). which were transmitted to the members of the Qeneral Asaemblg oa 1 Iebruary and 30 August 1991, respectively.

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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . ..**.......................... ORGANIZATION OF WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MANDATE ..-........................................... INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE RECEIVED BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. General 1.
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HAP SSoWI%XSRARLX SRTRLRMRRTSRSTARLISRRD, PLARRRDORURDRR CORSTRUCTIUR IN TRS TSRRITORISS OCCUPISD SIXCS 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . .

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AI461522 Angtfsh Page 4 LETTER OF TR~~SMITTAG 22 August 1991 Sir, The Special Cormnittee to Investiyate Israeli Practices Affecti.ng the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of t&e Occupied Territories bas the honour to trans7nit herewith its twenty-third report, prepared in accordance with General Assembly resolutions concerning the Special Convnittee end, in particular, resolution 2443 (XXIII) of 19 December1968, by which the Special Committee was ebtablisbe& and resolution 4504 A of 11 0ecember 19Y0, the lstest resolutjsn by which the General Assembly renewed its mandate. This report covers the period from 1 September 1990 to 22 August 1991. The report is based on oral information received by the Special Committee through testimonies of persons having first-hand experience of the human rights situation in the occupied territories, as well as written information gathered from various sources. Written information concerning the period from 1 September to 30 November 1990 is reflected in the periodic report which the Special Cossnittee presented to you on 10 January 1991 (A/46/65): written information cohcerning the period from 1 December1990 to 31March 1991 is reflected in the periodic report which the Special Cormnittee presented to you on 4 June 1991 (A3/46/282) in accordance with paragraphs 20 and 21 of General Assembly resolution 45/74 A. Frun amongthese oral and written sources of information, the Special Ccaswittee has included in its report* relevant excerpts and sussnariea. For the purpose of collecting oral testiraonier the Special Committee again organised hearings that wore held at Duaascus, &xsau, Cairo and Geneva. The Special Cornittee continued to monitor rtatasants hy membersof the Oovernxent of Iarael reflecting the policy ot that Gcverment in the occupied territorier and reportr on mea8ur*s t8kao to iaplernent that policy. The Special Colraittee further noted the letter8 addro88ad to you and to the President of the Security Council during the period of this report relating to the mandate of the Special Cuxaittee, circulated as documenta of the Goneral Assembly and the Security Councfl, and rocdvod information from organisations and intlividuslr on various aspects of the situ&ion in the occnpied tmrritoriex. In carrying out its mandate, the Special Coamrittes benefited frmn the cooperatiom of the Gcvwmtentw of Egypt, Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic and from the cooperation of Palestinian reprerentativea. The Govermaent of Israel has continued to ignotb reguerts for cooperation addrecaed to it.
Bie Ixcellency Hr. Javier P&fez de Cu&lar

Secretary-General Uew York

of the United Uations

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In preparing its report the Special Committee has attempted to put before you a composite picture of the reality in the occupied territories as it affects the human rights of the civilian population. By this lwttwr the Special Connnittee wishes to draw your attention to a number of aspects that deserve particular mention. The information contained in the twenty-third rwport of the Special Committee reflects the further deterioration, in the couraw of recent months, of the human rights situation in the occupied territories, already critical since the beginning of the uprising and its repression threw and a half years ago. This dramatic situation stems basically from the illegal measures of annexation and persistent settlement policy pursued by the Government of Israel since 1967, which, together with occupation in itself, constitutes a grave violation of basic human rights, giving rise to the fierce determination of the Palestinian and other Arab civilians to oppose this policy. The outbreak of the Gulf crisis and the ensuing war have led to increasingly repressive policies and practicws by the occupying Power. The Palestinian and othwr Arab population in the occupied territories has continued to suffer a heavy toll of casualties. Harsh methods have continued to be implemented by the Israeli authorities in trying to quell tbe popular uprising. Disproportionate force has been used against the civilian

population,
losses

including live
and severe

of life,

tear-gas inhalation

ammunition and other cruel meansof inflicting injuries have resulted from shooting, beating, and other causws.

Various elements have considwrahly added to the suffwring of a population living below tbe poverty line and exposed to severe physical and psychological stress. ?unong these factors, mention should be made of tbe prolonqed and continuous curfas imposed upon tbe Arab population of the occupied territories in particular during and after tbe gulf war, and the severe deprivations resulting from tbw difficult access to basic needs such as food and msUfcs1 treabnwnt during long periodsr the dmssqeinflicted upon the agriculture and the loss of income of several thousand Arab workers as a result of curfews or restrictive ID regulations severely limiting freedom of movementinside and outside the occupied territories; tbs deliberate policy of economic pressure characterised by search snd arrest operations during tbe collection of tasws. property swisure and tree uprootingr and the systematic resort to house demolitions as a collective punislsnent.
Acts of aggression committed by Israeli settlers against Arab civilisns have also contributed to a further dwterioration of tbe climate of fear and tension in tbe occupied territoriws. Ibis tension cannot but increwe in visn of the new impetus given by the Israeli authorities to tbeir annexation policy. Tbw rwcwnt creation of new swttlements, in particular in the Jerusalsm arwa, and the declared intention to establish further settlsments and increase drastically tbe settler population in the near future (including through tbe settlement in the occupied territories of recently arrived Jewish immigrants) on the one band, and tbe various measures of harassment taken I...

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against the other hand, composition Palestinian population to incite it to leave to indicate a deliberate will to modify of the occupied territories.
seem

its homeland on the the demographic

In the same contert, the recent period has also witnessed a resumption of the policy of expelling Palestinians from the occupied territories for alleged security reasons. This practice, which had come to a temporary halt for a few in spite of a wave of international protests and months, has been reactivated in violation of relevant provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The civilian population has been confronted with increasing restrictions affecting all aspects of life in the occupied territories: restrictions on freedom of movement have contributed to a considerable decrease in the number of persons allowed to cross the border to the neighbouring countries and have even affected travel inside the occupied territories, particularly to Jerusalem. Freedom of expression and religion have also been affected by severe limitations. In the field of education, the prolonged closures which have continued to affect a number of universities, schools and even kindergartens, the denial of proper educational facilities and the harassment of teachers and students seem to Ldicate the implementation, by the occupation authorities, of a deliberate policy aiming at a lowering of the previously high standard of education, the eCfects of which are already evident in the-decline of the educational level, in particular among young children. The administration of justice in the occupied territories has also been

of humanrights standards. Several thousand Palestinians, including minors ~ii women, have been or continue to be detained in various prisons and detention centres, sometimes inside Israel itself, often as a measure of preventive or administrative detention. Many exemples illustrate the fact that legal guaraute*s, including the right to a fair trial, are often denied to Palestinians, whereas Israelis charged with killing or ill-treating Arab cfrilians seemin contrast to have usually benefited from relative leniency from the authorftf*s. l%u critics2 conditions of detsntfon have continued to he a rzwe of 8wero concern, owing in particular to repeated allegations of torture and 8yatsseatic ill-treabesnt of prisoners, including minors. The Special Comaittee has endeavoured, within ths constraints impo8ed by of cooperation from Israel, to provide in its pstiodic reports tuwl L/46/282) and the present twnty-third report a faithful picture of the situation of human rights in the occupisd territories. The particular circumstances faced by the Arab population during the period under review ad the constant deterioration of its living conditions represent a serious challenge for the international coexeunity, already confronted with dramatic developllsnts in the area during the recent period. In or&r to avoid anOther major explosion in the region, the international comuuity needs to renew it* efforts to convince Israel that it should put ea cud to itc practices affecting the hureanrights situation in the occupied territories. the
lack (A/46/65

marked by a deterioration

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A/46/522 English Page 7 The Special may contribute to for a solution to occupied territories fundamental human Committee reiterates its sincere hope that the further mobilizing the international community the plight of the Palestinian people and other which would guarantee the full enjoyment of rights. and on my own behalf, present report in its search Arabs of the their the

Accept, Sir, on behalf of my colleagues assurances of our highest consideration.

Stanley W&PAGE Chairman of the Special Conrnittee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories

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A/46/522 English Page 8 I. INTRODUCTION

1. The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories was established by the General Assembly in resolution 2443 (XRIII) of 19 December 1968. By that the Assembly decided to establish the Special Committee, composed resolution, of three Member States: requested the President of the Assembly to appoint the members of the Special Committee: requested the Government of Israel to receive the Special Committee, to cooperate with it and to facilitate its work; requested the Special Committee to report to the Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever the need arose thereafter; and requested the Secretary-General to provide the Special Cormnittee with all the necessary facilities for the performance of its task. 2. The Special Committee is composed as follows: Mr. Stanley Kalpagi, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, Chairman: Mr. Alioune Sene, Ambassador of Senegal at Bern and Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations Office at Geneva; Mr. Dragan Jovanic, advocate, Yugoslavia. 3. At the meetings of the Special Cossnittee held from 21 May to 4 June 1991, Mr. Mamadou Mansour Diop, First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations Office at Geneva attended as the representative of Senegal on 21 May, and Hr. Chams Eddine N'Doye, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Senegal to Egypt, from 23 May to 4 June. Since October 1910, the Special Connnittee has submitted 22 reports. 11 4. Thesr reports were discussed in the Special Political Ccxmmittee, which then reportsd to the General Assembly. 21 On the recommendation of the Special Political Cosxnittee, the Assembly adopted resolutions 2727 (XXV) of 15 December 1970, 2851 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971, 3005 (XXVII) of 15 December 1972, 3092 A and B (XXVIII) of 7 December 1973, 3240 A to C (XXIX) of 29 November 1974, 3525 A to D (XXX) of 15 Docamber 1975, 311106 A to D of 16 Decasher 1976, 32/91 A to C of 13 December 1977, 331113 A to C of 18 December 1978, 34/90 A to C of 12 Does&et 1979, 35/122 A to ? of 11 December 1980, 36/147 A to G of 16 Decaabor 1981, 37/88 A to G of 10 December 1982, 38/79 A to H of 15 Docsmber 1983, 39195 A to H of 14 December 1984, 40/161 A to G of 16 December 1985, 41163 A to G of 3 December 1986, 42/160 A to G of 8 Decea&er 1987, 43158 A to G of 6 Decenther 1988, 44148 A to G of 8 December 1989 and 45174 A of 11 December 1990. 5. The present report has baen prepared in accordance with General Assmbly resolutions 2443 (XXIII), 2546 (XXIV), 2727 @XV), 2851 (WI). 3005 (=II), 3092 B (XEVIII). 3240 A and C (XXIX), 3525 A and C (XXXj. 311106 C and De 32/91 B and C, 33013 C, 34/90 A to C, 35/122 C, 36/147 C, 37188 C. 38179 D, 39/95 D, 40/161 D, 41/63 D, 421160 D. 43/58 A, 44/48 A and 45174 A.

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6. The Special contained in its 7.

ORGAWIKATIOW OF WORK the rules z/ the General of procedure Assembly:

Committee continued its work under first report to the Secretary-General. 45174
A

In its

resolution

of 11 December

1990,

"20. Reuuesb the Special Conumittee, pending early termination of the Israeli occupation, to continue to investigate Israeli policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, to consult, as appropriate, with the International Con'rnittee of the Red Cross in order to ensure that the welfare and human rights of the peoples of the occupied territories are safeguarded and to report to the Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever the need arises thereafter: "21. Also reaw the Special Secretary-General periodic reports occupied Palestinian territory; Committee to submit regularly to the on the present situation in the

"22. FRrther rBQUBBtO the Special Committee to continue to investigate the treatment of prisoners in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967".

8. Mr. Stanley Kalpagi replaced blr. Daya Perera as Chairman of the Special Committee as at 18 March 1991. The Special Committee held the first of its series of meetingn 10 January 1991 at Geneva. The actfvitfss of the Special CMittee those meetings are reflected in document A/46/65 (parae. 4-11).
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from 7 to during

10. The Governments of Egypt, Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic as veil as the Observer for Palestine subsegwntly responded to the Special Cosrnittee's rsgwst for coopsration (see A/46/66, psra. 6), reconffmisg tluir rsadiwss to continue cooperating xith the Special Cosmsittse. 11. On 28 March 1991, the Chairman of the Special Committee addressed a cable to the Secretary-General in which he conveyed the deep concern of the Special Cosusittee about the decision of the Israeli authorities to deport four Palestinians from the territories occupied by Israel. The Special Cosrnittee 6trsS66d that Wi6 deci6ion ra6 in flagrant contradiction of all relevant legal norms and standards, and in particular the provision6 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. The Special Consaittee requested the Secretary-G6wral to bring it6 srpression of concern to the attention of the Isrwlf authorities. 12. The+Special Cozmsittee held a series of meetings at Geneva (21 May 1991). (23-24 Way 1991), kimas (25-30 Yay 1991) and Cairo (f-4 June 1991). At these meetings, the Special Cassnittes essmined information on developents
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A/46/522 English Page 10 occurring in the occupied territories between December 1990 and March 1991. It had before it a number of cormnunications addressed to it by Governments, organisations and individuals in connection with its mandate. The Special Cormxittee took note of several letters addressed to it by the Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations Office at Geneva on matters related to its mandate. At Demascus. Armran and Cairo the Special Committee heard testimonies of persons just returned from or living in the West Bank, the Gasa Strip and the occupied Syrian Arab Golan concerning the situation in those territories. 13. At Damascus the Special Cormnittee was received by Mr. Najdi El-Jacear, Director, International Organisations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was presented with a report concerning the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Arab Golan. During its stay in the Syrian Arab Republic, the Special Committee visited the town of Quneitra and was presented with information on Israeli practices against the Syrian Arab citixens in the occupied Golan. The Special Conxnittee also met Mr. Mohannnad Abu Zarad, Director of the General Committee of Palestinian Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic. 14. At Amman the Special Committee was received by the Minister for Foreign Afiairs, Mr. Taher Al-Masri. It also conducted consultations with Mr. Ahmed Qatanani. Director, Department of Occupied Territories Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was presented with a report on the During its situation in the occupied territories prepared by that Department. stay at Annnan the Special Comnittee met with members of the Executive Committee of the Palestine National Council. The Speoial Committee received from the Departments of Occupied Territories Affairs and of General and Higher Bducation of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) a series of reports aud atatirtics on tbe situation in the occupied tsrritorier. The Spscial Costmittee visited the Islaic Hospital and ths Falestiafau Hospital, as well as the Air+ Huarsin Bridge. Tbs Special Cosmittee also visited ths Association for the Protection of Children of Palestinian Martyrs whsre it mat Mrs. Intisar Bl-Uassir, Head of the Association. 15. At Cairo tbs Special Cmittee ~58 received by the Minister for ?oroign Affairs, Xr. Astr ifousra. It also stst with &lx. Moair &bras, Director, Intsruationdl Organisation5 Affairs Department, and Mr. Ibrahis Mostafa, Director, Palestinian Affairs Dspartwnt of the Mnistry of Foreign Affairs. The Special Caxsittee also met Uajor-General Salma, Goveruor-Gewral of Gasa, and Mr. Ba% lIaral. the Palestinian hpresentative in Cairo. It also visit54 the Palestinian Red Crescent Hospital where it met Dr. rathi Arefat, Chairm8~ Tim Special Comittee was also received by of th51 Palestinian Red Crescent. Mr. Ha&Ii Bostafa el Radi, Deputy Secretary-Gsneral of ths League of Arab State5 end other official5 of the League. 16. The Special Comsittee exaniaed aud completed a periodic report (A/46/282) updating information contained in its previour periodic report (A/46/66). It decided that tuq further infomation and l vi&ace relwant to fts mandate would bs reflected, togethsr with its coaclu8ions, in the present report of the Special Cosmittee.

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11. On 4 June 1991, the Chairman of the Special Committee Secretary-General its periodic report (A/46/282) covering 1 December 1990 to 31 March 1991. That report was based information gathered from various sources among which the had selected relevant excerpts and summaries, which were report.

transmitted to the the period from on written Special Committee reflected in the

10. The Special Committee met again at Geneva from 19 to 22 August 1991. At the Special Committee examined information on developments these meetings, occurring in the occupied territories from April to August 1991. It had before it a number of communications addressed &o it by Governments, organieations and individuals in connection with its mandate, as well as records of testimonies collected during its previous series of meetings. The Special Committee took note of several communications addressed to it by the Permanent Representatives of Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva on matters related to its mandate, The Special Committee also heard and examined the testimony of two witnesses. It examined and completed the present report on 22 August 1991. III.
MANDATE

19. The General Assembly, in its resolution 2443 (XXIII), entitled "Respect for and implementation of human rights in occupied territories", decided to establish a Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of tbs Occupied Territories, composed of three Member States. In its resolution 44148 A, the General Ammemblp decided to change the nameof the Special Cosmnitteeto "Special Comnnitteeto Lnve8tigate Israeli Pcactfcem Affecting the Human Right8 of the Palmmtinian People and Other Arabs
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of the Occupimd 21.

Territoriem".
practice8

The mndmtm of the Specfal Cmittee, am met out in remolution 2443 OKl11) and mubmequent rmsolutioamr warn9~0 invmmtigate Iaruli affecting the humanrights of the population of the occupied torritoriem".
22.

In intmrpreting

its

mandate,

the Special CoPrsittee dmtemined that:
am

the Gama Strip and the Sinai Following the implementation of the Egyptian-Israeli Agremmmnt on Disengagementof Force8 of ia Jmnamry 1974 and thm Agr88mmnt on Dimmngmgmmbmnt between Imramli and Syrian Forces of 31 Xay 1974, the demarcation of the areas undar occupation was altered as indicated in the maps attached to those agremmentm. The aream of Rgyptimm territory under Israeli wilitaq occupation were furtJmr modified in accordance ~5th the Trosty of Peace between tbm Arab

(a) The territories to be conmidarmd the areas under Israeli occupation, nwly, the West Bank (including Lamt Jerumalam).

occupied terrftoriem the occupied Byrian Arah

r*f*rred

to

Golan,

Peninsula.

Republic of Rgypt and the State of Israel, which warnmigzamd 26 #arch on 1979 and which case into force on 25 April lF79. on 25 April 2982, the Rgyptian territory remaining under Israeli nilitary occupation warn remtitutmd to the
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Government of Egypt in accordance with agreement. Thus, for the purposes of be considered as occupied territories occupation, nemely, the occupied Syrian East Jerusalem, and the Gasa Strip.

the provisions of the aforementioned the present report, the territories are those remaining under Israeli Arab Golan, the West Bank, including

to

(b) The person8 covered by resolution 2443 (XXIII) end therefore the subject of the investigation of the Special Committee were the civilian population residing in the areas occupied as a result of the hostilities of June 1967 and those persons normally resident in the areas that were under occupation but who had left those areas because of the hostilities. However, the Conxnittee noted that resolution 2443 (XXIII) referred to the "population" without any qualification as to any segment of the inhabitants of the occupied territories. (c) The "human rights" of the population of the occupied territories consisted of two elements. namely, those rights which the Security Council referred to as "essential and inalienable human rights" in its resolution 237 (1967) of 14 Junr 1967 and, secondly, those rights which found their basis in the protection afforded by international law in particular circumstances such as military occupation and, in the case of prisoners of war, capture. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 3005 (XXVII), the Special Cormeittee was also required to investigate allegations concerning the exploitation and the looting of the resources of the occupied territories, the pillaging of the archaeological and cultural heritage of the occupied territories, and interference in the freedom of worship in the Boly Place8 of the occupied territories. The "policies" and "practices" affecting human right8 that the scope of invegtigation by the Special Cmittee referred, of spolicierw, to any course of action conrciou8ly adopted and Ooverzwmnt of Israel a8 part of it8 declared or undeclared intent1 (d) came in the

pur8ued by the while npractiee8*B referred to tiw8e 8ction8 which, frre8pective of rAether or not they were in implementation of a policy, reflected a pattern of behaviour on the part of the Israeli authoritie8 toward8 the civilian population in the occupied arear. The geographical nme8 a8 W8dl a8 the tOmhOlogy 8?1@Oyad in the prO8Ont report reflect the usage in the original Iource and 60 not imply the expre88ion of any opinion wbatroevar on the part of the Special Comittee the Secretariat of the United latioa8. 23.
Since international it8 inCaptiOn inStrUUOnt8 the in Special

within ca8e

or

Cosmfttee ham intetprOtiRg and carrying
Eations; of Wxnan aightsr to the

relied out

on it8

th8 following mandates

(a) (b)

The Charter The Unfver8al

of the United Declaration

(c) The Geneva Convention relative in The of War, of 12 August 1949; s/

Protection

of Civilian

Person8

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A/46/522 English Page 13 (d) The Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949; 51 Event relative to the Treatment of Prisoners Property of War, in the

(e) The Hague Convention for the Protection of Armed Conflict, of 14 May 1954; 61

of Cultural

(f) The Hague Conventions Customs of War on Land; 11 --

of 1899 and 1907 respecting

the Laws and and the

(g) The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. a/

24. The Special Committee has also relied on those resolutions relevant to the situation of civilians in the occupied territories adopted by United Nations organs, the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights, as well as the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organieation (UNESCO), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO). IV. INFORMATICRf AND EVIDENCE RECEIVED By TEE SPECIAL CmITPEE its mandate, the Special Connnittec has

25. In the course of carrying out relied on the following sources: (a) The testimony of persons of the population in the occupied (b) rrsponmible

with first-hand territoriest

knowledge of the situation
of pronoUncement by

Reports in the Israeli prom, including persons in th8 Government of Israel:

(c) mports appearing in other news media, incloding th8 Ar8b leaguag8 press published in the occupied territories in Israel and the international press. The Special Conmittee also received writton rtataa8otr Govermmnts of Jordan and the Syrian Ar8b Republic and frm Palestine.
26. from the the Obrerver

for

27. The Goverment of Jordan has provided th8 Special Comittee ritb various monthly reports on Israeli settlemsnt operation8, land confiscation fmd attacks on Arab citirens and their property. It bar also subslitted a report oa Israeli violations of humaarights in the occupied West Bask and Gasa Strip prepared by the Depar&eent of Palestinian Affairs of the ministry of Foreign Affairs and covering the period from 31 January 1990 to 15 Hay 1991. The present report contain8 information and data OB meMute of collective plll%i&YWBt, land coBfi8cation, the establishment of n8w 8@tthl!SOBt& attacks on had, stea8ures and practices affecting Arab civilians and thdr propertie (such a8 incident8 affecting religiOU8 site8. attacks on social and aunicipal
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English Page 14 refugee camps, practices against education), the administration of justice, restrictions to freedom of movement, expulsions, the treatment of prisoners, the demolition and sealing of houses, and the killing of Arab civilians. The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic has provided the Special26. Committee with a report prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories. That report deals in particular with Israeli practices in the Syrian Arab Golan. It refers to "the continuous Israeli policy of occupation aimed at annexing the Golan and Judaising it by encouraging settlements there". It provides information on the recent attempts to promote settlements in the Golan and to increase the number of settlers there: it further refers to the takeover of land from Syrian Arab citizens in the Golan and to the Israeli practice of setting fire to agricultural land in the Golan; it also contains information and data on the seizure of water resources and the heavy taxes imposed for the exploitation of irrigation water. The report provides information on the economic and social changes that have affected the living conditions of the Syrian Arab citizens in the area and have resulted in a deterioration in agriculture, industry and education, as well as unfair and extremely precarious working conditions for Arab workers and a serious worsening of the health situation. The report also refers to the systematic destroying of the Syrian national heritage in the Golan, including illegal archaeological excavations and looting of It further deals with various humanrights violations in the antiquities. occupied Syrian Golan, including killing, the use of force to quell demonstrations and to break strikes, and deficiencies in the administration of The report has been circulated as an official document of the justice. General Assembly (A/46/284).
29. The Special Coernittee also received documenta sulxaitted by various departmoW of the PLO. bong these docteseater mention can be redo of the report submitted by the Department of general end Higher Education, which deals with lome of the Israeli occupation authorities' practices against education in the occupied territories during the period from Xay 1990 until the end of April 1991, such a8 school cloeuree, the harassment of teechere and studente, school raids and the us* of echoole u military herracks. Another report eube&tted by the DeperWnt of Occupied !territotiee Aff6ire concorns the Ieraeli occupation euthoritiae' practices egeinet tlm city of Jeruoelem in the pretext 3990-1991. Tbet report mentions a nue@erof eweeuree taken uuder of l n8uring l ecurity in the city: it provides a liet of Paloetiniane killed in Jeruealem since the etart of the popular uprieingt it give8 exqlee of Israeli practicee against individual8 and their propeztiee. It eleo refers to recent meeeuree lie4iting the freeof movementof Peleetinieue to and from The report further mention8 measure8 of harassment of l tudente end Jerusalem. practices against the Palestinian prees , mainly based in Jerusalem. It provides l xmeplee of Israeli attempts to eeiee Arab-owned land in Jmruealesn and of the policy of expanding l sttleewnte in the Jerueelem area as a mstter of priority; it refer8 to the demolition end eeieure of houeeer it ale0 deal8 with the activities of Jewish religious groups in Jerusalem. and refers to the Israeli policy aimed et changing Jerueelem'e demographic belenco in favour of Another report, eubaittod by the Department of the Jenieh population.

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English Page 15 Occupied Territories Affairs, deals with Israeli practices against the territories occupied in 1967: it refers to the situation of the Palestinian people under curfew during the Gulf war: it provides a list of land confiscated from 25 April 1990 to 27 April 19918 it refers to expulsions and house demolitions. Other problems mentioned in the report include the Jewish immigration, settlements and land seieure, the situation of workers in the occupied territories, as well as the economic situation after the Gulf crisis.

30. In addition, the Special Connnittee received written information fron. intergovernmental organisations such as relevant specialised agencies, United Nations organs and regional organisations, as well as non-governmental organisations, individuals and Governments on the situation in the occupied territories. At its meetings, the Committee had before it several communications addressed to it directly or referred to it by the Secretary-General from sources outside and inside the occupied territories. Where necessary, the Committee has followed up information contained in these communications.
Committee undertook a series of hearings at Damascus, Annnan 31. The Special and Cairo during its meetings from 21 May to 4 June 1991. At these meetings, the Special Committee heard the testimony of 41 persons having first-hand knowledge of the human rights situation existing in the occupied territories. These testimonies are contained in documents AfAC.145lRT.556 and 557. 559 to 567 and 569 to 571 and are reflected below. During its meetings at Geneva the Special Committee also heard on 19 August 1991 the testimony of two Israeli witnesses from the Association of Israeli-Palestinian Physicians for Bumen Rights. These testimonies are contained in document A/AC.145/RT.573 and are reflected below.
32.

The Special Comittee has taken particular
presr that has not been

care to rely on information
contradicted by the

appearing in the Israeli Goverrxaent of 18rael.
33.

W following paragrapha contain a 8mary the Special Cosmittee divided aa follow68 (a) fb) (cf
(d) (e) (f)
34.

of the information

exclrfned by

General oituationr
Adminirtration
of

justice,

includixg

tha right

to a fair

trial)

Treatment of civilians~
Treatment Annexation Information of detainees:

and settlement;
concerning

the occupied

Syrian

Arab

Golan.

This information has been divided into oral evidence and written information. fn order to caaply with reatrfctionm oa the volw of docunrntatfon now enjoined upon United sations reports, the Special Cmittea /...

A/46/522 English Page 16 has endeavoured to present this information Oral evidence, for which a form possible. available in documents A/AC.145/RT.556 and has been condensed to a general indication The report also attempts to summarise written is reflected in more detail in documents of available on file in the secretariat.
A. General .

in the most compact and concise full record of testimonies is 557, 559 to 567, 569 to 571 and 573 of the contents of such records. information. This information the Special Cormnittee. which are

.

1. Written m * *

-1

devele

DO-

35. On 1 April 1991, it was reported that the security cabinet (the Government Ministers in charge of security matters) had approved a series of deterrent and preventive measures to curb the wave of stabbings and other attacks by Arabs entering Israel from the territories. The measures were laid down the previous week by a joint team of Defence Ministry and Police Ministry officials, with the concurrence of the Justice Ministry. It was decided to continue, and possibly increase, the policy of deportation of Palestinians suspected of incitement to violence, and the policy of demolishing or sealing the homes of Palestinians involved in stabbing attacks and other terrorist Preventive measures decided upon included stricter criteria for activities. the issue of entry penaits from the territories into Israel. The security cabinet also endorsed a restriction that had been in effect for a few reeks, whereby Palestinians from the territoriee could travel to Israel only by public trausport or in vehicles supplied by their mployers, and not in their own cara. Btarting in mid-Hay 1991, employer8 hiring Palestinian8 from the territorier without an official work p8rmit is8ued by tba government employment 8ervice would be b8avily fined. The open-fire inetructione for civilian8 and defence per8onn81 wet8 not cheng8d, d8rpite public cells by th8 Police Minirrter to authori8e 8booting-to-kill during t& cour8e of a rtebbiag. The cabinet al80 refrainmY from spprwiag more dre8tic mea8ure8 propored by Mini8ter8 Ariel Shmon, Refeel Ritan and Rehavm Ze'evi. They had prOpo88d to 8Stpe1 8BtirO fmiliO8 Of PtiOltieiM8 involved in 8tabbiq attack8 On I8raOli8, t0 am Pal88tiniaXl OppOBMt8 Of th8 PIX) and t0 iapo80 COll8CtiVO p,,ni8b,W,t on Vi11a988. (w, B, 1 April 1991) 36. On 29 April 1991, it we8 reported that the 88curity autboritie8 end Civil Actmini8tration approved a plsn that We8 to be implemented rhortly, COn8i8tin9 of housing refugees from Jebalia and Shati' cemps in new howe8. to be built

* Information on thi8 8ubject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 Hov8mb8r 1990 i8 to b8 found in paragraph8 12 to 17 of document A/46/65; infonnetion on the 8ma8 8uhjeot. COVOrhg the period from 1 Dec8atber 1990 to 31 Wercb 1991 18 to be found in parsgraph 6 to 17 of document A/46/232.
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English Page 17 on state lands near Beit Hanun and Naala, in the Gasa Strip. The plan would concern some 70 to 00 families from Jabalia and a similar number from Shati'. (M'arets, 29 April 1991) On 8 May 1991, the Civil Administration announced it wes granting licences to 29 Palestinian businessmen from the West Bank to uet up new plants and factories in the region. The licences were given to 8 businessmen from Hebron, 10 from the Bethlehem area, 3 each from Ramallah, Nablus and Jenin, The plants included 10 specialising in building materials and 2 from Tulkarm. and 9 in food products. The head of the Civil Administration, at a ceremony at the T/A (Brig.-Gen.) Gad Zohar, told the businessmen headquarters in Beit El that a new law would come into force shortly that would According to a report, exempt all new businesses in the West Bank from tames. these new measures signalled a sharp turn in government thinking on giving According to another report the Palestinians more control over their economy. measures reflected a trend that had been taking shape over the past year, namely, to develop an independent economic infrastructure in the territories, which would prevent the population from being totally dependent on employment This trend had intensified after the stabbing attacks by inside Israel. residents of the territorires inside Israel and the partial closure of access to Israel to workers from the territories. (m, J-k, 9 May 1991)
37.

On 23 May 1991, it was 38. office of the Coordinator of the holding of elections in order to promote investments. Bebron Chamber of Commerce.

reported that the defence authorities, through the Activities in the Territories, decided to approve all the chambers of commercein the territories in The first elections were to be held in the It was reports4 that since 1910 no such elections

ha4 been held au4 the chambersof cosssercehad been practically paralyre4. In auother &velopster-t, it was reported that the Civil Adaiuistration ha4 recently authorine4 the rettiug up of a chamber of imlustry in the Gama Strip. The chamberwool4behea4e4byMGmmml Al-Yaoji. (N, 23 Xay 1991)
39. property OE 9

June 1991, the Ceer4iaator
Dan Rothachil4,
approw4

Brig.-Gen.

of Activitie8 Ln the a thrw-ywr examptbn

Xerrlterles, froa Sacam@

and

tax for new plautm

in the territories.

(-Past,

10 Juue 1991)

On 17 Juue 1991, it w&s report& that the level of employment of Arab from the territories in 18raol was naaring that which l riste4 before the Gulf war. At present over 80,QGGwrkorr from the territerisr were employed in Israel legally, 35,000 of them from the Gaoa Strip. Some 15,000 people (9,000 from the West Bank and 6,000 from the Gasa Strip) were given special ID car46 that barred them from cnterfng Israel. Sources at the defence establishment said it was inten4e4 to create more msploypunt wurcom for the Arab8 from the territories, both in Israel au4 in the territories. (m&area, 17 June 1991)
worker8

40.

OE 19 June 1991, Defewe Xiuister Areas awouuced that 400 Palestiniau Il. prisoners would he released on the occasion of the Muslim h0li4ey of Military sources added that 300 to 350 prisowrs would be Id al-A4ha. releaoed in the Went Bank and about 100 ia tha Gasa Strip. l6ost of those / .. .

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affected by the measure would minor security offences were it was reported that the Civil other measures on the occasion night curfews would start at were sealed would be opened, Civil Administration employees advance. According to military decreasing level of violence 23 June 1991; Jerusalem Post, be prisoners whose sentences for relatively close to completion. In a related development, Administration had decided to take several of the Hueiim holiday. In the Gaza Strip the 10 p,m. instead of 8 p.m.; several alleys that food would be distributed to needy people and would get 50 per cent of their salary in sources the measures were also linked with the in the territories. (w, 19 and 20 June 1991)

Television screened a report on the activities of 42. On 22 June 1991, Israel Israel Defence Force (IDF) undercover units operating in the territories to carry out arrests of persons suspected to be active in the uprising. Israeli soldiers were seen disguised as old Arabs or Arab women, approaching suspects and making arrests. Some of the soldiers Said they had actually joined groups of masked activists in the refugee camps and participated in stone-throwing incidents. The revelations stirred strong criticism both from the political According to military sources the sector and from within the military. decision to confirm the existence of undercover unite was made at the General Staff level. The reason for the screening was believed to be intended by the authorities to have a deterrent effect, and to defend the units against charges that they had been operating as extra-legal "hit squads". outside the bounds of military regulations. Military sources declared that "open-fire" orders and other IDF procedures were followed by the unite. t-Poet, 23 June 1991) 43. its On 24 June 1991, the Association for Civil Bights in Israel (ACM) issued annual report on human rights abuses in Israel and the territories. It

described a8 "Facirrt" the policy by which Arab homesare often demolished when their occupants camit reriow offencea, while the alition of home8of Jews who comit similar. or even 8mre rerious offenoe8, i8 not even conridsred. The report cited progre88 on the i88w of faily reunification. Under a sew policy 8tat8menL 8pouses and ohildron of rerideet8 , who until June 1990 were not allowed to stay in the torriterier on the ground8 that they were Jordanian citisens, could now remein a8 npeneanent vi8itors". Soem250 women xrd children who had been ezpelled were later allowed to return. Venmnest visitor" status meant that &ependentr could register periodically near their home* without leaving the country each time to return on a new vi8itor's visa. (B, 23 June 1991) 44. On 26 June 1991, the Palestinian Eman Bights Information Centre publf8bed nones of 47 people it safd had beea killed ia IDy undercover operattions in the territorier since January 1989. According to the report, 26 Palsgtiaians were killed in such compiled by researcher Dee O'Brian, operations in 1969, 12 in 1990 and 10 in the first five months af 1991. Most of tie victims were reportedly killed while writing graffiti on walls, and others were either meaning barricdke or shouting slogans through louUspeakar8. Ten were killed in cfrcmstaaces that sugge8ted they were specifically "wsntti by the authorities" am3six were amed when killed. The case of Hahnad Abu Shtimleh is sPecifically mentiomd. He was killed in Bureij I...

A/46/522 English Page 19 on 4 October 1969 led to a decision undercover squad (Jetuselem Post, in circumstances that, according to ea Israeli to charge a lieutenant colonel sad a lieutenant with issuing and executing an illegal order. 27 Juae 1991) newspaper, from up

45. On 10 and 11 July 1991, Several Official Israeli reactions were made public following the publication of the Amnesty Iateraatioaal report for 1991 and the allegstioas it contained in the chapter on Israel sad the occupied territories. The Minister of Justice, Dan Meridor, said in a radio interview that the practice of administrative detention was not desireble, but was unavoidable. He added that the number of admiai<trative detainees had been greatly reduced in recent months and promised that in the future it would be resorted to even less when other adequate meaw were available. The Justice Ministry statement totally rejected the allegation that Israel encouraged extra-judicial killings. Military sources accused the report of one-sidedness, by emphasising the measures taken by the IDF in the territories to enforce law and order and not giving the right weight to violence by Palestinians against the IDF sad civilians. "The report totally disregards the fact that the IDF actions in the territories are under the permanent scrutiny of the Supreme Court, which, more than once, confirmed the legality of measures taken in the territories", the military sources said. (m, 10 and 11 July 1991) 46. On 28 July 1991, it was reported that the Defence Minister, Moshe Areas, had asked the Chief of Staff, Ehud Barak, to consider new measures to combat the uprising following the sharp increase in the use of firearms by
Palestinians in the territories. It was reported that, while the use of

firearms and sxplosive devices was on the increase, in particular in the Gaea Strip, Hstreet violence", including stose-throwing incidents, was decreasing. According to security sources, sew measures to combat the upriefng should include the use of 8peCisl unit8 and rapid vehicles, instead of ths slow vehicles with protection sgaisst stone-tbroring currently wed. (Nr 28 July 1991) 47. Oa 1 August 1991, the Bstselms orqaalsatfon ptrblisbed &ta concorniag the numhar of Palestinian c*swltis8 siace tIk8 beginning of tlm uprieiog. By the end of July 1991 775 Pslestfnisss hsd been killed by troops, including 748 killed 88 a result of firs-em abate sad 27 killed in otbar circumstances. Of those kfllsd 166 ware children. (w, 2 August 1991) 48. Oa 13 August 1991, the Chief of Steff, Lt.-@ea. Shad Bsrsk, accepted the recoameadstioas of Msj.-Gen. (res.) Eateel Vardi, whom he had appoiated to emmine chsrges of brutality ssd irraguIaritie8 by soldisrs in military prisons sad detention centres in the territoriss. Hej . -GM. Vardi recosnnaadsd that respoa8ibflity for isvsstigating residents of the territories be taken away from the IDP and given to other security services. He also recomeaded t.he streagtbaaiag of current ID? staadiag orders forbidding the use of violence in the fsvestigation of Palestinisns suspected of security offences. Eesponsibility for making sure that these orders ware observed should be entrusted to spmcisl officers at the Gemera Stsff sad Region tmsad lsvel, rather then to all officers of all rssks sad at all levels of the IDy (B, 14 August 1991) structure.
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tables provide details concerning Palestinians 49. The following between 1 April 1991 and 22 August 1991 in the occupied territories circumstances of their death as reported in various newspapers. abbreviations of the names of newspapers are used in the tables: AP Al-Fail;

killed and the The following

(a)

Idat

of

.. PalestuumJUkkilleds

or Israeli

.

...

Date

Name

and age

Place of residence Karara. near Khan Younis

Remarks

and source

1 April

1991

Awad Ahmsd Abu Lahiya (25)

Died in hospital of wounds sustained on 2 March 1991, allegedly when settlers opened fire. (II, JP, 2 April 1991) Killed hy troopu when he was spotted armed with a knife and masked, end was about to attack the soldfore. (H, JP, 7 April 1991x AT, 8 April 1991)

5 April

1991

Bfalmlud Yasuuf al-Raroub (16)

Dura

* Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 36 Nweanber 1990 is to be found in paragraph 18 of documsnt A/46/65: information on the 8use ouhject covering the period frca 1 December 1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraph 18 of document A/46/202.

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Date 5 April 1991

Name and age Mahmud Muhammed Salim Alian (or Enayin) (14)

Place of residence Far'a camp

Remark6

and source

Killed by troop6 during a Clash with stone-throwers. (H, JP, 7 April 1991) Killed by a soldier after he allegedly deliberately tried to knock over another soldier with his car. According to Palestinian sources the driver had no intention to run over the soldiers and the incident was just a traffic incident. (H, JP, 14 April 1991; AF, 22 April 1991) Shot dead by a security

14 April

1991

Munzir Abdullah Kawasmeh (33)

Hebron

15 April

1991

Chnar Sabor

(14)

guard and a passenger, both riding in an Egged bus that was stoned by yoUtIll inBamtllah.
(if, ti, 16 April 1991 JP, 16 April
a group

1991;

22 April
sarong

1991) of
who

Unidentified

(21)

Hebron

Was

masked

youtha

attacked an Israeli car with stowr while the area was under curfaw.

was rllot by troopr. (H, 17 April 1991) 24 April 1991 Hassaa Uuhemad Abu War (21)

Rafah

Killed by a soldier who believed the youth was ahout to attack him, and after he ignored an or&r to StOQ. (H. JP, 25 April 1991; AF, 29 April 1991)

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Date 1 May 1991

Nameand age
Nidal (or Nihad) Inabousi (12)

Place of residence Nablus

Remarks

and source

Died in hospital of wounds sustainerl on 24 April 1991 during a clash with troops, when he wa6 shot by soldiers using live bullets. (El, JP, 2 May 1991; AF, 6 May 1991) Killed by troops during a clash. (IL JP, 5 May 1991: AF, 6 May 1991) Died in hospital from wounds sustained on 5 October 1990 during a clash with troops. (H, JP, 5 May 1991) Killed by troops as they spotted two masked youths armed with swords and axes. The troops opened fire while trying to arrest

3 May 1991

Issam Shehadeh Kfeishe (21)

Hebron

3 May 1991

Hassan Abu Jarad

(20)

Gaea

6 May 1991

Anan Zeidan

Tulkarm

them, killing them.

one of

(H, 7 my 199lr AT. 13 May 1991) 6 Xay 1991 Nimer Xa'alawi (17) mahas Died in hospital of roux& sustaiaud the previous day during a clash with troop@. According to Palertinian sources the youth was shot by
marksmen

who arrived in a car with West Bank licence-plates, while

he uas shouting inciting slogMs. (H, 7 May 1991: AF, 13 May 1991) I...

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Date

Name and age Iman Jaber Fathi (I6) Adel

Place of residence Rafah

Remarks and source Die& in hospital of wounds sustained 011 6 April 1991 when troops shot him in the head during a clash. (H, I May 1991: AF, 13 May 1991) Killed by troops during a chase, after a group of youths disobeyed an order to stop and fled. (8, JP, 12 May 1991; AF, 13 May 1991) Killed spotted
masked

6 May 1991

10 May 1991

Ahmecl

Sha'alan

Hassan (15)

Ein Beit al-Ma camp

15 May 1991

Mahmud Da'ameh

(19)

Tel Sultan, Rafah

by troops who a group of

youths armed with sues and wrltiag
slogans in Rafah camp. The soldiers opened fire when the youths

ignored orders to halt. (H, JP, 16 Xay 1991)
19 May 1991 Iman Abu-Rub (19)

Ml8ilya, near Jeaia

Killed during clashes with troop8 , who opened fire at rtoae-throwerr. (H. 20 May 1991# AI, 27 May 1991) The

26 May 1991

Alneed

Ibrabim hbd 01 Palmam bra al-Kara, Killed by troop8. Knsrem near Rmkallab troop8 ordered the
youtbs opoaed to

fire

haIt ead when the

latter disobeyed. (H, JP, 27 Way 1991; A?, 3 June 1991)

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Date 26 May 1991

Name

and age

Place of residence Hebron

Remarks

and source

Muhammad Ibrahim Kawamneh (20)

Killed by troops uho opened fire at a group of masked youths who attacked them with stones. (Ii, JP, 27 May 1991: H, 26 May 1991; AF, 3 June 1991) Killed by an IDF officer who opened after his car was fire

27 May 1991

Jamal

Amar

Kamal

(18)

Jilabun

attacked by youths
throwing stones and a petrol bomb. (8, JP, 28 May 1991; AP, 3 June 1991) 27 May 1991 Mahdiya Muhaaraad Honeidek (33)

Khan YOuniD c-p

Died in hospital of
wounds sustained the previous day when a military jeep crashed

into a gate of a girls' school behind which she wae standing, crushing her rkull. (a, JP, 28 Hay 1991) A abphord. Shot &ad by a Jewish eettler after a 8i8puk war

8 June 1991

Muhmad lhfaj'e

(60)

Yatta

grasiog

rigbtr.

(Sms

wSettl*r88 actioitfes*.) (8, JP, 9 June 199lt AP, 10 June 1991) 11 June 1991
Ibrahim (13)

Ah-Safiya

(or MuhganadYai'sh)

Bekit Sira, amar Punallah

9hot and killed by troops who opened fire at stone-throwers. (EL JP. 12 Juna 19911
AT, 17 June 1991)

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23

Name and age Izam
Ayub

Place of residence

Remarks and source Killed by troops during stone-throwing incident. The troops reportedly tried to arrest him before opening fire. He died on his way to hospital. (H, JP, 24 June 1991; AF, 1 July 1991) Died in hospital of injuries sustained the previous days during a clash with troops. (II, 30 June 1991; AF, 8 July 1991) Killed by troops who opened fire at a group of masked men who

June 1991

Za' arur

Shehadeh

Hebron

29 June 1991

Naehan

Sakkar

(17)

Mughair village, near Nablus

10 July

1991

Riyadh

Macaren

(31)

A-Ram,

north

of Jerusalem

attacked them with knives. Had been wanted for armed robbery and had served
saveral ptiron term.

(Ii, JP, 12 July 1991) 13 July 1991 IiaBi oboidi (19) JIllill Killed by border police troops who opened fire at youtiu who threw n petrol bombat them. (XX, JP, 14 July 1991) Killed
they

18 July 1991

Walid Kimled zaki a-Sawki (17)

JOnin

at three armed stwpactr who failed to obey orders to halt. The victim was memberof
the Black Par&here. A

by traopr opened fire

when

Kalashnikov rifle was found in his pos8e8rfon. (H, JP, 19 July 1991)

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-

Date July 1991

Name and age Nimer Issa a-Sabah (18)

Place of residence Nur Shams

Remarks

and source

27

camp

Killed in unclear circumstances. According to Palestinian sources he was killed in an ambush by undercover troops. Bad been wanted for a long time. The incident was being investigated by the IDF and the police. (H, JP, 28 July 1991) Killed by troops who opened fire at stone-throwers. (II, JP, 30 July 1991) Killed opened youths by troops who fire at masked who were

29 July

1991

Nabil

Hamad (21)

Silwad. near Rsmallah

5 Aug.

1991

Osarna

Aruki

(17)

Shati'

camp

painting graffiti and disobeyed orders to halt. (EL JP, 6 Aup. 1991) 9 Aug. 1991 Hohammad Yacub Muhalsh (17) shati' cmp
Died rounds

in hospital
sustained

of on

5 August 1991. when he was shot in the head by troops during a violent
Cl&l.

(a, JP, 11 Aug. 1991) 10 Aug. 1991 Mohmmmd Yamin (21) HablUr Killed by trocps after ha was spottad holding a knife and disobeyed
an

(Ii,

order to halt. JP, 11 Aug. 1991)

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Date 10 Aug. 1991

Name and age Riad Jabacl (16)

Place of residence Tulkarm

Remarks

and source

Killed by troops when they accosted three maskedmen preparing a roadblock, one of whom was holding a petrol bomb. (H, JP, 11 Aug. 1991) Killed by troops during a stone-throwing incident. The army was investigating the circumstances. (EL JP, 12 Aug. 1991) camp Died in hospital of wounds sustained the previous week when troops shot at masked youths during a riot. (H, JP, 15 Aug. 1991)

11 Aug. 1991

Harud Daniel Kulsabian (17)

Ramallah

14 Aug. 1991

Rafat Ibrabim al-Fasis (16)

Shati'

18 Aug.

1991

Muhammad Omar Zakarneh (30)

Kabatiya

Killed by troops while he was standing on his balcony during a rtcne-throwing
fncidont l The army wa8

fnvortfgatlag tlm incident. (8, JP, 19 Aug. 1991)

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Date 1 April 1991

Name and age Ibrahim Mohammed Ali Najim (33) Farah Abu-Jarada (55)

Place of residence Kalkilya

Remarks

and source -

Shot dead by masked assailants. (JP, 2 April 1991) Shot dead by masked assailants. (Ii, JP, 2 April 1991) Shot dead by masked youths. (II, JP, 3 April 1991) Shot dead by an assailant. (H, JP, 3 April 1991) Bis mutilated body was found after he was abducted by masked men. (JP, 3 April 1991) Died
WOUBdS

1 April

1991

Rafah

2 April

1991

Onar Assaf (38) and Mabmud Xamel (35) Hatem Salameh (50)

Kabatiya

2 April

1991

El-Bireh

2 April

1991

Cmar el-Kesi

(33)

Ramallah

2 April

1991

Baeawil

al-Attari

(27)

in hospital
eU6taiBCd men

of
011

27 Watch
masked

1991, whan bMti hOr 1991)

l verely.
(El, 3 April 8 April 1991 Vaoud Lubbab Lahluhf (50) (or
JOBiB

Stabbedtodo~thby thrw ar8aflantx. War the principal of tha Arrnbah 8econdary school and a relative of the appointed mayor of Jenin. (a, JP, 9 April 1991) Stabbed unclear (H, JP, to death in circumstancs8. 9 April 1991)

8 April

1991

I?abil

Barnad (22)

Rafah

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Place Date Name and age

of Remarks

residence (22) Gaza

and source

8 April

1991

Yahya al-Ahwal

His body was found with hands and legs tied. Had been shot dead in unclear circumstances. (JP, 9 April 1991) Jenin Was found shot dead near the v-illage of Zababda, after he was abducted by masked men belonging to the Black Panther gang. Was the former head of the Village League in the region. (H, JP, 14 April 1991)
A

10 April

1991

Muhammad Kamal

(40)

Arrabah,

near

11 April

1991

Unidentified (about 30)

Ramallah

body with

marks

violence and torture
was found.

of

(H, 12 April
13 April 1991 Abed Gdeh (30)

1991)

Nablue region

Killed with a sharp instrument. !fhe circumstance8 were not clear. (H, 14 April 1991)
life hody wae found

14 April

1991

Jmnil Dweitat t5Ct)

Beita

mar

Elan Mareh rettlanent, after he disappeared from him hameone month earlier. War apparently beatan to death with blunt iuotruments . (H, 15 April 1991) 15 April 1991 Abdallah Yunio (51) Bafah police officer in the Gasa district police. Was: shot dead by marked
A youths
l

(It. JP, I6

April

1991)

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Date 20 April 1991

Neme ana age Arafat Raheibah (35)

Place of residence
Sanur. near

Remarks and source Beaten to death after being abducted by masked and armed men. (8, JP, 21 April 1991) Shot dead after being abducted by maeked men. (JP, 22 April 1991) Shot dead by (JP, 24 April
masker3 men.

Jenin

21 April

1991

Lutfi

Aloual

(35)

Falxna,

near

Jenin 23 April 23 April 23 April 1991 1991 1991 mbamnaa Salim Fare6 (64)
fiassaa al-Id (19)

Rafah Rafab Yabaa, near Jenin

1991)
men.

Shot dead by masked (II, 24 April 1991)

Hader saaani

(36)

Hia body, bearing etah w0u13a8, was f0una two daya after he was abducted. (El, 24 April 1991) A 6scoodary rchool teacher. stm0a t0 death by masked men. (IS, JP, 25 April 1991) 6hct d8ad hy mark&l wu. (If, JP, 25 April 1991)

24 April

1991

Mubamaa al Ratter (43)

Rsfab

24

April

1991 1991

Jamal Abd l l-Majld
Jo6eh (32)
Alf

Bafah

26 April

Bfdwau (25)

6ureij

crp

ukot d88d by four
muked wo. April

(P, JP, 26 26 April 1991 Bubhi fIm4aa (25)

1991)

HIS body war found after ho wru abducted by Ineal* wn. (H, jP, 26 April 1991) srwt drad. (H, 1 Way 1991)
Bh8a Pounfa

30

April

1991 3991

fIamdiya Tobar (27) (or Mwduh Doh8r) JmnalkhmedKadi (30)

1-y

StabbedU,&athby mMk8a awn. m. JP, 2 nay 1991)

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Date 1 May 1991 Name and age Muhammad Abu al-Kheir (40) Ghassan (22) Unidentified Wahel Musssa (35) Abu Nida Place of residence Silat-a-Hartiya, near Jenin Jabalia Bureij Tulkarm camp camp Remarks and source

Shot dead by masked uniformed men. (I-l, JP. 3 May 1991) (IL JP. 3 May 1991)

2 May

1991

4

May 1991

Killed by masked men. (IL JP. 5 May 1991) His body uas found in Tulkarm several days after he was kidnapped by masked men. (H, 7 May 1991) Shot dead by masked youths. Their bodies were left in the centre of the village. The man was a driver and his wife an elementary school principal in Kebatiya. (HI JP, 8 May 1991) !Fheir bodies were found in the Pamallah area after they were

6 May 1991

7 May 1991

Abd el-Karim Baeur (47) and his wife Euriya Najfd Nasal (55)

Raba village, near Jeniu

9 may 1991

Kbalil Alerted Nimer and Jihad (mar

Am'ari

camp,

El-Bireb

kidnapped by
men.

marked

(HI 10 May 1991)
12 nay 1991

Ziad Huhmmad Kbatib (21)

R&ah

An inmate at the Retsiot dekntion. Was killed by another i-ate, Ahned Arukf (31) from Shati'.
(H. 13 way 1991)

13 May 1991

Riad Abu Shehadeh
(19)

Bani

Subeila

Stoned to death by masked men. (HI JP. 14 May 1991)

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Date

Name

and age Windi (45)

Place of residence Hawara

Remarks

and

source

13 May 1991

Ibrahim

flis body, with stab wounds, was found in the schoolyard of Bawara. The reasons for the killing were unknown. (JP. 14 May 1991) His body, bearing stab wounds. was found. The reasons for the killing were unknown. (JP, 14 May 1991) camp His body, with marks violence, was discovered in the Ramallah area. (IS, JP, 15 May 1991) Beaten to death by masked men. (JP, 15 May 1991) Xilled Was the Sheikh leader
IllOV~llt.

13 May 1991

Abmed Ayash

(47)

El-Bireh

14 May 1991

Ziad

Abu a-Nabi

(27)

Am'ari

of

14

May 1991

Nasser

Abu Taib

(42)

Bani

Suheila

15 May 1991

Munir

Pas6in

(24)

SbatI*

camp

by masked men. cousin of Ahed Pa88in, of the Eaknae 16 Way 1991)

(lb 15 May 1991 Barsir
(or Abu Abu-Payad (25)

JP,

lhueirat

camp

Riadf

Died in hospital of wound8 mtrtained on 5 May 1991, when he was attacked by masked youth8. (Ii, JP, 16 May 1991)

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Date 22 May 1991 Name aud age nuhamrnaa Taber Daniani (63) Place of residence El-Bireh Remarks and source
Former mukhtar

town. masked at him car. (Ii. JP, (27) Khan Younis

of the Was shot dead by gunmen who fired from a passing 23 May 1991)

24 May 1991

Nabila

Abu-Rafaf

Kidnapped by four masked men. Her body, with marks of violence, was discovered later. (IL 26 May 1991) Bis body, with marks of violence, was found near his village. Was a Fatah activist. (Ii, 26 May 1991) Killed by maskea men. (IL 26 May 1991) His body was found after ho was kidnapped from his hcme. (H, 26 May 19911

24 Way 1991

Suheil Hindi

Abd el-Muhsein (23)

Ein Arik, near Ramallah

25 May 1991 25 May 1991

Imad

Aba

el-Hsmad Awal

Gasa Jahalia

(21) Rabab Ismail (33)

26 May 1991 26 nay 1991

Salah

Hamarneb

(39)

xhen

YOuniS

Xilled by masked men. (H, JP, 27 Way 19911 Stmbbed (a, JP, to death. 28 nay 1991)

Hitam ?lubanmad
Wustafa (25)
Awad

Burkin (35) (42)
Jabalia

28 nay 1991
36 May 1991 1 June 1991

Mubsslad Pawsi ?rueeein (17)

camp

Killed
(JP,

by mamkod men. 29 Hay 1991) men.

Bandfa

Bebron Hus~irat camp

Allled by mamked m, 31 way 1991) Xilled in of a hand victim was youths. tH, JP, 2

Abu Puruf

the explosion grenade. The among masked June 1991)

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frate 1 June 1991

Bame and age Lama'a Shaat (45)

Place of residence Rafah camp

Remarks

and source

Shot dead by masked
men. Was a mother

of

four. (JP, 1 June 1991
5

2 June 1991)
2

Unidentified
(22)

woman

Khan Younis Shati' camp

Rilled
(H,

by masked men. June 1991)

June

1991

Ibrahim

Awad (31)

His body was found with bullet wounds in the head. (JP, 6 June 1991) Killed by masked men, inside a mosque, during the Friday prayer. (H, 9 June 1991) Strangled to death. Kis body was found in Mughaei camp. (Ii, 9 June 1991) Killed
attackerr. by

7 June 1991

Yusuf Taleb Mussa Mushrif (36)

Muqhasi

camp

7

June 1991

Ahmed Atallah Abu-Matar (16)

Nuseirat

camp

9 June

1991

Shehadeh
(26)

Ali

Rehaui

Rafah

unidentified 1991)

(EL 10 Jun. 10 June 1991
Xahmud

iaraka

(45)

Arr&*h, near

Shot Jenin clap (II,

abducted

doad after bainq by maskedmen. 11 June 1991)

11 Juno 1991

Sabah al-Batabli

(22)

Hughasi

Stabbed seven

to do~th maekedmen

tty who

also boat and seriously injured bar fether,

Abmed(52) who was trying to protect her.
(H, JP, 22 Juno 1991 Hussein Al-Hilou (45) mseirat amp 12 Juna 1991)

His body,

with

marks

of

torture, *as found #roe days after he was

abducted frem
by (H,

his

home

masked men. JP, 23 Juno 1991) I...

A/46/522 English Page 35

Date 24 June 1991

Name and age Muhasxnad Abu-Khatabi (27)

Place of residence Nuseirat camp

Remarks

and source

His body was found several days after he was abducted by masked men. (Ii, JP, 25 June 1991) Stabbed to death after being abducted from his home by masked men. (JP, 26 June 1991)

25

June

1991

Aatem Anadi

(26)

Gasa

26 June 1991

Suleiman (37) Adel Sadat

Abu Shrur

Nuseirat

camp

Killed after being kidnapped by masked men. (JP, 27 June 1991) Killed after being kidnapped by masked men belonging to the Patah-affiliated Black Panther group. (H, 26 June 1991)

21 June 1991

(60)

Arrabeh

29 June 1991

Subeil

Ajal

(32)

Am'ari

camp

A butcher. Killed in his 6hop in the Sl-Birch aerkot by en attacker rho fired at him at point-blank range and then orcap6d. (JP, 30 June 1991)

30 Jun6 1991

Sbalod

Saria

(21)

OM8

Ri8 strangle& body

*a6

found in Deft l l-Balah. (JP, 1 July 1991) 5 July 1991 Hasen Abu-Bmri (23)
Arta&,

near

S&t

BOth1m

muted

doad by a group yOUth6. (IL JF', 7 July 1991)

of

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Page 36

Date
9

lame 1991

and age

Place of residence Daraj, Gasa

Remarks

and source

July

Lutfi Mahmud Abu Ras (26)

Gtabbed to death by three masked men while being hospitalised in the Shifa hospital following an attack by masked men the previous
day.

(I-I, JP, 13 July 1991 Atallah Suleiman Rauj (33)

10 July

1991)

An inmate at the Keteiot jail. Killed by another inmate, Jamal Abdallah Khalil. (IL JP, 14 July 1991) Sajai'ya, GWEI Died in hospital of wounds sustained the previous day when masked men attacked him with axes. (IL JP, 16 July 1991) An inmate 3t the Xetciot Was killed by jail. another imate, Paji
Arasha Yowis. (23) from Khan

15 July

1991

Jaffar Jaffar

Salem (30)

19 July

1991

Muhammad Taleb Harara (41)

Gasa

(a,
24

JP,

21 July

1991)

July

1991

Dr. Wajti Tawfik wllhaad Abwb (57)

Jenin

Director of the Jenin govermnent hospital. war rhot dead by hro masked moo. (H. JP, 25 July 1991) Shot dead by ma8ked mea. (IS, JP, 26 July 1991) Killed by masked moo while being hospitalised in Shift hospital for a preview
attack by masked men.

27 July
30

1991 1991

Suleiaan al-Jalai Yunir a-i&i

(29)
(33)

lrweirat C-P Wuseirat Camp

July

(H, JP,

31 July

1991)

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Date -30 July 31 July 1991 1991

Name and age Muhammad Ahmed Abu-Haya (43) Abd el-Salem Raba (70)

Place of residence Bani Suheila

Remarks

and 6ource

Shot dead by masked men. (H, JP, 31 July 1991) during a scuffle a family and other villagers, apparently a6 a result of inhaling tear-gar. The incident ie investigated by the police. (?I, JP, 1 AUgUGt 1991)
between

Fandakumiya, near Jenin

Killed

1 Aug.

1991

Yussuf Lutfi Raisi (45) (or Ali al-Aweida (52)) Ali A66ad Abu Rab and Muha6nnad Najib Abu Rab (29)
(34)

Kadura camp, near Rantallah Kabatiya. near Jenin (37) Shati' camp

Killed by (H, JP, 2

masked Aug.

gunmen. 1991)

5 Aug. 1991

Killed by masked gunmen. (El, JP, 6 Aug. 1991) Died in hospital of

6 Aug. 1991

Muhawnad

el-Hasi

injuries sustained the prevfous day by masked men who attacked hfa with awes. (H, JP, 7 Aug. 1991) 9 Aug. 1991 Mallah Araj (45) Walajah village,
aear

Killed by ruked am after he was kidnajpd
franthirhoateasdru

Beth1m 9 Auq. 1991 Ali WaimudAhmed
Jaber

beatan and axed. ta, JP` 11 Aug. 1991) Killed after being abducted an& tortured by ma6kedmea. (II, JP, 11 Aaq. 1991)

Uuseirat, Gasa Strip

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-

Date 1991

Name and age Shukri Dweikat (33)

Place of residence Nablus

Remarks

and source

10 Aug.

Killed by masked men in R6msllaJ-1 hospital, where he arrived a few day6 earlier with wound6 6UStEdned in a brawl between two groups. (IS, JP, 14 Aug. 1991) Killed by masked gunmen. (W, 19 Aug. 1991) Killed by masked men. (EL JP. 19 Aug. 1991) Ris body, with marks of beating6 and electrocution, was found in the yard of his grandfather's house. (a, JP, 19 Aug. 1991)
Killed by mmbers Revolution Eagle8 (H, 21 Aug. 1991)

13

Aug.

1991 1991 1991

mhmnnaa

Salawda Suleiman (40) Hassenein Abu (26)

(57) 18 Aug. 18 Aug. Dad Salik Jihad

Duma village, near Nablus Khan Younis Khan Younis

18 Aug.

1991

Uustafa

Abu Ara

(47)

Acraba village,
near

of the group.

Jonin

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Many witnesses, usually referring to their personal experience, testified 50. on the climate of fear and confrontation prevailing in the occupied territories since the beginning of the popular uprising against the occupation. 51. Mention was made in this regard of daily the occupied territories, such as army raids, beatings, affecting all categories of people, incidents punctuating life in shootings, tear-gas throwing, often at random:

"We were staging a demonstration to commemorate the martyrdom of Mohammad Aizat. During the demonstration we threw stones at the Israeli soldiers. There were several of us injured and I was one of them. . . .

there
army

"The whole area was besieged by the Israeli is such a demonstration or participation surrounds the area.
as

soldiers. in a funeral

Usually, when march, the I fell to move. on the
They

"SO, on that day I received a bullet ground. The occupation forces caught me, tried to force me to walk, but I couldn't my backbone. I was immediately paralysed, tried to come to my rescue, especially the

walk, because my injury was in I could not move. Many people women. But the army started firing bullets at thee, 80 nobody could get to me and help me. The soldiers started hitting me with cluba and with their guns. In spite of my injury, they took me in their car to their military cmp of Jabalia. They rade me take off my clothe8 completely and ordered me to wit on a All the time, thwy wwrw hitting and bwating mwwith clubs, table.
bwcauww thwy wantwd to know from PW thw nmnww of ths young pwrwons
to

in my backbone. I was unable

who

had bwwnparticipating th881any information.

in thw dwmon8tration. .. .

I rwfussd to talk,

givw

**I staywd unbar such torturw and fntwrrogatioa from 5 o'clock in the aftwrnoon until 10 at night. All throughout thwsw fivw hours, I was bwaten and thw rain was fallirrg on ma. kly fsaily oontactwd th8 R8d Cross. l%w pwoplw of th8 RwdCrowwcmw to thw cmnp and took nm to Shifa Ro8pital. When I wa8 takwn to the camp first, my fmnily did not know anything aboutmw aadwhwrw I wws. They werw looking for M wvwrywhwrw. In thw hospital, I was opwratwd at about 11 in thw 8vwning. Aftwr thw opwration, thw 18rawli officwr in chwrgw kwpt asking thw hospital about my condition, b8causw hw wanted to know whwn I would gwt bwttwr, so that be could take me back to pri8on." (Ur. Alar Uasr, A/AC. 14WRR.570)

"It was in thw morning, about 6 o'clock, last ywar. Thw amy pwrsonnel knockwd on thw door. I opwned it. I have a brothwr who iw 24 ywars old. Rwwa8 awlwwp in hiw hed. Onw soldfwr wwnt to him aad startwd bwatiug him. 60 I awkwd thw soldiwr why hw waw hwating my brother. They said that hw had thrown wtoaws. I told thwm that hw had / ...

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not been out of the house. The soldiers asked me to hand over my hrother within 10 minutes. I made him escape through another door. They came back 10 minutes later and I told them that I did not know where my brother was an3 could not hand him over to them. They started beating me all over, on almost every part of my body. I was very badly hurt, on the point of dying. There was a knife on the table. I took it, but actually I can't even remember whether I hit them with the knife or not. One soldier fired at me, at my leg. I fell to the ground. He hit me with his shrJes, on the place where the bullet was, on the head, on all other parts of my body. I was unconscious and did not feel anything afterwards. An ambulance came to take me. Rut the army did not allow me to go with the ambulance, and they took me to the headquarters of the military governor. They said that it is impossible for me to get medical help. But the Red Cross intervened and they insisted that I should get medical care. So I was taken to hospital and my leg was operated. I had two operations, one in my leg and one in my nose. I had a broken nose because of the beating I had received." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.567) "When they ask a young man to remove a slogan, for instance, they do not take into consideration whether he is related or not with the uprising. They act very indiscriminately. They just come to the houses, break everything on their way. Their violent actions are not necessarily directed only toward6 peoplo who are related with the intifsdaB, or toward6 f66Iilies of detainees." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.560) Ylnce, as we the strest et the opened it, we found people out of the soma big rocks up were staying at home, the soldiers put up barricade6 in height of our houee. They knocked oa our door. As we out that they had stopped two cars, taken the young car6, and were hitting them. They made them transport the steps of our house. lhat was like a punirhmant. ceme into our house, searched everywhere. l?my would fin4 or&r to hams8 tba people." alwllymour witnarr,

The soldier8 anythipg in A/AS.l45/RT.560)
52.

fJae anonymous ritne8r referred to the rmort of the 18raeli intelligence to collaborators in order to kill upriairrg aotivimtsr The Imaeli intelligence might be able to kill a person, if they 4on'c want him, making use of their spies. They went to stop tbim uprising at any co8t. lsow they are collaborating ritb certain people an4
they make Pure that the l uspectod perean may run the risk of being consMere to be a collaborator 16raeli authorities are trying

parron
stabhe4. with the

cam

be

stabbed. intelligence.

Any

active la the

If
Israeli

sanebody

ia atabbed, he in

to kill innwont people. To fight an activist, they would fir& try to arrest him, detain him. impose fines on faflo, thay might get rid of him. That hemnod hLa, If 811 this actually one week ago. We ba4 a problem in the village. They kille4 a person at 6 o'clock in the morning. This q M was stabbe ana ha 4ie4." ~A/AS.145/ET.560)
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A/46/522 English Page 41 53. The particularly to by several persons. tense atmosphere One anonymous during witness the Gulf war was also stated in that regard: referred

"During the Gulf war, they searched the village, searched the houses, hit the children, and they took away my eldest son and sentenced him to six months of administrative detention. One of the girls, the from the school. She was held in youngest one, was also imprisoned, prison for one month. The soldier who took her hit her on the back." (A1AC.1451RT.560) relating to the incidents linked with the popular uprising 54. Testimonies may be found in documents A1AC.1451RT.559 (Mr. Hassan Odeh Ahmad Odeh): A/AC.145/RT.559/Add.l (an anonymous witness): A/AC.145/RT.560 (four anonymous witnesses): AjAC.1451RT.562 (an anonymous witness): A/AC.l45/RT.563 A1AC.1451RT.565 (two anonymous witnesses); (Mr. Mahfoue Jaber): AlAC.1451RT.567 (two anonymous witnesses); A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l (an anonymous witness): A/AC.145/RT.570 (Mr. Omar Nasr): A/AC.145/RT.570/Add.l (two and A/AC.145/RT.573 (an anonymous witness). anonymous witnesses): Britten On 55. the Gasa holidays a youth him and
56.

information* 1 April 1991, clashes with troops were reported in refugee camps in Strip, as the widespread curfews imposed over the Easter and Passover were lifted. Two residents of Jabalia camp were injured. In Tulkarm armed with a knife tried to attack a group of soldiers. They shot at (a, 2 April 1991) he managed to escape. of killings 18 people cemp, north

On 2 April 1991, a sharp increase was reported in the number In violent clashes that continued in the Gaoa Strip (see list). Shu'fat were injured, principally in Sheikh Badwan and in Itafah. of Jerura18mm, was sealed off by border police followfng rfotfng. 3 April 1991; w, 8 April 1991)
57.

(Ha',

1991, there were several stabbing attanpte against l oldiers in In one ca8e the attacker was a itafah 8cbool girl, who wae ov~rpouerea end detained. Two Gaoa reeidents were injured in clashes with TIW man ws8 taken to troop8. In Tulkann, ma8ked men attacked a vendor. hospital. (W, S, 4 April 1991)
the Gaze Strip. Fierce clashes in the Gaza Strip. youths were injured (&&B&B, 7 April

On 3 April

58.

were reported during the weekend of 4, 5 and 6 April 1991 rive people were injured, four of them seriowly. Several in clash88 in Jenia and Yahad, in the Weat Bank. 1991; w, 0 and 15 April 1991)

8 Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 Uwmher 1990 is to he found in paragraphs 19 to 103 of document A/46/65: information on the same subject covering the period frcm 1 December1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in parrspraphs 19 to 112 of

document A/46/282.

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A/46/522
English page 42 59. On 7 April 1991, four petrol bombs were thrown at IDF patrols in the No one wa6 hurt. Gaza Strip. In a small number of Clashes three people were injured in Gaza and Jabalia. (w, 8 April 1991: w, 15 April 1991)

60. On 8 April Ra6miya Ebaled 9 April 1991)

1991, three people were killed (sea list) (371, was attacked with are6 and seriously

and a female lawyer, injured. C&&&R, to mark in the

61. On 9 April 1991, a general strike was observed in the territories 41 month6 since the beginning of the uprising. Cla6heS were reported Gaze Strip: three people were injured. (fLa'aretE, 10 April 1991)

1991. a makeshift charge was thrown at an IDF patrol in 62. On 10 April Rafah. No one wa6 hurt. Jenin and the nearby camp were placed under curfew following the murder of a relative of the town's mayor (6ee list). The Red Eagle gang claimed responsibility for the murder. In Ein Beit al-Ma troops arrested wanted residents. (B&B~Q$R, 11 April 1991)

63. On 11 April 1991, a small number of incidents were reported. Troops carried out search and arrest operations in several West Bank camps and villages. In Dheisheh, several youths were beaten by troops. In Karawat Bani Zeid, near Nablus. troops captured a man who had been wanted for over two years, Yusuf Ozril, from Salfit. (m'aret& 12 April 1991)
A small number of incident6 were reported over the weekend of 12 and 13 April 1991, principally in the Gaza Strip, where four people were injured. In Rafab a youth attacked a 6oldier and stabbed him in the arm. The youth was shot and injured by another soldier. In Beita, near Nablus, troops carried

64.

a search and arre8t operation, hahiutration personnel collected was plscsd w&r curfew. (m,
out

using helicopters, while Civil ta8es. During the operation the village 14 April 1991)

65. on 14 April 1991, attack5 axxl abductlonr of people were reported in mblw asd Bsits (555 list). In Ushron a Palestinian driver tried to ram over two soldi*rs, injuring on5, batore being shot dmd by the othsr. A pa5rwgsr who was in the car tog5th5r with th5 drivsr w55 injur5f3 and t5k.n 5way by Relative calm prevailed in th8 Gasa Strip. Two p8oplo were injar& 5oldier5. in a clash in Gaze. (M, 15 April 1991) serioo8 incidents ana cla8be~ w5rs reported. 66. On IS April 1991, sweral A senior Palestinian policeman was killed in Pafah (#se list), and a youth was The youth's 11-year-old brother, shot dead in Bsmallah (888 list). 151516 al-Sabar, was later taken to hospital in ssrious condition after king run over by an Israeli civilian vehicle (in an incident described 55 r5l?tSd
to the youths stone-throwing
injured

people were

d8monstrated

the killing of Ahu JihaU. A hand-greaa& was throun at an IDP patrol in (w, B, 16 April 1991; bkE8j~ Rafah. Uo ow wss hurt. 22 April 1991)

and shooting on5 in which his brother was kill5d). Fiw in clluhes in Gaza and Rafah. Over 200 maokedand armed in the Rafeh camp to coe6nemo rate the third anniversary of

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70. On 21 April 1991. five people were injured in clashes in Rafab, An IDP officer was slightly injured in the bead by a Kban Younis and Jabalia. stone in Khan Younis. IDF troops carried out search end arrest operations in several West Bank villages. In Silat a-Hartiya near Jenin, troops shot and In Aja, masked men shot and seriously seriously injured Mubanwzad A-Zayub. injured Lutfi a-Wabil (35). The shooting sparked violent scuffles in the In Wadi Jos an unidentified assailant stabbed a Jewish resident of village. Jerusalem, Niesim Siani, slightly injuring him in tbe throat. (m,

22 April

1991)

people wore killed (aoe list) and l ovoral 71. On 23 April 1991, three injured, including Ghasi al-Wajfd (251, from Deir el-Balah, who was reriotuly by troops in clwher in the wounded. mtc pmoplmwmrmshot and injurmd In Ghu'fat cm youth8 stowd border polfcmn, who rerpcndmd Gasa Strip. with tmar-gaa and firing of rubhmr bull&m. Uo carualtiaa wmro reported. (w, m, 24 April 19918 w, 29 April 1991) on 24 April 1991, a partial 8trike wae ob8erved in the Wwt Bank. 6everal marcher and dmmonrtrations wera hmld. Two pmr8ow wmrmkilled (som liot) and a Rafah youth was 8hot dmadwhmnhm approaohmdsoldiers guarding thm Civil Adminirtration building in Rafah "in a maawr which arourmd 8uapicion" (see Ii&). (Ha', j.trualrm, 25 April 199lr U,&&~.I, 29 April 1991)
72.

In clashes over the weekend of 26 and 27 April 1991 four people wmrm injured in Rsfab and Khan Yowls. Rafah wa8 placed under curfew. In a continuing wave of violence two were killmd (8ee limt) and a Gaza residmnt, Diab Alia (34). was kidnapped by three maskmd mmn in Jaffa. Several childrmn were amongpeople shot and wowdmd in the WmstBank. If&al Basi (11) was shot in the head by a live bullet during a clash betwmen Wmaas activists and troops in Neblw. Hm was takmn to hospital in 8eriow condition. In Askar cm,
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Rima Arafeh. an 11-year-old girl, was shot by a live bullet during a clash with troops and was hospitalised in moderate condition. An IDP soldier was injured in the explosion of a charge in Rebron. The town was placed under curfew. In Balata camp an entire family was taken to hospital after a tear-gas grenade was thrown into their home. (EJa, Jerusalsm, 28 April 1991; $&E&K, 29 April 1991) On 28 April 1991, clashes were reported in Rafah and Khan Younie, where 74. some 11 people were shot and injured. A masked youth armed with a knife was In a clash in Nablus Fadi Ibrahim (20) was shot Shot and seriously injured. and injured. (He'arett, &x6,&sm Post, 29 April 1991) On 29 April 1991, four peopl e were injured in clashes in Rafah and 75. Jabalia. Two petrol bombs were thrown at an IDP patrol in the Katif bloc, in the southern Gaea Strip, causing neither damage nor injuries. A soldier was slightly injured by a stone in Shati' camp. (blare&, 30 April 1991: A&&&, 6 May 1991) On 30 April 1991, a French tourist, Annie Ley (64), was stabbed to death 76. in the centre of Bethlehem. She was with a group of 15 French pilgrims. The assailant managed to escape. Police and military forces arrested do&ens of suspects and the area of the incident was placed under curfew. The town was declared a closed military area. In clashes in the Gaea Strip four people A Rafah resident, Amer al-klajid (28), was captured near Lod, were injured. Israel, after he stabbed and slightly injured an Israeli civilian. Four Israeli girls were slightly injured when the bus in which they were travelliag wae stoned near Maaleh Admix. In Tulkarm c&up security forces detained Wahnud Mahdawi (281, a Baas activiet who had been wanted for over a year. (v, BPost. 1 Way 1991: Al&@, 6 Way 1991)
77. On 1 Hay 1991, in a serious clash in Khan Younis, 10 IDF soldiers and 2 Palertidanr were injured. Tbe clarh broke out after troops captured a masked Tbe troops were attacked by an sagry crowd, using blocks and stones. ma* The troop8 opened fire and urod tear-gar to dhpsrre the crowd. Clasber were also reported in Sbu'fat and -allab. (w, v, 2 Hay 1991)

On 2 Hay 1991, demonstrations and stone-throwing incidents were reported in Sbu'fat and otber area8 in tast Jerwlema. In clashes in tbe Sasa Strip three people wre fnjnred. A violwt fnciblsnt occurred in abalfa (800 In otber incidents, a 12-year-old girl, labala Isteti, was #hot, list). alle#ly from a military outpost, and was hospitalised in Jenin. B&h&i Ahu-Qhassla (19) was shot in the hsa4 in 19ablus in unclear cfrcmustanoes
78. and was taken

to hospital.

(&a&x&~,

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0x1 3 and 4 May 1991, in clashes over the weeked several people were injure& four in khan Younis and Jabalia; three from the village of Agaba, war Jenin. wben settlers attacked shepherds with rifle-butts, and a ll-year-old boy from Siir who was injured in tbe explosion of a charge be was Violent clashes were reported in Iablus. atulipulrting. In A-Tur, East. Jerusalem, two petrol bra&s were thrown at R border police patrol. The patrol 79.

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members opened fire at the (Ha'areta, JLerusalem post, 00. On 5 injured. at an IDF Tamun; in (Ra'area, attackers but there 5 May 1991: &L&~.R, were no reports 6 May 1991) of injuries.

May 1991, clashes were reported in Rafah and Gasa: five people were Iwo petrol bombs were thrown at the Civil Administration offices and The IDF carried out a search and arrest operation in post in Rafah. the ensuing clashes a 15year-old boy was shot and injured. -Salem Post, 6May 1991; m, 13 May 1991) in Rafah, Khan Younis and Jabalir was injured by masked men who One person was killed in an 7 May 1991)

61. On 6 May 1991, clashes were reported A Rafab youth camps: three were injured. attempted to kill him, and was hospitalised. incident in Tulkarm (see list). (m,

on 7 hay 1991, a small number of incidents were reported. In Tubas, 82. Jawad Sawasta (15). was shot and injured by troops. In Hebron, a settler threw a stone at an ABC-TV camerawoman who was filming repair works at a house The settler was detained by police. In adjacent to the Hadassah building. the Gaza Strip, a few clashes were reported in Jabalia, Khan Pounis. Shati' and Rafah camps. Two were injured. (w, ~ Post, 8 May 1991)
63.

local

On 6 May 1991, in a small number of incidents residents and an IDF soldier were injured.

in the Gasa Strip three (E&&Is$R, 9 May 1991)

A mnall 64. On 9 May 1991, a general strike was observed in the territories. number of incidents were reported in the Gasa Strip (two injured), Dheisheh cmnp (a soldier slightly injured) aud Jenin. In East Jerusalem a petrol banb was thrown at an Egged bus: no one was hurt. (Hb'aretp, 10 nay 1991) 65. In clashes over the weekend of 10 and 11 Hay 1991 a youth was killed near Rablw (see list) and sight others were injured, four in the Qa8a Strip 8nd four in Yamun village, near Jenin. (Ha', B, 12 Nay 1991) 66.

were

On 12 Way 1991, in a mnall nmbor of incidmto in the Oua injured. (m, w, 13,my 1991)

Otrip four

67. On 13 #ay 1991, a mall nursbar of In Jaba, near Rafah, two uero injured. In the ensuing riots and stone-throwing Ala Uustafa, aged 7, Ghasi Zeidanr aged Ha8a Hamunra, aged 22. The latter was and was reported in a serious condition. 14 May 1991)

incidents was reported. In clashoa in Ilrblun, troop6 carried out arroeta. the troop8 opened fire injuring 7, Walid Ahu-On, aged 26, and rhot in tha chest while being arrest& (&RLDR&R, v,

88. On 14 May 1991, two people were injured in Gasa in clashes and residenta. Four petrol bombs were thruun from the Jerusalam was caused. (w, at a bus stop. Ho OM was hurt and no danago B, 15 Way 1991)

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89. On 15 May 1991, clashes were rwportwd in Rafah following the killing of a masked youth (see list). Two were injured. Two men wwrw attacked and sevwrwly beaten in Gasa. A general strike, called by Hamas to mark the anniversary of Israel's dwclaration of independence, was widely observed throughout the territories. Bassan Sha'alan, the father of a 15-year-old youth shot dead by soldiers in Ein Bwit al-Ma camp on 10 May 1991 (sew list), told a correspondent that the IDF version, according to which his son was shot when he disobeyed tirders to stop, was not true. He maintained that his 6on Ahmwd had not been involved in a clash with the soldiers, was not fleeing and was shot dead while walking to his room in the cmnp. C&,&&K, Lemha-..&&. 16 May 1991j

90. On 16 May 1991, claShW6 were reported in Gasa. Jabalia and Rafah Ten people were injured. Two petrol bombs were thrown at IDF patrols Gaza Strip. (B'ar&K. 17 May 1991)

camps. in the

91. One youth was killed (see list) and sevwn were injured in clashes over the weekend and the Jewish Pentecost holiday (17, 18 and 19 May 1991). Most of the clashes occurred in the Gaea Strip refugee camps. Clashes werw al6o reported in Nahlus (two injurwd: Faw6i al-Amudi (12) and Asrar al-Kadumi :15:?, Hebron (one injured) and the village of Burke. north of Nablus (Muhanad Haja (17) was injured). A partial business strike was observed in protest ovwr thw wapulsion of four Fatah activists from Gasa. An explosive charge was thrown at the Gasa district police station. No one was hurt. Four petrol bombs. were thrown at IDF patrols in Rafah. No on% was hurt. yaasser Tayssir Daud ttl), from Bait Diko near Ramallah, was arrested after he stabbed and injured three passers-'Jy in the centre of West Jerusalem. , Bat I rZeruealsx8 Post. 20 May l991) I 92. On 20 May 1991, a general 8trike war ob8erved to su8rk the ffr8t anniver:sary of the killia~ of 8even Arab worker8 in lfi8hon Lerfon. )tO8t Of the Gara Strip cmp8 were usul8r curfew. A mall nmber of incident8 were reported. In Rest Jersualas, a petrol hab wea thrown at en Rgge4 bw. %o one ra8 hurt. ISI tin mit al-M& ?awtik %88iUni (17) We8 ehot Md inj,foted during Cla8he8 with ttOOp8. In Deir Iltiya, four re8ident8 were beaten during 8 clarh. Gee had to be ho8pitaliHd. An Israeli civilian, David Rouven (60) from Kiron. wa8 rtabbd to &eatb in hi8 grocery 8hop in Petah Yikva. h 8u8pecL a 25-year-old ro8ident of Bidya, wa8 detalnek fw, 21 Kay 19911 w, 27 #lay 19'flI 93. On 21 Way 199i, cla8he8 were report8d Jabalia cusps. Six poop18 wer8 injure&
youth8 were 8hct and iojurrdr lhnad Abu

in R&ah, Khan Youni8, Barefj and In c'ther hCid8nt8, four W88t Eaak
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Salsm Suliman %ija8i, from, Rafaia. injured When the two were tt]lihg
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Gasa Strip four people were injured, patrol in Rafah. A Khan Younis man was Ahmed Salah (50) and by masked men. Two serious shooting near Iiebron, in which two youths were Curfews were imposed in the areas of 27 May 1991; m, 3 June 1991)

91. On 27 May 1991, clashes were reported in Jabalia (three injured), Khan Younis (one injured) and Ramallah (one injured). A lo-year-old boy, M&mud Zeidan, was injured in the abdomen in a shooting incident near Jilabun, in which a youth was killed by an IDF officer (see list). Three people, including four-year-old Abed Abu Tabil, were taken to hospital in Jenin after soldiers opened fire at stone-throwers. Mahnud Said (24) was reported in serious condition after being beaten by soldiers while being arrested in Askar camp several days earlier. (U!AE&E, BPOpt, 28 May 1991)

98. According to senior military 8OUrces in the Central Region CaRDland on 28 May 1991, the level of viOleM in th4 West Rank had beOn &CrOMiWJ. Rrverthelorr there were attempts to we fire am4. A rrall number of incid4ntr were reported in the Gara Strip (three injur~3) and in Raaallah East Jeru4alQ, border-polic464en chared ansed (one injurrd) . In Seft Hanina, masked mrutrators into a school. Pupil4 attacked the troop8 with cheir8. The 4chool was ordered closed for a rook. (m, B, 29 Mey 1991) 99. On 29 May 1991, cla4hes were imported Gaoa. ?our wore injured. A Nahlus torident town. (m, 30 Way 1931) in JabaIia, Khan Younf8, war injured in a clash R8fah and in that

100. On 30 May 1991, a janitor at a Rsbron who01 wu killm3 by runted msn wee lf8t). Clashes and stone-throwing incidents were reported in the
Strip (three injured, injured) and Ramallah. 3 June 1901)
Gasa

including (E&&K&&

a woman from B,

Khan Younie). 31 Kay 1991:

Webson (one A&&&, the

101. On 31kIay 1991, Huo8ein Abu Yuemtf In), fran lueeirat camp, bied in explosion of a hand grenab. and 20 people were injured in a violent clash that occurred during the night of 30 Xay 1991 between PLO supporters and

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A/46/522 English Page 46 pro-Israel residents. Another youth from the same camp was shot and seriously injured when troops tried to arrest him and he tried to seise a policeman's In clashes in Jabalia and Khan Younis three people were injured. weapon. Three Nablus residents were shot and injured by troops during a scuffle between Fatah and Hamas supporters. The troops intervened after they were stoned. Two people were injured in Dhahiriya when troops opened fire at residents who tried to seiee their weapons. In other incidents, two people were injured near A-Til. and a resident of Tubas, aged 18, was shot and seriously Injured. Four Nablus residents were beaten by troops during a violent clash. (He'arets. BPost, 2 June 1991) 102. Clashes were reported over the weekend (1 June 1991) in Jabalia, Khan Younis and Kuseirat camps in the Gaea Strip. Tension was particularly felt in Nuseirat following the violent incident the previous day in which a youth was killed (see list) and 20 were injured when members of two families Abu Mahdi and Abu-Zakri - threw a hand-grenade in order to rescue themselves from several masked attackers. Nuseirat remained under the curfew that was imposed after the incident. Another Nuseirdt youtb was seriously injured by border police when he tried to resist arrest and grab a policeman's weapon. In Rafat several petrol bombs were thrown at troops, but no one was hurt. In three were injured when troops opened fire at stone-throwers during Nablus, clashes between some 1,000 masked youths, supporters of Hamas, and Patah supporters. The troops intervened when they were stoned. Other violent clashes were reported in Dhahiriya (two injured), A-Til, near Nablus (two injured) and Tubas, where an la-year-old youth was shot and seriously injured. Several Nablus reeidente were severely beaten by troops in a violent clash in the town. (w, Jnu, n, 2 Juae 1991: Al-Pair, 10 June 1991) 103. On 2 June 1991, a l eriow claeh between Itsmae aad tatrrh supporters It Sollowed a week of mouatfap tension in ths town occurred in Iablus. between the tvo rival qroupe. Shots vere fired, and axes aad knivee were used. At on8 point troop8 bad to fnterveue, firing rubber and plastic Three Patsh activists were injured by Eimas supporter8 a& two sore bullets. A muted Patah aotiviat, Qlu Sarujf (or Naeruji) (20) war by treope. l eriowly injured by Hamas men, as4 was later arrested on his way to hoepital In clashes in ths Gasa Strip four were injure& by troops. Petrol banbs were thrown in Kbaa Youaie aad Jabalia but ao ous was hurt. (p&.91&&, B, 3 June 1991) 104. Ou 3 Juue 1991, a full cawmrcial etrike use observed in lablur to protect againet the recent violeuce batveen Emu sa4 Patah l upporters. It wae reportedly the first time in 24 yeare tbat a ctriko was not directed againet the Israeli occupation. Three pereone were injured in a small numbor Nabih Abu Saris (10) from Sin Neit al-Ma camp was hit in the of incidents. head with a rubber bullet; Malnud Iosa Mhssamd (28j from Dura was l hot and injured when he tried to avoid a road-block near Idna. A third manwae injured whaa border police l pettad two maskedmen near papaallah and ordered The troops opened fire when ths mom igaored the order. them to stop. (m, M Post, 4 June 1991)

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105. On 4 June 1991, in clashes in Nablus two uere shot and injured: a 43-year-old woman, Amina Abu Jamhur, and Susssm a-Saba. In a wall number of clashes in the Gaca Strip three were injured. Two petrol bombs were thrown at IDF patrols in Rafah, causing no &usage. (IIa'aret& 5 June 1991) 106. Gn 5 June 1991, seven people were injured in violent incident6 in the west Bank, particularly in Nablus, Ein Beit al-Ha camp and new-by villages, and three in the Ga6a Strip, on the twenty-fourth anniversary of the June 1967 In Ramallah, a hand-grenade was thrown at an Israeli car with settlers war. from Beil El. A woman passenger was injured. Four other Israelis were injured, including a woman who was seriously wounded, when their car left the road near Ralkilya and crashed into rocks, after being hit. by stones. A Salfit resident, wanted by the security authorities, was shot and injured when He was taken to hospital. he violated the curfew and failed to stop. In a small number of incidents in the Ga6a Strip three were injured and several petrol bombs were thrown without causing damage. (Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post, 6 June 1991: Al-Fair, 10 June 1991) 107. On 6 June 1991, a business strike, called by the Islamic Jihad, wa6 observed in the West Bank. Violent incidents were reported in Kalandia and Zubabda, where an 11-year-old boy, Wahid Salah, was beaten by troop6 and had his arm broken. Lina Naji (20) wa6 injured from a bullet in her hand. In Kalandia troop6 stationed in an observation post at the entrance to the camp, broke into a nearby house and threw a "stock-grenabe". one person wa6 injured when he picked it up in hi6 hand and the device went off. In Jenin, a petrol bomb was thrown at a military vehicle. Troops opened fire, broke into a nearby house, arrested three men and beat two others. Another petrol bombwas In the GamaStrip clashes were thrown at a control post in Jenin jail.

reported in Khan Younis, Rafmh, Jmbalia and Gama. (m, 7 June 1991) w, 10 Juna 1991)
108. A mnall number of l tonm-throwing

Five were injured.

incident8 were reported over the woeLend in ths Gama Strip in clashes in of 7 mnds Juns 1991. Three usre injured Jmbalia and KhmnYounim c-8, mndonminRumllab. Ahmnd-gron8dmwmm thrown at an ID? patrol near Ihm Safa, in mllmb di8trict. Ybm grmnmdm emplodel but no one warn hurt. In Mughmmi cmp in thm Qua Strip one psrson wn8 alsin in a morgue, before domens of uormhfppsrs (8~ list). A serious incidmnt occurred near Yatta when a settler mhot aad an Armb sbspherd (mom list mnd l mttlerm* activities). Palestinfmn sourems said the settler mhmt 20 shmmp after the Arab l hopherd refused to lmave the maa. Police said other Arab shepherd8 began hitting thm settler on the hoad with mtickm. De then pullmd out a gun and fired a shot, killing thm Arab rbmpherd. Ykm settler warn taken to hospital and later arremted. (&CN&& B, 9 June 1991)

169. On 9 June 1991, there wore four imcfdmntm of firing at Israeli cars or hmnd-grenade8and petrol bombm. Aa explomfve charge uam thrown at am IDP patrol in t;ablus; it was reportedly activatmd by rsmote-control. Do one washurt. Kaisal Hummeiniwas attacked by a large group of ssttlerm mnd Kach meahcrca6 he was leaving the Police headqumrtorm at the Pammimm conpr,4md, Kemt Jerusalm. Yhe settlers were tbers by coimcidance to attend m r46sm.d
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A/46/522 English Page 50 hearing of the settler who killed swnmoned to the police to receive questioning in the past. Nhen the epat at him, pushed him and threw eye-witnessed the incident did not inquiry. (m, Jerusalem, an Arab shephard. Busseini had been some docrunents dating back to his settlers recognixed him they cursed him, etones at his car. Policemen who interfere. The police decided to open an 10 June 1991)

110. On 10 June 1991, clashes were reported in Gasa and Bureij camp. Four were injured. An IDP officer was injured when a block was thrown at him in Rafah. A petrol bomb was thrown at an IDF poft in Rafah, causing no damage. It was reported that some 20 wanted suspects had been arrested in the Nest Bank over the past week. In Maora'a a-Sharkiya, Ramallah district, Ahmed Haji (17) wafi captured. Three weeks earlier he had attacked with an are a Jewish contractor from Remat Aviv, in order to be admitted into a "terror" organisation. Other suspects were captured in the Bethlehem area, Nablus and Arabeh. A petrol bomb was thrown at a tourist. bus in A-Tur, East Jerusa?em. One passenger was slightly injured. (Ha'aretk. 11 June 1991) 111. On 11 June 1991, clashes were reported in Beit Sira, Ramallah district, after troops shot and killed a local youth (888 list). Four persons were injured in clashes in Bureij and Jabalia camps, in the Gaea Strip. A young woman was stabbed to death and ber father eeriouely injured (see list). (Ifa'arett, Jerusalem, 12 June 1991) 112. On 22 June 1991, a 16-year-old youth from Eawata village near Nablus was shot in the head and seriously injured. Local 8ourcee said he was ehot by the Israeli guard of a tanker, after a group of youths stoned the vehicle. An eight-year-old Israeli boy was slightly injured when the car in uhfch he was riding was atoned in the Trans-Samaria road, near Bidya village. A curfew wae imporad. Troops arrerted 10 8tudent8 of the Be+zlebem Univerrity a8 electiona for the studsnt coolncil were taking place. (w, 13 June 1991) 113. On 13 June 1991, a Serious incf&nt occurred in Si'ir village, near when troop8 opened fir0 at villagore who threw atones and blocks at a military vehicle "emgsgedin a COrrtiW activity". A 17-ystu-old youth, AlWe IbrahimMujabar,wae shotamdinjared. InRnrllah, a maskedaaawar 8hot end injured 8Zter hs failed to obey 8n order to Itop. Down muted man were arrest& in J&a, north of Nablw. Cl8&0* wars reported in the Gasa Strip, aad in particular in Jabalia, RhaaYousir and Rafah, where two were injured. (m, 14 June 1991)
Embron,

reported over the mkend of 14 near bani Iaim villago, &bran district. Troops returned fire and carried out searches. A large cache of petrol bombswas discoversd during 3 search in Jenin. In Jerusalan's Old City an Italian tonrfat WM stabbed and wonadedby two girls, aged 15 and 17, from Beitunia. Another stdblag incident occurred mar -ta, in the Jot&an Valley, where Wuhmmad E8rharat (lg), from Tamow, mtabbad and injured three Thai workers. Claabea wera reported in thm Gasa Strip. A youth from llhsn ~oirnls cmp WM injured in the eye by a rubber bullat. (m, VPolt, 15 Jum 1991)
roriow werm firmd 6t an IDI post

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A/46/522 English Page 51 115. On 16 June 1991, a serious clash was reported in Mughazi camp. Residents threw stones at an IDF post and troops opened fire at them, injuring six to eight residents. Other clashes occurred in Jabalia, Ehan Younis, Bureij and Three persons were shot and injured. A Jenin youth, Shati' camps. Muhammad Daoud Jabhan (21). stabbed and wounded an Israeli civilian, Assi Mordekhai (22), from Moshav Sdeh-Trumot in Beit Shean Valley. The attacker was captured. (B&&I.&E, 17 June 1991; w, 24 June 1991) 116. On 17 June 1991, clashes were reported in Jabalia (three injured), Khan Younis (one injured) and Rafah. A petrol bomb was thrown at an IDF patrol in Deir el-Balah. No one was hurt. In Nablus a grenade was thrown at the Civil Administration's labour exchange, while dosens of local residents were An IDF soldier was slightly injured in the explosion. present. Another grenade was thrown at an IDF post near Joseph's Tomb, in Nablus. The grenade missed its target and exploded near a girls' school, slightly wounding two school girls. (&.'aret.& 16 June 1991) 117. On 16 June 1991, in a small number of incidents in the Gaea Strip two were injured in Rafah camp and one was injured when he tried to break through a check point at Nabal Ox. Two Israeli soldiers were slightly injured from A petrol bomb was thrown at an IDF post in Rafah. No one stones in Sbati'. Incidents were also reported in Gasa (two injured), Jabalia was hurt. (two injured), Khan Younis and Mughari. The Gaea Rar Association declared a strike after an incident in which a soldier beat an Arab lawyer at the military court. The lawyer was Salah Mahamid from Dman al-Fabm (northern Israel), and the soldier later said he had hit him because he thought he was a Gasa lawyer, and not an Israeli citioen. (m, &EBMLRRX, 19 June 1991)

118. On 19 June 1991, aa Israeli youth who was helping injured residents at Sur-Baher neighbourhood, in taat Jerusalem, was at&bad and alightly injurad by a local man aged 23, who was capturad. ha IDy soldier waa slightly injured in tin hand when a baad-graaada was tbrowa naar larrallab police. In Jeruaalaa'a Old City police arrested five Xaeh activiata +bo beat a~ Arab raaidant and than attacked border polie who triad to raacua tlta Arab ftOEh tbam. One officer uaa hurt when a Kacb aativiat atruck hla in tba mouth with aclub. ?ba xach activist8 called tha pvllcmen, who weta Druae, "dirty Araba" and "terrorist8 in uaifonP. (v, BL', 20 June 1991)
119. On 20 Juna 1991, a group of soae 30 marked mo attackail a border police force vho entered Silwaa neighbourhood in E&at Jeruaalm. Tha troop8 opened

fir8 with rubber bulleta, injuriag two adults aad a four-year-old child. Shots were firad from a distance at en ID? post naar fdna. Tuo patrol bomba vere thrown at an IDF patrol amd an IDE peat in Rafah. Ilo ona warnhurt. (a, 21 June 199lr s, 24 June 1991)
A emall numbar of incidanta occurred over the uaokond of 21 and 22 June 1991, which coincidad with tba Muslim Id al-Adha holiday. Dimtnrbancoa were raportad in Sbati'. Four patrol bmba wet* tbrown at an Israeli civilian bus in tl-Bireh. Ho omevaa hurt. In incidenta in East
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121. On 23 June 1991, clashes were reported in Hebron after a local youth was shot and killed by troops as he was throwing stones at local and Israeli cars (see list). In other clashes, four people were injured in Jabalia and Shati' camps, and one in Ramallah. Three petrol bombs were thrown at an IDP patrol near Khan Younis. No one was hurt. (m, &~~i&&m Post, 24 June 1991) 122. On 24 June 1991, an IDF patrol was ambushed by masked men near Khan Younis. The men opened automatic fire and the troops returned fire. No In clashes in the Gaaa Strip four people were caaualtiea were reported. injured. A small number of stone-throwing incident6 were reported in Ramallah and Nablus. It was reported that troops recently raided a house near Rafah and captured Cour members of the Black Panther gang. (m, ~ Post, 25 June 1991; Al-Fajr, 1 July 1991) 123. On 25 June 1991, in an incident near Dhahiriya, an Israeli driver fired Shots into an Arab taxi, wounding the driver and a passenger. The Arab driver was named as Kamal Abu Alaan (38) and the injured passenger is Cknar KaWa6 Police were investigating the incident. In another incident near (25). Jenin, Palestinians stopped a car full of worker6 on their way to Israel and shot one passenger. Zaki MOU66a (31). In clashes in the Gaea Strip four were injured in Jabalia and Khan Younis. A petrol bomb wab thrown at an IDF patrol near Rafab. b'o one was hurt. (w, BPoetr 26 June 1991) 124. On 26 June 1991, a 16-pear-old Kiryat Arba youth, Yosi Toito. wa6 rtabbed and injured near the Xadassah house in Rebron. Arab residents helped him get to a nearby clinic. A homemade bombwas thrown at an Isreeli bus near Neve T5uf aettlment, in the Ramallah region, cauring no damage. In Xebatiyeh,

troopa i6qosed a curfew after marked men fire4 at a local resident, Yuruf Namer (32). In Silat a-Rartiya, Whamad Sbmhaa (211, a ?atah meabet wanted by the authoritier for two yeara I wan captured hy soldior8 drerrod as Arab villagers. (m, B, 27 Juum 1991)
125. On 27 June 1991, clashes wore reported in Pafah, MugJsa~i, Jaballa and xhan Youaie CamP8. rour people were injured. I petrol bombwas thrown at M Israeli car near Xugheci camp. Ilo one WM hurt. A Jeain resident, Taher Asanati (56), WM kidnapped by fivr maskedmm. Soon afterwards his family fnfonmd the Civil &ninistratfon muI the ID? and troops were cent to locate him. Iie was found, in good health. Eli8 kfdaaappers ercaped. (i&&r.&& 28

June

1991)

126. A eettler from Elegaot ia the Jordan Valley, nas!ed as Avi Caher (40), war stabbed to death on 28 June 1991. A re8ident of Shati' camp, Haaran mid (ZS), wae killed, and his friend Walid halmud (24) reriously injured when the

two wets mauipulatiag an explosive charge, which went off in their haadr. Pafah. a charge went off near an ID? patrol, but caused no d6amgeor injuries. Seven marked men seized control of aa eapty Xgged bus in the

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127. On 30 June 1991, two persons were injured in clashes in the Gaea Strip. In A-Tut village in Jenin district, there were exchanges of fire between troops and a group of wanted activists. In lsbsbda, near Jenin, masked men set fire to the house of Muhammad Mirax. Masked men armed with axes seioed control of an Egged bus carrying Arab workers from their jobs in Israel to Zweida, in the Gaxa Strip. They forced the workers to get off the bus and then set it on fire. (Ba'aretz, Jerusalem, 1 July 1991) 128. On 1 July 1991, an IDF soldier was slightly injured when unidentified assailants using automatic weapons opened fire at an IDF post in the Gaea Strip. The assailants fled in the direction rf the Bureij camp. House-to-house searches were carried out and 15 people were detained, but were later released. The camp was placed under curfew. In a separate incident, a grenade was thrown at an IDF patrol in Bani Suheila, causing no damage or In clashes in the Gasa Strip two persons were injured in Jabalia. injuries. Masked men attacked Abd el-Wahab Dib al-Rata6 (50), who ran an office issuing permits to Palestinians, near the Civil Administration building in The man was injured and was hospitalized in Israel. Deir el-Balah. (Ba'areu, -alem Post, 2 July 1991) 129. On 2 July 1991, in clashes in the Gaza Strip four were injured,-two in Rafah and two in Gaza. A soldier and a border policeman were slightly injured in stone-throwing incidents in Gaea and Rhan Younis. (m, 3 July 1991) 130. On 3 July 1991, a small number refugee c6mps. Two were injured in bomb was thrown Baaballah. A petrol Paf6h. Two other devices were thrown ca6wltier or demge were raported.
of clashes were reported, mostly in Ga6a aad a youth was beaten by troops in at au IDP obrervation post in Shabura, at aa IDP patrol in Khan Younir. Do (m, 4 July 1991)

.

131. 06 4 July 1991, a 6mall ntmhsr of alarher w6ro r6ported in the G66a Strip - 58 particular in Rafah, llha~~ Y0uni6 6d BUrOij c66Ipr. 3~0 Rafah re6fdsnt6 were injured. l%ronn6ked men 6t6bbed the deputy mayor of Rmmllsh, Uicola6 Akel, and injured him, probably for rervlng in the municipality tbet wa6 appointed by th6 Civil A&fnfrtration. In the Tulkara refugee cusp a cell who60 memher6 were ou6p6cted of throwing petrol bomb6 at troop6 and of 6everal killing6 wa6 uncovered following the arrert of it6 16ader, Khaled liajbeh. (m, w, 5 July 1991) Clash66 were reported over the weekend of 5 and 6 July 1991 and youth6 in B6blu6. Petrol bomb6 were thrown at IDF aud Civil A&sinistration tax-collectors' car6. The area wa6 sealed off and arre6t6 were carried out. Troop6 u6ed tOar-ga6 to di6pOr66 a Popular ?ront deuonrtration. Search06 were carried out in five mo6que6 aad a large quantity of leafletr, PLO fl6g6. 66e6, knives sod Club6 were fOUXI& In Cla6hOS in the Gasa Strip four were injured. A general strike wa6 ob6erved in Gara. (w, BPoat, 7 July 1991) 132. Violent

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On I July 1991, an Israeli civilian, Moshe Bukhris (54) from Ashdod, was in the head and upper part of his body as he was picking up workers in southern Gaze Strip. He was seriously injured and hospitalized. The Popular Front took responsibility for the attack. In other incidents in the Gaxa Strip two were shot and injured in Gaea, one in Khan Younis and one in Jabalia. A petrol bomb was thrown at an IDF patrol, causing no damage. A business strike was observed in the Bethlehem and Beit Sahur area following the killing of Mazen Abn Sawi from Artas. Villagers alleged that he was killed by soldiers. His friend Mohammed Da'arnra, who was injured in the same incident, later reported that the masked men who had pursued them tried to handcuff him. According to military sources no IDF unit were operating in the region at the time of the incident. (&a'arett, BPsst, 8 July 1991)
Shot

133.

civilian, Ammon Yabalomi (48) from Moshar 134. On 8 -July 1991, an Israeli Dekel, was shot and injured by unidentified assailants in the southern Gasa Strip, not far from the place another Israeli civilian had been shot the Yebalomi was shot by two men as he was picking up workers. previous day. Searches were carried out, but the assailants were not found. In clashes in Jenin Aze?un Kuneiri (14) was shot in the head and seriously injured. A violent clash occurred in Idna, near Webron, when a car with local licence plates entered the village and its two occupants questioned villagers about a wanted youth, Meher Tamaisi. Local youths threw stones at the car and the two occupants opened fire. Villager6 returned fire and in the exchange one of the occupants of the car was killed. The other one managed to escape and the car In another incident, was set on fire. Tire village was placed under curfew. an Arab driver tried to run over an IDF soldier near Ramallah. The soldier who saw the car approaching opened fire and injured the driver. (w, B, 9 July 1991) 135. On 9 July 1991, a hand-grenade wax thrown at an IDP observation post Pafsb. Thor0 were no damageor casualties. Ilr clashes in the Gasa Strip in

three were injured in Jabalia asd a border policeman was slightly injured frQl stoas,-throwing in Gasa. Rafah and Khan Younis raainod under curfew following the shooting incidents in which txo Israeli civiliaas were injured. The IDF sent reinforcamsnt to the post sat up in ths Borag Jam&ion, a&earths site of the shootingr. It was reported that both George Wash's and layof Rawatnmh's organisation* claimad respondbility for the att8cku. llhe two Isrulir wer* rsportmd out of danger. It was reported that ths victim of ths eh00ting incident in Idaa ths previous day was Bassmu Wuhmmad Shehadoh (29). from Eait Hanina. (Ba', 10 July 1991) 136. On 10 July 1991, fn clashss in ths Gasa Strip two were injured in Jsbalia and two in Khan Younis. Two soldiers were slightly injured in stozte-throwing incidents. Four Black Panther members were captured by border police ia hlksrm. (-arats, 11 July 1991)
137. CM 11 July 1991, in a violent clash between ID? troops and a group of maskedmen armed with ases and kniws, fn DaIsit al-Sari4 lvighbOnrhOO8 fB A-Ram. one of the masked men was ohot and killed (see list). Aat enplosive charge *a6 tbroun at tke military govemnfeat house in Bethlehem. HO One Was

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A/46/522 English Page 55 injured. A petrol bomb was also thrown et an IDF petrol in Refeh, causing no In clashes in the Geea Strip two were injured in Bureij damage or injuries. and one in Jabelia. Masked men set fire to a coffee-house in the centre of Jericho. Heavy damage we6 reported. (Ba', BPost, 12 July 1991) 138. Several violent clashes were reported over the weekend of 12 and 13 July 1991. One youth was killed in Jenin (see list) and four others injured, including Yusef Abu Jamiah (22) of Beni Suheila , who was shot in the head and seriously injured. and a nine-year-old boy from Ehau Younis camp; four were injured in the Gaze Strip. The IDF and border police carried out a night operation in the Casbah area of Nablus. House-to-house searches were carried out while 3 curfew wes being imposed. A doeen wanted menwere arrested, e6 Well a6 SOme 40 -tax 0ffenderS"r and Several firearms, aXe6 and knives were found. (Ba'arete, Jerusalem, 14 July 1991) 139. On 14 July 1991, two petrol bombs were thrown et a border police patrol in Tulkarm; no damage was caused and the Tulkarm camp was placed under curfew. In incidents in the Geoe Strip two were injured. (-'are&, 15 July 1991) 140. On 15 July 1991, a bus carrying troops near Naseriya village, in the Nablus district. by fire. No casualties were reported. The petrol bomb was thrown et an Israeli car in ignite. (Be'aretz, Jerusalem Post, 16 July was attacked with petrol bombs The bus was totally destroyed area we6 placed under curfew. A the centre of Nablus: it failed to 1991:

141. On 16 July 1991, in e small number CL incidents two were injured in Refah, and one in Khan Younis. Clashes between troops and local youths were

reported in Nablus.

(fla'aratt,

17 July 1991)
officer

had his n08e hrokon during a aged 27, was killed in the explosion of a gwoline container in a gas station in Shabuxa neighbourhood. Troops trying to capture thraa mask@8 man in Rhan Your&a ware attacked with rtonar . Tim troop8 thraw throw cOncus8ioa-graaadaa aad Sealad off the area. (N, B, 18 July 1991). an IDF

142. On 17 July 1991, in Gasa,
incident.

stona-throwing

A Rafab

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143. On 18 July 1991, two hand-groaadas were thrown at a hot&r police baea in Khan YOuniO. One device axplodad cau8ing injuriar to five bordar policawa. Sixtaen surpactr wera arrest*& In Utuoir8t crp Akra BaSdar Naaruf (29) w(u rhot and seriously injured after he triad to attack a aoldfar with a boo. Jenfn was placed undsr curfew folloriaq a rhooting iacM@at iavolviaq troopa and three Black Panther embers in which a youth was killed (raa list). (w, B, 19 July 1991) In clashee over the weekend of 19 and 29 July 1991 three ware injured in Jabalfa and oae in Ramallah. A Dair el-Balab reafdent, Jamal al-Baa (431, was arranted north of Jericho aa ha was trying to flea to Jordan after running Ona of the aoldiwrs. Uadav Dad, dfod of his wouadr. over two SDPsoldiers. Several faaily members were datainad and a military source said ttm driver's
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Page 56 house would be demolished. It was announced that four cells had recently uncovered in the West Bank. Their members are suspected of many attacks against the IDF and local residents. The cells operated from the Am'ari Rl-Birch. Reitunia, Rebron and nearby Bei: Kabel. The escalation in the of firearms continued in the Gaea Strip: A cluster-grenade was thrown at IDF patrol in Khan Younis. The explosion injured a 70-year-old local resident, Asfex Jafar. In East Jeruselem a 17-year-old Palestinian girl stabbed and slightly wounded a border policeman. She was arrested. (I[a'aret& -em Post, 21 July 1991) been camp. use an

145. On 21 July 1991, a general Strike called by Ramas was observed in the territories to protest against the taxation levels. An IDP soldier was hit in the head by a stone in Rafah. Incidents were also reported in Shati'. Jabalia, Khan Younis and Rafah, where four were injured. An Israeli civilian, Avraham Kalderero (59) from Petah Tikva, was stabbed and seriously injured by two villagers from the Tulkarm area. The two suspects were caught. (m. Jeruselem Post, 22 July 1991) 146. On 22 July 1991, clashes were reported in Gaza and Khan You&s, and stone-throwing incidents occurred in other camps in the Gasa Strip and in the were slightly injured by stones in the Gasa Strip. West Sank. Two soldiers In Jenin several masked assailants entered the local clinic and stabbed a local resident. He was seriously injured. The area was placed under curfew. (8a'arstc. 23 July 1991)
141, On 23 July 1991, a resident of the village of Lubban, in the West Bank, was injured by a petrol bomb thrown at his car near Deir Ballut junction, apparently after hi6 car was mistaken for an Israeli car. Two grenades vere thrown at a border police motorised patrol near Kban Your&s. There were no Two Israeli CiVilhIS, Bitsn and Amir Waniker, from Genim, were injuries, attacked in Jonin. Kitsn Maniksr suffered stab wounds. In Gssa, two soldiers were slightly injured by stones. A resident of Burefj, Asrai AM (221, wa8 rounded aad captured when he, togethsr with two ot?mr wanted men, failed to obey.orders to halt sad tried to escape fn a car. IDI troops gave chase and

opsnsd

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148. On 24 July 1991, aa sscalation in the level of violence was reported in the terrftorlss 88 11 petrol boabs wsre thrown, including 8 at the Gasa police headquarters, sad ths Arab director of the Jenin hospital was killed (see list). Jsnin was placed undsr curfeu. In the per01 bomb attacks PO casualties or damsgewere reported. Clashss were reported fn Esbron and in Rafsh. (m. B, 25 July 1991) 149. On 25 July 1991, a burst of automatic weapons fire was directed at an IDP patrol near Bafah. lo oae was hurt. Several sreas in the toua were placed when his lorry wss under curfsw. The driver of a military car was injured Troops fired at maskedsiea who were putting up a stoned near Bureij. barricsde in Bebron. 'IUO were injured. (&&K&B, v, 26 July 1991)

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150. Ser-ious riots were reported in the Gaza Strip over the weekend of 26 and 27 July 1991. Four were shot and injured, one seriously, and three soldiers The most serious clash occurred in Sheikh were slightly injured by stones. after a border police patrol tried to disperse demonstrators and Rodwan, Gaxa, one of the policemen opened fire, seriously injuring Muhammad Abu Ita (20) in the head. The shooting triggered widespread rioting and the army brought in large reinforcements to restore order. A curfew was imposed in the area and irk nearby Shati' camp. In Ramallah. a hand-grenade was thrown at a border police patrol, but it failed to explode. The town was placed under curfew. A petrol bomb was thrown at an army patrol near Khan Younis, causing slight damage. Occupants of a car opened fire at soldiers manning a post near Far-oun, in the Tulkarm area. The car sped off. In El-Birch, shots were fired at the home of lawyer Jamil Tarifi. In Arrabeh, near Jenin, two masked men set. fire to a bus carrying workers. The bus was totally destroyed. The area was placed under curfew. In Silat a-Hartiya, near Jenin, the rapid intervention by IDF troops rescued two residents who were kidnappea bl masked IllPrl. An IDF soldier lost an eye after being hit by a stone earlier in the week. (.@a'are@, Je_rl?nnlem PO&, 28 July 1991) 351. t111ee

On
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1991, in

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152. On 29 July 1791, in a shooting incident in Silwad troops opened fire at stone-throwers, killing one (see list). A petrol bomb was thrown at an IDF patrol in Jenin, causing no damage or injuries. A masked youth, aged 18, who tried to attack an officer with an axe in Kalandia, was shot and wounded. Clashes were reported in Jabalia and Khan Younis. A Civil Administration officer beat a youth on the grounds that he was wearing a shirt with the PLO flag colours and had no ID card. (Halare&, arusalem Post, 30 July 1991) 153. On the back building. arrested. 30 July 1991, by two local A curfew a settler residents, was imposed from Hebron, as he was in the town Yuval Dereh walking near and several

(25).

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in

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July

No cne was hurt.

in Jenin two petrol bombs were (&'aret& Jerusalem Post, 1 August

155. On 1 August 1991, a soldier was seriously injured in the head when the military car in which he was travelling was attacked with stones near Rawara junction, in the Nahlus region. Masked men fired several shots at an IDF observation post in Ramallah. No one was hurt. The area of the incident was placed under curfew. In Nablus, a hand-grenade was thrown at the Civil Administration's labour exchange. No one was hurt and the area was sealed off for searches. In the Gaza Strip, an explosive device went off on the road near the military government headquarters in Rafah as an army patrol walked (H&AL&& &&AMUI Post, 2 Rugumt 1991) by. No one was hurt.

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According to Arab sources hospital suffering paralysis in one hand and leg. the soldiers opened fire at the car when the suspects failed to obey an order In another incident in Gasa a to stop their car. The suspects returned fire. 24-year-old man tram Sheikh Radwan suburb was severely injured when a homemade bomb he was assembling exploded. He was hospitalized under guard. A soldier was sliqi;tly injured in the shoulder from a rock thrown at him in Rafah camp. One of the stone-throwers was hit by a rubber bullet. ( Iln:m I Jerusalem~&x&, 4 August 1991) 157. On 4 August 1991, clashes were reported in Gaza, Khan Younis aud Jabalia, where four people were shot and injured. In Jenin, a petrol bomb was thrown at an JDF patrol. No one was hurt. A Khan Younis resident was seriously injured in the explosion of a bomb he had prepared. A resident of Shabura camp in Rafah was attacked by several masked men and was hospitalized with moderate injuries. i&u&, -alem Post, 5 August 1991) 158. On 5 August 1991, a serious clash occurred in the Shati' camp. One youth was killed and three were critically injured (two of them later died of their wounds, see list). Following the shooting, some 400 residents rioted and troops had to use force to disperse them. Fifteen were injured. Two others were injured in clashes with troops elsewhere in the Gaza Strip. (ha'areu, derrcsalem Pea, 6 August 1991)

159. On 6 August 1991, clashes continued in the Gaza Strip. The IDF commander in the region, Brig.-Gen. Shmuel Zucker, said that the troops who operated in Shati' camp during the clashes in which one was killed and 15 were injured, had acted in accordance with the open-fire rules. Three soldiers were also injured from stones in the rioting. In Jenin, five petrol bombs were thrown at two army patrols. (Ha'Lz, Jerusalem Post, 7 August 1991)
160. On 7 August 1991. an IDF observation post in Sajai'ya, Gaza, was set on fire and totally deetroyed in the explosion of a charge planted nearby. No one wao hurt and extensive searches were carried out. In clashes in Gaza and Khan Younis three local resident6 were injured. A soldier was hit in the eye by a atone. A lo-year-old boy wa6 shot and seriously injured when border policemen whose car was attacked with stones in Shu'fat, north of Jerusalem, fired rubber bullets at the stone-throwers. An explosive dev:ce was thrown at a settlers' car near Bethlehem, injuring its four passengers. Two bottles of acid uere thrown at border policemen in Nablurr, slightly hurting two of them. Soldier6 #hot and slightly injured three rtono-throwers in Idna, near Hebron, after they dieobeyed ordars to halt. Two petrel bomb6 wore thrown at an IDP observation po6t in Jenin. No on6 was hurt. A curfew was imposed in the area. (tlp'arett, Jaruaalem, 8 Augurt 1991)

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August 1991, three border policemen were injured in a clash in A petrol bomb was thrown at a civilian bus going from Old City. Hebron to Jerusalem. No one was hurt. Security forces captured three wanted members of the Red Eagle group in Deir el-Balah. (Li&,W, Jerusalem Post, 9 August 1991) 161. On
JeruSaleIII'S

162. In a violent weekend (9 and 10 August 1991) two youths were killed by Shots were troops and three persons were killed by masked men (see lists). fired at an IDF observation post in Bethlehem. No one was hurt and the area Serious clashes were reported in Khan Younis and was placed under curfew. Four people were injured. Four petrol bombs were thrown at an IDF Nuseirat. A general strike patrol in Khan Younis. Two of the attackers were captured. In widespread stone-throwing incidents in was observed in the Gaza Strip. Jerusalem thr-ee Israelis were slightly injured. (B&&XL 2, +& rusalem Post, 11 August 1991) in continuing 163. On 11 August 1991, An Israeli civilian were injured. which he was travelling was attacked JerWa&m Post, 12 August 1991) clashes in Gaza was injured in the with stones near Strip camp three people head when the bus in Jericho. (b'aretz,

lb4. On 12 August 1991, in clashes in Deir el-Balah and Nuseirat and Jabalia camps in the Gaza Strip three people were injured. Three soldiers were injured near Anabta when their jeep overturned as they were chasing stone-throwers. Another petrol bomb was thrown at a bus near Hehron. Material damage was reported. The area was placed under curfew. A girl was hit in the head and slightly injured by a stone near Silwan. (ha'aretx,

BP06t.

13 August

1991)

165. On 13 August 1991, six people, including a nine-year-old boy, were shot and injured in clashes in Balata camp, Hebron, Gaza and Khan Younis. The boy, Hilmi Rawasmeh, was hit in a ricochet when soldiers at a roadblock opened fire at a car that ignored their order to halt. A petrol bomb was thrown at an IDP patrol in Rafah: no one was hurt. (Ha'Lz, Jerusalem Post, 14 August 1991) 166. On 14 August 1991, clashes and Jabalia camps. Four were from a car at a border police at the car. A petrol bomb was hurt. Troops in Jenin spotted him. When he fled they opened (m, Jsruealem Post, 15 were reported in Khan Younis, Bureij, Shati' shot and injured. A hand-grenade was thrown jeep in Khan Younis. The soldiers opened fire thrown at an IDF patrol in Jabalia. No one was a 16-year-old wanted youth and tried to capture fire at him, injuring him in the leg. August 1991)

167. On 15 August 1991, two soldiers were slightly injured in the explosion of a hand-grenade thrown by a masked man at an army patrol in Shabura camp. A petrol bomb was thrown at an IDP patrol in Jenin. No one was hurt. An Israeli woman motorist was injured in the face by a stone thrown at her car near Israwiya, East Jerusalem. (&&KS&, BPortr 16 August 1991)

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in clashes in the Gaza Strip four were shot and 168. On 18 August 1991, injured, including a masked man in Rafah who was shot by plain-clothes soldiers who appeared in a civilian car and spotted the youth guarding another man writing graffiti. Violent demonstrations were reported in Kabatiya. A man was killed despite the curfew imposed in the town for the fifth day. when troops opened fire to disperse the demonstrators (see list). A petrol bomb was thrown at an IDF patrol in Jenin. No one was hurt. A hand-grenade was thrown at a military car at the entrance to Nablus. An Israeli woman was slightly injured when the car in which she was travelling was stoned in Ras East Jerusalem. (a'areti, -alem Post, 19 August 1991) el-Amud. Mariman Mahmud Mansara (23) from Bani 109. On 19 August 1991, a young woman, Naim village near Hebron, was shot and seriously injured as she was about to stab a soldier at an IDF post in the village. She was admitted to hospital and the village was placed under curfew. In Kafr Thulth, near Kalkilya, masked men threw two petrol bombs at the house of the local mukhtar, Yusuf Odeh. Scattered clashes were reported in Gaza, Jabalia and Khan Two people were injured. Younis. (Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post. 20 August 1991) in scattered clashes 170. On 20 August 1991, Several petrol bombs were shot and injured. and civilian targets, including an Egged bus Kalandia camp and the police station in Gasa. captured Ali Shinawi (21) from Jenin, who had suspicion of terrorist activity. (Ha'arQtR, in the Gaza Strip Chree people were thrown at Israeli military in East Jerusalem, a car nrar No one was hurt. Border police

been wanted
Jerusalem Post,

for

a long
21 August

time on 1991)

171. On 21 August 1991, a serious clash was reported in Gasa, when hundreds gathered in the city's main street and threw petrol bombs and stones at troops. The latter fired plastic bullets, injuring 15 people. Clashes were Two people were injured in Jabalia also reported elsewhere in the region. strike was observed in the West Bank. camp. A general (Ba'aretl;, 22 August 1991) 1991, a petrol bomb was thrown at an IDP patrol in Hebron. body was discovered near the village of Rhirbat Abu Palah, region. It was identified as that of Fares Daria (16) from who had been missing for two weeks. Akraba residents alleged been abducted and killed by Israeli settlers. Sources in the said it was too early to say what caused the boy's death. Amjad Attiya, resident of the Nur Shams camp near Tulkarm. Re for suspected hostile activity. (v, 23 Augumt 1991)
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172. On 22 August No one was hurt. in the Ramallah Akraba village, that the boy had Ramallah police Troops arroated had been wanted

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the were of

174. The harsh conditions mentioned in this regard. his arrest: fell wife

"Somebody knocked on the door heavily and for a long time. The door down on me, as I was ready to go out. I was in the house with my and my two children, aged two years and one year. One of the members of the patrol - I know him, he is a settler - pointed his pistol They covered my eyes, tied one of my arms to my leg, so I could at me. not stand straight and had to bend all the time. . . . So, they took me to my father's house and beat me in front of my family. They damaged the furniture, they confiscated the telephone as well . . . they beat my brothers, they took me in a car. Usually they gather seven or eight people and then put them in a bus. We did not know where we were going. During the whole transport, I was being beaten, they were hitting me with with their shoes." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.562) sticks, 175. An anonymous witness referred to the arrest of her la-year-old son:

"My son was at secondary school. He was arrested on the street last year, during examination time, just when he was going to his exams. He was forced into the back of a car. They broke his hand while they were putting him in the car. They shot him in the foot with live ammunition. .. . accused him of throwing stones at settlers' buses. When they they said that he had been throwing stones at settlers' buses, he said "no", but he was wearing practically the samethings as the other boy, so they took him and put him into the car." (A1AC.1451RT.564) "They

caught him,

176. Another anonymous witness referred to arrest raids carried out by soldiers in Ein Beit al-Ma camp: The events took place on 28 November 1990. One of the youths from the campthrew a stone at one of the police cars patrolling and par8ing close to the camp. dyewitnesses in the camp said that this boy is not even 10 years of age. After the incident, a curfew was imposed inside the cusp, and that for a period of 13 days. On 13 December 1990, the cap was stormed by tens of police personnel and someelement8 of the I...

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Israeli army. They arrested 14 young people, who, all of them, were The soldier6 tied their hands, handcuffed them and below the age of 10. took them to the police headquarters in Nablus. Their ID cards, or rather those of their parents, were collected. Those who were detained were severely beaten, both by police personnel and by army soldiers. They were beaten on all parts of the body, especially on the genitals. They were questioned in a harsh manner. During questioning, they were insulted and humiliated. After the questioning, which lasted a beaten, number of hours they wrre all released, on condition that they come back three days later - that is to say on Sunday, 16 December 1990. When they returned, they were questioned again. During the questioning, their heads were covered with sacks. Again, they were beaten, practically during the whole time of the questioning. After a number of hours, again everybody war released and requested to return once again on Wednesday, 19 December 1990. They came back at that date, expecting once again the same questinning and beating. They expected that the ID cards would be given back co their parents, but they were not. From the police headquarter s of Nablus, all the young people were taken to the headquarters of the Civil Administration of the city. Some of them were released and the;' told their family members and friends of what had taken place during the questioning they had undergone." (AIAC.MSRT.573) 177. The arbitrary One witness stated nature in this of arrests regard: was also stressed in
some

testimonies.

"SometSmes they arrest on the ground of specific charges, they arrest on the ground of suspicions. Sometimes they just people to shed iight on certain persons. There is no uniform governs the process of detention carried out by the occupation authorities." (Anonymous witness, A1AC.1451RT.5591Add.l) 178. Mr. Several Radwan witnesses referred Abmed Mohsmnad Ziadeh, to a the denial of detainee the
rule

sometimes

arrest law that

former

and

of law. a trade unionist,

stated

in this

regard:

"During my last imprisonment in the occupied territories, I had a quarrel with the intelligence officer who came to imprison me. I told him that there is a law, that he is not allowed to boat me, to oppress me. He asked me 'what law, what law are you speaking about, for if tbare is occupation or military rule, then there is no law.' Under the rule of gun, of gas, of bomb, there is no law, the law is the law of the strong. '1 (A/AC.lQS/RT.559) 179. Mr. Abdel Jawed Saleh said in the course of his testimony:

**In fact, there is no rule, no law. Especially since the m, a soldier can be the legislator, the executive branch of the euthoritier, he ten impriron enybody without previoue werrent, he CM do whatever he liker. I em sure that you have heard of tba order8 wbiah were implemented about breaking bowr of people. Breaking bono8 bscmm a systematic way of dealing with Palertinians. /...

A/46/522 English Page 63 "Again, regarding detention, there is no rule. They come to a village, a certain quarter in a town, and collectively detain (AlAC.1451RT.566) people aoed 14 to 65."
An

certain 180.

all

anonymous

witness

referred

to the issue

in the following

terms:

"Young people, they are often arrested in violation of the law, since the law prevents the detention of persons under the age of 14. In spite of this, youngsters are sometimes arrested. They do not have an identity card, because they are not yet of a legal age. So they are arrested for long periods. The parents are asked to come and very heavy fines are imposed on them. If the youngster is between the ages of 14 and 18, he is treated exactly iike an adult person and he may have to stay for years under detention and without trial. . .. "In many cases, it happens of sentence, but is not released that the detainee on time. has completed his
term

"The lawyer is often unable to defend the .Ic:cused person in the traditional way. Often he is threatened with being arrested or detained if he doec not follow the wishes of the military governor or of himself, the judge of the military court. The lawyer who sticks to the provisions of the law is prevented from visiting his client in prison, he is prevented from having any contact with the prosecution, he is subjected to many administrative complications and problems, which do not enable him to carry out his function, his work.

"According to beyond a year. But in many cases, the released for a day (A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l) 181. Another witness, under administrative

the law it is persons or two

now, administrative detention should not go actually renewable for two and three years and subjected to administrative detention are and then arrested once more." she was put

Mrs. Naila Ayich, recalled the way in which detention after her husband's deportation:

"The decision to deport my husband was taken on 12 April 1988. Two months after his deportation, I was put under administrative detention You knav about this kind of detention, it is done for the second time. without any trial, without any charges even. Hy son was very young, only six months old. His father was away and I was his only parent. I fought against the administrative detention, saying that it was an arbitrary decision, my husband being deported and my child SO young. They did not pay any attention and I was put under administrative detention for six months." (A/AC.145/RT.559)
102.

during

Wention was also interrogation: "In questions Atlit,
and put

made of the

use of physical

and psychological

violence

the interrogation was not like usual, they did not ask forward aharges. Lt was more a way of provoaation and
I...

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English Page 64 aggression. They would for instance ask you to rspeat insults against The young men would God, or Muhammad, or against Abu Ammar or Abu Jihad. be beaten if they refused to repeat the insults and I remember one man (Anonymous witness, A1AC.1451RT.562) whose back got broken." 183. Mr. Jamal Zaqut stated in this connection:

"I was under investigation in the Russian compound jail, then under investigation for two months. I transferred to the Gaza jail, I was p-evented from faced every kind of harassment and rough treatment. sleeping for more than three weeks. I was denied any medical help after (A/AC.145/RT.571) the breaking of two ribs due to beating." 184. It was also rather than fair pointed trials. out that most trials An anonymous witness were a pretence stated in that of justice cc.rnection:

"None of the persons detained were ever acquitted or declared innocent. There is no such thing as acquittal. The Israeli soldier is always right. They always believe what the Israeli soldiers tell them. All other evidence is refuted or rejected by the court. because the evidence given by the Israeli soldiers is being preferred. . ..

"The lawyer first receives information from the family of the detainee, that their son has been detained for example. So, the lawyer goes to the prison and he tries to visit the detainee. Usually. we are able to see the prisoner after 18 days of detention. In some cases, it is not possible to see the prisoner for four or five months. We are able to see the prisoner in accordance to the serial number of his identity card. We listen to what he says and then we go to the military prosecution in order to obtain a copy of the charges and of the confession, if any. We wait until the date of the trial is published in the newspapers. When we know of the date, we go to the trial, to the military court. They start with the usual questions to the defendant, whether he pleads guilty or not. . . . If he pleads not guilty, they adjourn the trial and this is repeated three, four times, it can go on and on for years, until the defendant is finally obliged to confess to something. .. . "For instance, if the charge is stone-throwing, the punishment should not exceed six months. So, if the defendant has already spent seven or eight months in prison, I as a lawyer am obliged to convince client that he has to confess, because then he would be released from prison." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l) 165. Mr. prevailing relevant trials, Abdel Jawad Saleb also referred to the "quick justice" system in the occupied territories and to the Israeli disregard for international logal norms and standards: "Specially without at the beginning lawyers, without the

my

OC ths fntifrarh, there ware very rpsedy defendants, without even any accusetions

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and no result to see

legal interrogation. of such collective and meet their

There was speedy trials, clients, went on

only beating lawyers, strike for

and sentencing. As who were not permitted a long time. ... of houses, curfews,
are

a

"Generally speaking, deportation, demolition confiscation, settlements in the occupied territories, collective punishment, deprivation of freedom of the Israeli military court. So, you can say that law in the occupied territories." (A/AC.145/RT.566) 1116. Reference was also made to the procedures in the occupied territories. difficulties she had faced in order lengthy to and costly An anonymous obtain a travel

land endorsed rule of by the

movement

there

is

no

nature witness permit:

of legal recalled

the

"I tried 10 or 12 times. I thought of engaging a lawyer and asked an Arab lawyer to help me, thinking of lodging a complaint against the Israelis, because they were refusing to meet me. ... I went to the Complaints Office in Jerusalem. I engaged a lawyer. He belongs to the Peace Now movement and he took care of this case. That was in May. The case received a certain serial number. I waited three months, without getting any anrwer. But I wanted to travel. ... So I tried to get this permit signed. We have in the West Bank person6 who take bribery and help us with the formalities. I had to pay a certain amount of money to one of those persons cooperating with the Is.raeli authorities. I paid the sum required and he told me that I could go. But I was turned back

once more at the bridge, which means that I had lost the permit and lost the money of the bribery. Once again I engaged a lawyer, an Arab lawyer who told me that first I had to get a letter from the lawyer who had been handling my case in the beginning saying that he had stopped taking care of this case. So I went to see that lawyer in Jerusalem. I had lodged my complaint in May and had not received any answer in November. I then heard that the case had been refused. Afterwards the Ieraeli intelligence people were obliged to meet with me, because they had turned me down 21 times. So, they agreed to see me. . . . In November I lodged an appeal, which was rejected by the Complainte Office. My case was then directed to a higher court of justice, to the Supreme Court of Justice.@* (A/AC.145/RT.560) 167. Accounts of the administration of justice in the occupied territorier may be found in document8 A/AC.l45/RT.557/Add.l (an anonyWu8 witnee8)I A/AC.145/RT.559 (Ur. Pa&fan AImed Mob-ad Ziadeh; Mrr. Raila Ayich); A/ACC.145/RT.S59/Md.l (an aaonynouo witaesr); A/AC.14S/RT.560 (an anonymous witwrr)1 AIAC.14WRT.562 (two anonymous witnemre8); A/AC.145/RT.S64 (an ~anonymouo witness)) A/AC.l45/RT.565 (an anonymous witnesr); AIAC.14WRT.566 (Hr. Abdel Jawad Saleh)j A/AC.lIS/RT.569/Add.l (an anonymou8 witnerr)$ A/AC.145/RT.570 (Mrs. Adla Randeel)r A/AC.14S/RT.S71 (Mr. Jrel 2aqut)j and AIAC.14WRT.Stt (an anoliylnour witness).

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168. On 1 April 1991, the Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Intisar Abu al-Kayama (34) to two and a half years' imprisonment. The woman, mother of seven children, is the cousin of Abd el-Halim Abdallah from Shati' camp, who on 16 October 1990 tried to kill an Israeli civilian, Avraham Shafir. She was convicted of providing her cousin with the knife with which he stabbed Shafir. The Court acquitted her of the charge of attempted murder, but convicted her on the charge of providing means to commit a crime. (w, 2 April 1991) 189. On 3 April 1991, the Military Court in Nablus sentenced four residents of Jericho tc life imprisonment after they were convicted of killing S:~lam Jilata The four are Raed Ghalabani on 3 October lY69, for alleged collaboration. (21). Reed Jilata (21). Id Barama (21) and Hasan Jilata (26). (HAL-r 4 April 1991) lY0. On 6 April 1991, Defence Minister Moshe Arens ordered the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, as part of a series of measures aimed at alleviating the plight of Arab residents of the The release coincides with the Muslim holiday of Id al-Fitr (the territories. end of Ramadan). a date on which Palestinian prisoners are traditionally released. It ties affirmed that most of the prisoners affected by the measure would be near the end of their sentences, and that none of them had committed acts of violence. On 11 April 1991, further criteria for release were made public by the Defence Ministry. In addition to convicted prisoners not involved in "bloody violent acts", and convicted prisoners who had served at least two thirds of their sentencer, the release measure would affect persons detained for failing to pay fines; minors who were not involved in "bloody violent acts", prisoners reconmnended by prison conreanders, including for medical reasons: persons detained for over two months awaiting their trial, whose detention had been ordered until the end of legal proceedings, and who were not liable to prison termr longer than the peri.od already spent in detention; it was reported that 850 of those released were from the West Bank and 350 from the Gasa Strip. Several administrative detainees would also be reloesed. Some 202 prisoners were released from the Ketsiot prison. (w, 9 and 11 April 199lr B, 9 April 1991) 191. On 8 April 1991, it was reported that the Jorusalan District Court had rocontly sentenced e miner to 12 yearr' imprisoment after ho was convicted of

rtebbing end injuring Jerusalsm. (B,

Yoref

Kdr,

a yeshiva student, on 12 June 1990 in Cart 8 April 1991)

0 Information on this subject cowering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 Novombor 1990 is to be found in peregraphr 104 to 132 of docuwnt A/46/651 information on tha IUU rubject covering tlm porfod from 1 Docambar1990 to 31 Uuch 1991 ir to k found in par4r8phr 113 to 141 of doctmmnt A/46/282.

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A/46/522 English Page 67 192. On 8 April 1991. the Jersualem District Court sentenced Muhammed Abu-Jalaba (26), from Jabalia camp, to four consecutive life for stabbing to death four Jerusalem women on 10 March 1991. The court imposed a 14-year sentence on Faisal al-Khatib for stabbing a Jewish civilian. (Ha'aretz. J.wusalem Post, 9 April 1991)
Arab

terms

also

193. On 12 April 1991, it was reported that Radwan Abu Ayash, chairman of the Journalists' Association, was being released from administrative detention of five months. He had been given a six-month term, but appealed to a military board and his term was reduced by one month. (Halare&, 12 April 1991) 194. On 22 April life imprisonment centre. (Jerusab 1991, Araf Hasan Abu Sultan (25), of Rafah, was sentenced for mlurdering a fellow inmate at the Ketziot detention Post, 23 April 1991) by lawyers they be Service to

195. On 23 April 1991, the High Court of Justice denied a request for the four Gaza Fatah activists who were ordered deported that allowed to examine the confidential material tie General Security (GSS) presented to the military court chat ordered the expulsions. 1991) (Jerusalem Post I 24 April

19G. On 28 April 1991, Sari Nusseibeh (40), professor of philosophy at Bir Zeit University, was released after three months of administrative detention. He was originally detained for six months, for "transmitting information to Iraq during the war in the Gulf", but a Jerusalem District Court judge reduced the detention by three months. (Jerusalem, 29 April 199i; u-F&, 6 May 1991) 197. On 30 April 1991, the Tel Aviv District Court imposed three consecutive life sentences on Ashraf Be'aluji (Zl), from Gaza, for stabbing to death three Israeli civilians on I4 December 1990, in Jaffa. (w, Jerusalem&, 1 May 1991) 198. Da 30 April 1991, the Military Court in Gasa sentenced Iyad Abdallah Majid and Hussein Halnnud Awad to 15 years' imprisornnent each for membership of Patah and throwing petrol bomb8 at an IDP post. The court sentenced Ibrahim Awad Jabar Dsmari to life imprisonment after convicting him of membership of a Patah "strike comnittea" and taking part in the murder of alleged collaborators in the Gasa Strip. (w, 1 Xay 1991) 199. On 7 Hay 1991, chargo sheets wore filed with the lablur Military Court against six residents of the Tulkarm cwp suspoctod of membership of the "Black Panther gang", killing eight persons and attempting to kill another five. The six, led by Huh-ad Shehadeh (191, were previously led by Aissed Saruji (181, who wa8 killed on 30 October 1990. Three of the six were Iajah

identified as Uarwan Iayef (lS), Abed Ratsnan Saruji (17), and Deedas (19). (iU4mb s, 0 May 1991) 200. On 12 May 1991, the Tel Aviv District Court rentenced a 17-year-old reridont of Shaikh Padwan, Gasa, to life impriromIont after convicting him
of

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A/46/522 English Page 68 killing an Israeli civilian, Eitar nationalistic reasons". !JwmW, Arad, on 17 April 1991 in Tel 13 May 1991) Aviv, "for

201. On 13 May 1991 the Haifa District Court minor, both members of the Fatah youth movement of the killing on 29 December 1990 of Jenin, Yosef Malchin from Haifa. The two admitted they had murdered Malchin to mark Fatnh Day, (Jmewm!&, 14 May 1991)

convicted Imad Masri (19), and a Shabibah, and residents of an Israeli engineer, their guilt and told the court which falls on 1 January.

202. On 13 May 1991, the Palestinian journalist Ziad Abu Ziad, from Eizariya near Jerusalem, was released from the Jneid prison in Nablus after six months of administrative detention. (Ha'are&. 14 May 1991) 203. On 16 May 1991, it was reported that the Defenc.e Ministry had paid compensation to a minor from Khan Younis who had been held for five days in detention arbitrarily. On 10 September 1989, the youth was sentenced to 8 months' imprisonment and 16 months' suspended, and has fined NIS 1,000 Upozr payment of the fine the youth was to be released. ($400). His father paid the fine and the youth should have been released on 9 May 1990, but the jail authorities claimed the fine had not been paid, and released the youth only five days later, after the intervention of a representative of ACRI. A lawyer sent the compensation claim on 12 July 1990 and after 10 months the Defence Ministry paid the youth the cum of NIS 1,500 ($600). (ficl'aretl;, 16 May 1991) 204. On 16 May 1991, the security forces arrested tin employee of &-Quds, who had served four years of the Shabibah movement in the Gaza Strip. (m, 205.
"Black

journalist in jail

Tawfik Abu-Hosa, for acting as leader 17 May 1991)
four

On 21 May 1991,
Panther gang"

the Jenin
to life

Military
imprisonment

Court
after

alleged collaborators. Hussam Afana to five terms of life imprisonment plus 20 from Jenin, was sentenced to five life terms; Jenin, to four life terms, and Subti Tubasoi terms. (m, 22 May 1991)

several

sentenced convicting (25), from

members of the them of killing Birqin, was sentenced

years (23),

in jail;
Abu

Iyad
Ziza

Sslfiti
(24).

(18),

Mohanrnad

from

from Jenin,

to two life

206. On 23 Way 1991, it was reported that the total number of all Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in the various prirons in Israel and the territories was 9,351. Some 1,076 were convicted prisoners, 661 were pre-trial detainees, 3,649 were detaiaed until the end of legal proceedings and 743 were a&tinistrative detainees. There figures did not include persons held in custody soon after being arrested. (w, 23 Hay 1991) 207. On 23 Hay 1991. it was in a&intrtrative detention hi8 relearn wee "by rirtakeO'. organisation rant an urgent release Abu Baker or to put reported that fsscun Abu Baker from Ilablua was put 13 days after be was teleasod, on tbe grounds that On 22 May 1991, tbe ktwlm human right@ letter to tbe Defence Ytnl8ter urging him to bin on trial if there were my cbargea aqainmt
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On 26 May 1991, instructions. (Ha'arets, Abu Baker was 23 and 21 released on the Defence Minister's

him.

May 1991)

the Gaza military court began an operation of quick 208. On 26 May 1991, of Palestinians held in IDF jails. Those concerned were principally trials Palestinians detained for long periods without trial in the Ketxiot jail. in keeping with the Southern Region order to accelerate their trials, it was decided to add another courtroom, as well commander's instruction, more prosecutors and judges. 27 May 1991) (k!&kEC%Zr

In as

Military Court sentenced Mahmud Ali Hamdan (21), 209. On 21 May 1991. the Gaza and Izam al-Bardawi (23), both of the Gaza Strip, to life imprisonment after convicting them of killing three persons and injuring one. In another development, it was reported that an administrative detention Grder for one yeal was issued against Tawfik Muhammad Mabruk Abu Hosa (28). from Rimal who was arrested 10 days earlier. neighbourhood, Gaza. He had served 30 months in jail in the past for security offences. (Ha'aretq, 28 May 1991) 210. Abdel after the Gaza Military Court sentenced On 29 May 1991, Nasser Abu Kaoud (24), from Rafah, to three life terms convicting him of killing an Arab teacher, Salah Hijazi. Ashraf Abu Abayad and a woman, Itaf Nimes, for alleged

plus

30

years,

death (Ha'aretz,
30 years

and beating colleboration.

to

Jerusalem
on a member

Post,

30 May 1991) plus
the

211. On 30 May 1991, killing of several

the Gaza Military Court iIIIFOSed four life sentences Panther gang" (name not reported) for of the "Black alleged COllabOtatOrb. (Na'aretz, 31 May 1991)

212. On 5 June 1991, it was reported that the Gaza Military Court had sentenced to life imprisonment plus 20 years three residents of Sheikh Radwan, Gasa, for membership of Fatah and killing Arabs they suspected of collaboration and drug dealjng. The three were named as Ahmed Abu-Hamda (24). Hisham Mazni (26) and Bassam Wahab Namnam. (Jsrusalem Post, 5 June 1991; Al-PaJr, 10 June 1991)

213. On 12 June 1991, the Gaza Military Court sentenced two and Abed Rajaiba, to life imprisonment plus 20 years. They aud killing suspected belonging to a "terrorizt organization" including a nurse at the Nasser hospital in Gara. In another was reported that 420 prisoners who had waited long periods trials" over the tried had finally been put on "accelerated in the Gasa Military Court, where two additional courtrooms, judges and prosecutora, were assigned to the operation. (w, -Port, 13 June 1991)

brothers, Rajab were convicted of collaborators, development, it of time to be previous fortnight as ~011 as more 1' J'

214. Cm 13 June 1991, the trial of Wameh al-Helou was opened at the Psmllah Military Court. Aaoording to the chug@ shoot shs had acted as ooamander of ths Damoaratic lront for tlu Libofcrtion Of PalartiM (DPLP) in tba Qa8a ltrip aftor ths arrest of the formor commndaf, J-81 Zakout (who was l xpsllod from Al-Helou had served eight years in prison in the past follwing the country).

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English Page 70 the explosion of a charge she was holding. She lost her right hand in the For two years she was wanted and over a year ago was rearrested. explosion. Her lawyer, Leah Tsemel, asked that the trial be prstponed to a later date. 14 June 1991) (!I!B'BreeZ* On 16 June 1991, the Haifa District Court sentenced Fared Ahmed Barud to life imprisonment plus 35 years for the murder from the Eaza Strip, of Israeli businessman Mordekhai Roichman (72) in March 1991. Barud's lawyer argued that the defendant had been accused cf collaboration with Israel and the Israeli businessman was beaten and threatened by masked men, and he killed and several other attacks "to show his faithfulness to thcs Dalestinian cause". The same Court also sentenced Imad Hamed Masri (19) and a 17-year-old minor, both from Aqaba village near Jcnin, to life impriscnment for the murder iu December 1990 of Yosef Malchin (611, from Haifa. The twc carried out the on 1 January. On the same date murder "to celebrate Fatah Day", which falls the Nablus Military Court sentenced three residents of Burqin, near Tulkarm, to prison Germs fox the murder of Ariel settler Friedrich Steven Rosenfeld on Ramdan Ibrahim and Mustafa al-Haj were sentenced to life 17 June 1989. imprisonment: Bala1 Jamara was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. (&a&R, &w.lem Post, 17 June 1991)
(3O)e

215.

216. On 17 June 1991, the High,Court of Justice, in what was described as a to rescind a decision by the IDF commander in the "rare move", decided West Bank to demolish a house belonging to the uncle of a youth suspected of killing an alleged collaborator. The court also ordered the State to pay NIS 3,000 ($1,200) in costs. The petitioner, Ahmed Mahmud Nimer from Beitunia, had his house sealed following the arrest of his nephew Raid Nimer. He told the Court that the suspect had stayed temporarily in the house in Beitunia, but that he normally resided in Ralandia camp. The Court accepted the petitioner's plea, saying that the IDF bad probably not had before it the "entire picture" when it decided to demolish the house. In another it was reported that the Hebron Military Court had sentenced development, Ibrabim Hassan Shabin, from Yatta, to life imprisonment plus 20 years for tho murder of a local resident suspected of collaboration. Another Yatta villager, Mabmud Yusuf al-Kara', was rentenced to 17 yearr' imprisonment. (&m, BPort, 19 June 1991) 217. On 19 June 1991, the Nablus Hilitary Court sentenced Muein al-Karrem (20) and Nidal Wussa (23) to life impriroPnent for kidnapping some 30 Nablus residents whom they suspected of collaboration, and killing on. of them. The affiliated to the Popular Front for the two belonged to the Red taglo group, The court also sentenced to life Liberation of Palestine (PPLP). imprironmont, on similar chargen, Muhamad Har'aka (211, from Hableh, a member of the Islwfc Jihad, and Harran Talob (to), from Shwoika, who was convicted The Gaea Military Court sentenced of killing three persons. Abd el-Halim Hahmud Abdallah (241, from Shati' canrp, to life imprisonment for killing hia brother, whom he rwpectod of collaboration, in lovemhor 1990. (N, 20 June 199lr m, 1 July 1991)

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A/46/522 English Page 71 23 June 1991, the Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Amar Haj (251, Nablus, to 15 years' imprisonment for stabbing and injuring an Israeli Eliexer Cohen, on 21 March 1991 near Tel Aviv. (Ha'areQ I soldier, Lwusalem Pm, 24 June 1991)
On flom

216.

that the first 09 of an expected 300 to 219. On 24 June 1991, it was reported 400 Palestinians were freed from Megiddo and Ketxiot prisons. According to Israel Radio another 80 Gaza prisoners and over 200 West Bank prisoners were to be freed before the end of the Id al-Adha holiday. t-Post. 24 June 1991) with the Jerusalem District 220. Un 25 June 1991, charge sheets were filed Court against two young women from Beitunia - May al-Assin (20) and her 17-year-old cousin - accused of stabbing and injuring an Italian tourist The two are charged 10 days earlier nearthe Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem. with attempted murder. ( lI!n'nrU I 26 June 1991) 221. On 26 June 1991, the IDF amended the law on military courts in the territories, enabling a single-justice bench to impose prison sentences of up only a three-justice bench could impose sentences of to 10 years. Bitherto, over five years in jail. According to military sources the reason for the amendment was that since the outbreak of the uprising courts in the territories had been overburdened and that had led to defendants having to wait for one year, or even more, for their trial. (Ha'aretz. 27 June 1991)
222. On 1 July 1991, the Nablus Military Court He was convicted of killing life imprisonment. Najid Mahmud Mustafa, in August 1990. (Ma'aretq.

sentenced Adnan Ibrahim a Shweika resident,
2 July 1991)

Amor to

223. On 3 July 1991. the Nablus Military Court sentenced three members of a group called "Hooded Lion" to several life imprieonment terms. Samir Adawi, of Am'ari camp, was sentenced to four consecutive life terms for the murder of four Arab residents of the territories and other related offences. Amjad Afana from Ramallah was given two consecutive life sentences for murdering two Arabs and kidnapping and torturing others. #ihad Akra'n of Am'ari camp, was sentenced to life imprisoaent for the murder of a soldier, and participation in five kidnappings and cases of Amrari Ajal, in April 1990, torture. (Jsruralear, 4 July 1991) 224. On 5 from Jenin, Arabs. He

July
to

1991, two

the

Jenfn

Military tormr

Court

sentenced

belonged

consecutive life to the Popular

Prost'a

for killing Red Eagle

Aimed Rarrer and attacking group. (Wr

(171, rovrral

7 July
225. on Tulkarm

1991)
8 July 1991, camp to life

thr lablur Military Court sentenced six Palestinians from terms for participating in the murders of at least seven alleged oolleboratorr and attaaka on dosena of otberr. The mix, MmbWl of the latah-affiliated black Panther group, were nmmd as Muhwrad 8bebedob (convicted of seven murderr, five attempted murder@and otbor offence8 roatoncod to woven Iffe terms), Alam Jabor (convjctod of 8eVen ItIldWSr four

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English Page 12 to seven life terms) and attempted murders and dozens of attacks - sentenced Munir Hamdan (convicted of three murders, three attempted murders and dozens of attacks .- sentenced to three life terms), Ibrahim Balauna (convicted of three murders - sentenced to three life terms). The names of the other two were not given. (Ha'aret?;, Jerusalem Post, 9 July 19911 Court sentenced Abd el Rahman Nazal, 226. On 9 July 1991, the Nablus Military to two consecutive life terms for the murder of two alleged of Kalkilya, collaborators, Adnan Jabara and Asraf Samhan. The Court also sentenced Ruki Awada, a Black Panther member from Nablus, to four consecutive life terms plus 20 years, for the murder of four alleged collaborators. (Ha'aret 2. 10 July 1991) 227.
November

On 11 July 1991, Dr. Ahmed Yazji (43). a Gaza doctor arrested 1990 and placed in administrative detention LTr one year, released four months early, on appeal to a review board in Ketziot (&Lusalem Post, 12 July 1991)

in was prison.

228. On 15 July 1991, the Jerusalem District Court sentenced Cmar Subhi (40), from Beit Safafa. to nine years' imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to charges of supplying information to Iraq during the Gulf war, with the intention of harming the security of the State. (Ea'aretz, Jerusalem Post, 16 July 1991)

229. On 18 July 1991, the Gaza Military Court sentenced five members of the Palestinian Ninja group to several consecutive life terms (four to four for the murder of several Arabs, including a members and three to another), woman in her eighth month of pregnancy and another woman suspected of prostitution. They were also convicted of several attacks, kidnapping and torturing Arabs. (&'are&, 19 July 1991)
230. On 23 July 1991, the Hebron Military Court sentenced Bader Ahmed Abu-Ayash (23). of Beit Ununar, to 15 years' imprisonment for throwing four petrol bombs at an IDP jeep in June 1988, seriously injuring

two

IDF officers.

(w,

Jerusaletn,

24 July 1991)
the murder

Court sentenced 231. On 24 July 1991, the Nablus Military Mahmud Abmed Khader Snin, of Beir Ballut, to life imprisonment for on I October 1990 of Ahdel Fares whomhe rurpected of collaboration.

(ha'aretp,
232.

m

Post,

25 July 1991)

On 25 July 1991, the Jenin Military Court innpored l entenc.8 of up to 10 year8 on three persons convicted of memberrhip OS the Democratic Front and (331, of Jericho was sentenced to several "terrorist" act8. Iskar Kitawi 10 years' imprisonment. He was convicted of driving a car taking the cell memberrto the area near the Damascus ffate in tart Jerusalem, where they threw hand-grenades, injuring 5 l oldierr and 12 oivilianr. Said Abd l l-Jaber (261, from Bahata canrp, was sentenced to 8evon years and Abnnd Basharat (391, of Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley, was given four-and-a-half yoarr' imprfro~ent.

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English Page 73 The Hebron imprisonment against the Muss Aruri, terms of I Military Court sentenced Nabil Abu-Kabitu of Yatta to 12 years' for leading a group responsible for 16 petrol bomb attacks homes and stores of alleged collaborators. One of the group, was sentenced to 11 years and two other members were given prison and 5 years. (Hs%E@z, Jerusal~E&z, 26 July 1991)

233. On 30 July 1991, the Jenin Military Court sentenced four Palestinians, aqed 19 to 23, to life imprisonment. Three were convicted of killing alleged collaborators and the fourth was convicted of ordering the killing of an alleged collaborator. (&wsalem Post, 31 July 1991) 234.

On 31 July 1991, the Gaze Military Court sentenced Naji Fayez Abu-Tiba (lU)r from Bani Suheila, to life imprisonment for belonging to a Fatah strike force and for involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Naji Abu-Asia. (Ha'aiet:, Jerusalem Post, 1 August 1991)
235. On 1 August 1991, the Jenin Military Court sentenced Hassan imprisonment for stabbing an Israeli driver on 24 April 15 years' (J-Salem Post, 2 August 1991)

Kalud to 1990.

23G. On 4 August 1991, Sami Attia Ziyad Samhadna (29), from Rafah, petitioned the High Court of Justice against his administrative detention. He has been held in such detention for the past five and a half years, except for short periods of one to three months. Justice Yaacov Malts instructed that the petition be heard promptly before a three-justice panel. (Balaret& 5 August 1991) 237. On 5 August 1991, the Hebron Military Court sentenced Ibrahim from Dura. to life imprisonment for killing an alleged collaborator, Adris Akil. in 1990. (Jerusalem, 6 August 1991)
238. On 6 August

al-Amira,

life imprisonment: Paiz Abdallah Salameh (29), was convicted of a series of attacks against the IDF and the killing of an alleged collaborator in 1988 and

1991, the Gaza Military

Court

sentenced

two

Palestinians

to

1989. Nasser 0nar Muhannrad a-Namleh (32), was convicted of the killing 1990 of his Israeli girlfriend Zvia Gewurtz. (m'aret& B, 7 August 1991)

in

239. On 11 August 1991, the Gasa Military Court sentenced four residents of Khan Younis camp to life imprisormentr Yahya Abu-Odeh (22), Halnnud Hassan Wajiha (22), and Rmnsi Ibrehim al-Harem (21), were convicted of belonging to a "strike force" that killed two alleged collaborators and attempted to kill two others. Uusa al-Najer (371, was convicted of involvement in the killing of an alleged collaborator. (w, -Poet, 12 August 1991) 240. On 13 August 1991, the Wilitary Appeals Court in the Wart Sank istporod a life sentence on Jihad AbdeLAsit Rmnadan who was convicted of the murder of sn allsgod collsborator. The Uablur Hilitary Court had originally rent*no*d him to 20 years' imprirolrnent. (W, 14 August 1991)
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h/46/522 English Page 14 241. On 14 August 1991, it was repo-ted that the Israel police had begun operating investigation teams called "disturbances teams", to investigate cases of rioting, stone-throwing and throwing of petrol bombs. This was the first time that the police was charged with investigating such incidents in the territories. The first such team was set up in "Judea" and was composed of seven policemen. to the first one, was set up in A second team, similar "Samaria". It was reported that, at the end of an investigation by the team, its findings and recommendations were transmitted to the IDF and to GSS officials. Palestinians suspected of security offences were put on trial on the basis of these findings and recommendations. A senior police souIce acknowledged that the "disturbances teams" were created at. the IDF's request. (Ha.'arefz. 14 August 1991)
242. On 19 August I991, the Gaza Military Court sentenced two residents of Abasan, Rabat Khalil Abd al-Aria Abu Latifa and Jihad Suleiman Abu-Anza, to life imprisonment. The two were convicted of killing an alleged collaborator, Musa Arafat, and of attacks against suspected prostitutes. (Ha'aretz, 20 August 1991)

243. On 20 August 1991, the Jenin Military Court sentenced Ahmed Agabria (26). to life imprisonment for killing an alleged collaborator, Muhammad Abu-Hir, and for other attacks on alleged collaborators. The same Court sentenced Ra'id Rahman (19), of Silat a-Hartiya, to life imprisonment for killing Muhammad Hor, of Jenin. The Nablus Military Court sentenced Ahmed Bukhri (28), to life imprisonment plus 20 years for membership of the Abu Jihad faction of Fatah and involvement in the killing of a nurse in Shifa hospital, in 1989. (ua'aretq, Jerusalem Post, 21 August 1991)

On 8 April 1991, the Special Military Court in Tel Aviv convicted (Cal.) Yehuda Meir of aggravated battery and unfit behaviour for his part in the West Bank villages of Beita and in the incidents in January 1988, Hnwara, where he ordered his men to beat arrested Palestinians severely and to break their arms and legs. The Court determined that the orders were patently illegal, and rejected the claims made by the accused that they were bared on statementa made by Defenre Minister Babin and Central Region Comnander Avram Witena. The Court also rejected the claims that Xeir's orders reflected IDP norms of the early days of the upriuing. On 23 April 1991, the
A/M

244.

c Information on thir subject covering the period from 1 Bepteaber 1990 to 30 Wovsmber 1990 ir to be found in paragraphs 133 to 140 of docuwnt A/46/66r information on the 8~ subject covering the period from 1 December1990 to 31 blotch 1991 is to be found in paragraph8 142 to 151 of
document A/46/282.

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Court adding EL&ix

sentenced a prison r 15 April

Meir to sentence 19911

be

demoted (Ya'aretz,

to

the rank &IRBB&

of

private, Post, 9 and

but 24

refrained April

from 1991;

245. On 15 April 1991, R/S (Maj.) Ilan Hauser guilty by a lower court, giving rise to the charges his reserve duty in Janiya the force led by Hauser Appeal acquitted him of of a siren while confronting OH the charges of illegal behaviour". The Court prison term, and demotion demoted him to the rank 246. On 29 April Aryeh Chelouche murder. Chelouche revenge for the Baka neighbourhood 30 April 1991) 247. appeal On by 30 April Rafi

the of

Military Court of Appeal acquitted two out of four charges on which he had been found the Central Region Military Court. The incidents occurred at the end of 1989, when Major hvzer did village, near Ramallah. In the course of a riot opened fire, killing local youth. The Court of the charges of illegal u-e of firearms and illegal use the rioters. The Court confirmed the conviction use of "shock-grenade and a petard, and unfit also determined that the sentence should be a suspended ro the grade of seren (captain); the lower court had of lieutenant. (&*aretz,. 16 April 1991) IDF him soldier of attempted

to

1991, the Jerusalem District Court sentenced seven years' imprisonment after convicting had shot and wounded an Arab physician killing of his brother several days earlier of West Jerusalem. uiickLe~# -Post,

and
by

his
an

daughter
Arab, in

in
the

1991, Salomon

it was who on

reported
20 June

workers in central Israel, injuring Court to four years' imprisonment. said the act of shooting at innocent justified an even harsher punishment.

Court had rejected an at a group of Arab three. He was sentenced by a District In rejecting his appeal the Supreme Court people only because they were Arab (b'are&, 30 April 1991)
1989 opened fire

that

the

Supreme

240. On 17 May 1991, it was reported that a senior cosxnander detention centre, identified as Lt.-Coi. A., was suspended being investigated on suspicion of having beaten a Palestinian investigation was opened after eyewitnesses provided "solid the officer. (BPost, 17 May 1991)

of from

the Retsiot duty while detainee. The evidence" against

was reported that Supreme Court Judge Theodora Orr had Yaacov Tsemah of the Jerusalem District Court to detain until the end of the legal proceedings a settler who had fired at an Arab car and injured a child. The settler, ofer Yosefi, was involved in a #hooting incident when he opened fire at an Arab minibus, injuring a five-year-old child who was travelling in another car. He appealed against the District Court judge's decision to detain him until the end of his trial, and Justice Orr, in rejecting the appeal, raid it wae inconceivable that people who held weapons, either for self-defence or other legal use, should rake use of their we8pon illegally to punirh or deter other permone, thur endangering these persons' lives or physical ioteqrity. (w, 3 June 1991)
upheld a decision by Justice

249.

On 3 June

1991,

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On 12 June 1991, it was reported that the Judea district police investigating the incident in which a Susiya settler, Baruch Yelin (27). had killed Arab shepherd Muhammad Nawaj'a, from Yatta, would recommend putting the settler on trial for manslaughter. The settler, whose detention was extended by 12 days, reportedly admitted to shooting at the shepherd. (Ha'aretz, 2 June 1991)
1991, it was reported that four IDF soldiers had been charged recently with cruel treatment and brutality against residents of the territories. They were also charged with illegal use of firearms, assault, causing damage to property and inappropriate conduct. Famal (Sergeant) Alon Mizrahi was charged with several cases of severe beatings, including of small children, in Ramallah and Am'ari camp. He was also charged with ordering a camp resident to take off his shirt and burn it, because it had the colours of the Palestinian flag. Two soldiers of the armoured corps, Sergeant Doron Herman and Corporal Shimon Ivqi, were charged with several cases of ill-treatment of residents of Tel Sultan camp near Rafah. Herman, who acted as company commander, was in charge of an arrest operation in the camp, during which he severely beat and kicked several residents, carried out a mock-execution, caused grievous bodily harm to persons in front of other soldiers, did not give first aid to the persons he had wounded and threatened a soldier, Corporal Hagay Levy, with punishment after the latter protested against his deeds. It was reported that the trial of the three soldiers, who served in the Gaza Strip, would begin shortly at

250.

2~1. On 19 June

Court. It was also reported that the IDF was cases of brutality by soldiers. On 20 June 1991, it was reported that Herman had pleaded not guilty and the trial was postponed to allow the prosecution to prepare the evidence. Corporal Ivqi was convicted of assault, after agreeing to plead guilty in the framework of plea-bargaining between the military prosecution and the defence lawyers. The plea-bargaining was approved by the Southern Region judge-advocate. Under the bargaining the charge of cruel treatment and assault was dropped, and the only charge retained was that of assault. The defendant was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, four months' suspended term, demotion to the grade of private and a fine of NIS 100 ($40). (ba'arets, 19 and 20 June 1991) 252. On 19 June 1991, an Elon Moreh settler, Pinhas Assayag (22), was arrested and confessed to the killing of two Paleetinians. In January 1991, he shot dead a shepherd from Acmut village, Radi a-Ouna (22). On 14 April 1991, he killed Jamil Dweikat (50), from Reita. On 21 June 1991, his detention was extended by 15 days. In another development it was reported that on 20 June 1991 the Jerusalem Wagimtrates Court further extended the 88tention of settler Baruoh Yelin from Susiya, suspected of killing an Arab shepherd from Yatta. He was remandedfor another eight days. (m, BPortr

the Southern investigating

Region Military several other

21 and 23 June 1991r m,

1 July 1991)

253. On 28 June 1991, a I8tanya Hagirtrater Court judge remanded four for four days after they denied police charger that they entered bit villago and cawed mriou8 d-ago to property. They were namedas Eyal Nokod (21). Benyanin Lev (201, Irrael Levinron (201, and

rottlorr
Umrin

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A/46/522 English Page 77 Chad Leshetz Beit Umrin. were released (20), all from Yitzhar settlement, 12 kilometres south of Nohed's wife, Einat (20), and Rehavia Filts (lQ), of Tel Aviv, on bail. (Jerusalem Post, 30 June 1991)

254. On 2 July 1991, an Israeli resident of Jerusalem xas arrested in connection with a shooting incident the previous week in which an Arab taxi-driver, Ksmal Abu-Alaan (36). was shot at near Dhahiriya. A passenger, Cbnar Mawas (25), was also injured. The gunman then drove off in his van, which had Israeli licence plates. Police said they found a licensed pistol in the man's apartment, from which the bullet was fired. On 4 July 1991, the man was released on bail of NIS 5,000 ($2,000) by the Jerusalem Magistrates Court, and we6 ordered not to leave the country, despite the police request that he be remanded for another seven days. (Ea'aretz, Jerusalem Post, 4 and 5 July 1991) 255. On 4 July 1991, the Southern Region Military Court acquitted Staff-Sergeant Danny Vala of the charges of causing death by negligence, illegal use of firearms and failing to observe orders. According to the charge-sheet, on 11 February 1990, while he was doing his reserve duty in the Gaza Strip, Staff-Sergeant Vala fired a plastic bullet, from an Ml6 rifle, at Hussein Eihad Mustafa al-Zuam, aged 9, causing his death. The judges ruled that it had not been proven beyond doubt that the defendant was involved in the incident, even though much circumstantial evidence pointed in his direction. The soldier had admitted to firing a plastic bullet at the time and in the area in which the victim was shot. The Court criticized the investigating military police for the manner in which it investigated the incident, in particular for failing to investigate the possibility that another IDF unit was operating in the area at the same time and that the victim might have been shot by another gunman. On 23 July 1991, the military prosecution lodged an appeal to the Military Court of Appeal against the acquittal of Staff-Sergeant Vala. In another development, the same Court began hearing the trial of Sergeant Alon Mizrahi, who was charged with ill-treating Arab residents of the Ramallah area. Among other cases he allegedly kicked a Ramallah resident and his three sons in their resticles and slapped them, and ordered an Am'ari resident to burn his shirt, which was painted with the PLO flag colours. The hearing was postponed after the defendant asked to be represented by a civilian lairyer. (Ha'aret& 5 and 24 July 1991) 256. On 10 July 1991, Jerusalem Magistrates Court Judge Ezra Kane made public his report on the Temple Mount incidents on 8 October 1990 in which 17 Arabs were killed and over 100 injured. Judge Kama headed an inquest into the incidents. In his findings, Judge Kama wrote that the incident had been triggered by a "margipal" event, the declarations of the Temple Mount Faithful, who were not allowed into the compound. The Judge blamed the police for allowing the incident to get out of control and for not correctly estimating the seriousness of the situation. The Judge singled out a number of policemen for opening fire needlessly, while not being in a life-threatening situation. But he ruled that there was insufficient evidence to press criminal charges against any of them. "Because of the nature of the

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English Page 70 iucidents which occurred on the Temple Mount compound, in which no substantial evidence was found linking each specific casualty to a specific assailant and a specific location, it is impossible to estsblish a causal connection between any specific assailant end any specific victim", Judge Rama wrote in his summary. He 0160 ruled that none of the policemen should be indictad on lesser charges of criminal negligence because of the uncertainty of the evidence collected. (Jctruselem Post, 19 July 1991) 257. On 26 July 1991, the trial of Sergeant Doron Herman opened at the Southern Region Military Court. He was charged with ill-treating and beating Arab residents of the Gasa Strip, illegal use of firearms. inappropriate conduct and assault. The incidents giving rise to the charges occurred in January 1991. when Harmau acted as a company commander in the Rafsh area. On several occasions he allegedly slapped, kicked and beat Arab residents. On oue occasion he also allegedly prevented a first-aid worker from giving medical treatment to persons whom he had beaten and injured. (&*aret& 29 July 1991) 256. On 12 August 1991, it was reported that the IDF Judge Advocate-General, Brig.-Gen. Ilsn Schif, decided to put on trial a paratroop officer suspected of having forced an Arab youth from Nablus to eat soap powder. The same officer was also charged with improper behaviour for entering a Nablus resident's home, while he was supposed to be manning an observation post, and watching television. It was decided that he should be put on disciplinary trial for the second charge. (Ba'ar&& 12 August 1991) 259. On 19 August 1991, the Jerusalem District Court sentenced Pinhas Wallerstein, chairman of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council (in the West Bank) to four months' community service for causing the death of a Palestinian youth, Rabah Ghansm (161, from Beitin, on 11 January 1966, and injuring another youth. Wallerstein was originally charged with manslaughter under aggravated circumstances. He had denied the charge and later accepted a plea bargain under which he pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence. The incident giving rise to the charge occurred on 11 January 1966 when Wallerstein was on his way to the Ofra settlement. According to the original charge filed in August 1988, he noticed a burning tyre near Beitin, chased youths who were standing nearby while firing bursts to the ground, and then fired in the direction of the youths, hitting one in the back and another in his thigh. According to the revised charge he did not fire in their direction, but only at the ground, when he felt threatened, and the youths were killed by a ricochet. In addition to the community service, Wallerstein was also sentenced to 12 months' suspended term and fined NIS 6,000 ($3,200). (m, Jerusalem Post, 20 August 1991)

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2130. Numerous accounts were given of the plight of the Arab civilians and of the constant threats to physical integrity and the psychological harm they were enduring in their day-to-day lives. Dr. Nasri Khoury, a medical doctor, provided in his testimony a very detailed account of the various weapons and methods of injury used by the Israeli occupying forces and of the long-term implications of such injuries, in particular on the young generation: Israeli "The first method to be used - and it was an official policy, a well-known army - was the breaking-bone policy policy. of the ...

"This went on for quite a while . . . After about three or four months of this policy being implemented on a large scale, it waz found to be counterproductive and other methods were used instead. One such method is an automatic stone-thrower. It is a big container, full of stones and with a mechanical arm that would throw these ston8s back into a demonstrating crowd, and efficient 8nOUgh to inflict a large number of injuries to a crowd. It has been used on a number of occasions. Tear-gas is something that, to my knowledge, has been used very extensively. I don't think that, to dato, any country in the world has used tear-gas as frequently or as extensively as Israel has against civilian populations. . . . "Tear-gas is meant to be used in open spaces. On a large number of occasions, it has been used in enclosed spaces. It has been thrown into hospitals, into schools, into a baby clinic last year in Gaze. When this happens and there is not enough ventilation, the amount of gas delivered to the individual is very high. . . . "I am extremely concerned about the long-term effect of the use of tear-gas. Now it has been used for over thr80 years and the civilian population has been constantly exposed to tear-gas during that time, and repeatedly so. Tear-gas also acts as a direct burning material, if delivered to the skin. Wehave seen cases whereby an unexploded tear-gas canister has been lifted, exploded in th8 hands of a child and has caused second-degree burns. I think that it would be most appropriate to consider this kind of weapons as a mild form of chemical warfare. "By far the most deadly weapon used by the Israeli army is live ammunition. .., When a high-velocity missile penetrates the body, it has a number of effects. . . . Whena high-velocity bullet hits a point, it will cause tissue death in a wide area of 5 to 10 centimetres around it. The medical implications are that these woundsget infected, because / ...

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army

**The high-velocity when they use live

bullets . . . are predominantly ammunition. . . .

used by the Israeli

"The Israeli army used rubber bullets as a form of what was marketed as a 'harmless' bullet, as a bullet that does not cause significant damage. That in fact is not quite true, because actually, the rubber bullet has a metal core surrouuaea with a rubber casing. . . . Very frequently, the rubber bullets are in fact fired at close range. When they are fired at close range, they do penetrete the body and they do cause serious bodily harm. oaaiy enough, one of the most sensitive organs to rubber bullets has been the eye, because the eye is a non-protected organ, very soft and very sensitive. We have seen a very large number of eye injuries requiring enucleation. .. .
*`As time went by and the intifedah persisted, different methods were introduced at different times to combat crowds and, subsequently, the so-called plastic bullets were introduced into the armamentarium of the Israeli army. . . . They are often fired at short range, causing serious and at times lethal bodily harm. . . .

"Again, as time went by, yet other methods were used and other types of bullets were introduced which I refer to as 'second-generation plastic Some have called it the 'second-generation rubber bullets'. bullet'. . . . If you fire one cartridge into a crcwd, you will be able to shoot down 18 people at one time. So, as far as the Israelis are concerned, it is an efficient method of dealing with crowds. It was marketed as a 'safe' kind of weapon, but in fact it is not. We have seen numerous injuries caused by these bullets , which penetrated the body and caused lethal bodily harm. . . . "The implicationa are quite substantial. The first implication is the large number of disabled individual6 who are being produced on a daily basis. . . . The very large number of disabled persons is far too great a strain on society, p:tticularly when you take into account that roughly 75 per cent of those injured are below the age of 30, who would normally be people in the prime of their life, being productive, being responsible for their young children and elderly parents, so that the socio-economic implications here are of significance too. . . . "Another major. and unseen, problem is the psychological effects I think the population at large and on specific individuals. specifically of the effects on the arrested individuals and their presence in the detention centres, prisons, etc. . . . Figures of the number of those arrested vary between 100,000 and 200,000, since the This is a large proportion of the beginning of the intifadah. population. ... on

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English Page 61 "It is quite natural to see children in Palestine playing with spent rubber bullets, spent cartridges, sticks, tear-gas canisters, etc. . . . All this in my opinion will have a great effect on the development of that society in the future, I am very sad to say. God knows how detrimental that will be, even if it might not be evident now. . . . "In my opinion, the psychological repercussions are very difficult to pinpoint at the moment. . . . There is . . . a heightened state of mind among these individuals. I think the more serious and the more deep-seated scars will become evident more on the long-term basis, so that, for example, a lo-year-old boy who has been severely beaten by an Israeli soldier will not necessarily freely volunteer the fact that he is waking up every night from nightmares, because it is not the done thing to admit that you are afraid of the Israeli soldiers. So, even though he is afraid, he will not admit it. I think that these scars are very (A/AC.145/RT.566) deep-rooted.'* 261. The indiscriminate nature retarded people, was evidenced of violence, affecting by eeveral testimonies: even small children or

**Curfews were imposed. My house ie overlooking the street. At 2 o'clock in the morning once, the occupation forces came and stoned the house, breaking the gate. I said, why didn't they come up and talk to me, instead of stoning the house. The next day, at noon, they fired tear-gas at us. My three-year-old child suffered from asphyxia. There was curfew and I was unable to take him to a first-aid unit or to It was only later on that the neighbours came and tried to hospital. help as best as they could. The child regained consciousness. The next day, as I was away with my father, they came to the house, broke the door of the house, they broke the closet, they pushed the sofas aside, not taking any consideration of the fact that the owner of the house was not there. When I came back, I told them that they had no right to enter when I am not in the house. But somebody fired a bomb at me." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.560) "There was an agent who used to come to the house where I lived alone with my child. He would come about every three months, at night, usually around midnight or 1 o'clock in the morning. The reasons for the visit would be ambiguous, not clear at all. Of course, they don't knock and ask to enter. They almost break through the house and they intimidate us. The intelligence agent is usually accompanied by two or and they themselves are accompanied by not less than three other persons, 30 soldiers, although they know very well that I live alone, that I have nobody with me, only a small child. Nevertheless, they would repeat these visits every three months.*' (Anonymous witness, A/AC.lQS/RT.559/Add.l) "They had established a csmp near one of the schools in the Once the army came to my father's house, at about 10 at night. village. They took my brother away, as well as some children of the neighbours. /...

A/46/522 English Page 62 They gathered them and tcok them towards the camp. They forced them to sweep the street. It was 12 o'clock at night. They did not give them anything to clean with, so they had to clean with their hands. . . . They took them to the camp, they beat them severely. When they released them, it was 4 o'clock in the morning. ... Some of them were unable to walk, because of the heavy beating t.hey had suffered. We tried to have ambulances to transport them to hospital. There they were given tbe necessary first aid and they came back home." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.560) "I hsve a 19-year-old son. He is retarded, he gets fits. He can barely write. We were not able to educate him. Usually, he plays with small children of five or six years. He cannot communicate with aaults. One day, he got out of the house, to go to his brother's place of work. The Israelis caught him in the street. They told him to run and they haa their car behind him, chasing him. They hit him, broke his teeth and also shot a builet in his cheek. Hio brother then took him to hospital. There was no obvious reason for what they did to the boy." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.l45/RT.564) 262. The denial of medical treatment to people wounded in the course of incidents and the storming of hospitals was also referred to: "I heard that there had been a demonstration in the camp and that my aunt had died. I went to see her and as I was looking at her, I was hit by a bullet from the back. I lost consciousness and fell on the ground. I was bleeding a lot. The Israelis prevented the ambulance from taking me and from getting any medical help. Finally, a youth came, brought an Arab car and took me to hospital. The Israelis followed us and started breaking everything in the hospitals because they wanted to take mo I was operated that night. They tried tu take me away from the away. operation room. I stayed two months in the hospital." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/81'.565)
"A number of cases of harassment have been documented, where ambulanceshave been stopped or returned. A patient has been transported from Nablus to Jerusalem, half way through, for some reason or another the army checkpoint feels that they should not continue their journey and they sena them back to Nablus. Obviously this has an effect on the quality of medical care that the patients receive. A number of cases have bs*n reported of army personnel entering hospitals, physically attacking doctors, physically apprehending patients ana taking them to unspecified locations. All this obviously hampers the work of the medical staff in delivering the necessary medical services for the (Dr. Naori Kboury, A/AC.145/RT.566) patients."

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In Jerusalem, I watched "I used to walk in Jerusalem or in Nablus. many brutal actions. They used to beat the children and insult them. If the children had bought something, they would throw it on the ground. They would stop them on the street for no reason at all and also put them (Mr. Hassan Odeh Ahmed Odeh, A/AC.145/RT.559) into prison." "Whan the Gulf war started, a curfew was imposed on us. Two or three families of our quarter would get together in one house, as a kind of protection, because we were scared of remaining alone. We would close up the house, the doors, the windows. We were ordered to do that. We could not go out. Every two or three days, we were allowed one or two hours to go out and do the shopping. *'My son's daughter, who We wanted to take that time. to leave tbe house. The little screaming. When we explained were told that we should just "In
to more birth

is three years old, got a toothache during her to the doctor, but we were not allowed girl was in pain, she was crying and that we had to take her to the doctor, we put some cold compress on her cheek.

extreme cases, when for instance a woman was about to give a child, or when somebody was having a grave health problem, we still could not go out, but we managedto convey the seriousness of the situation to the Israeli troops, who would eventually get in touch with the Red Cross." (Anonymouswitness, A/AC.145/RT.564)

265. Testimonies relating to the harassment and physical ill-treatment of civilians in the occupied territories may be found in documents A/AC.145/RT.557/Add.l (an anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.559 (Mr. RadwanAhmedMohammad Ziadeh; Mr. HassanOdeh AhmadGdeh): A/AC.145/RT.559/Add.l (an anonymous witness); A1AC.1451RT.560 (three anonymous witnesses); A/AC.145/RT.56Q/Add.l (Mr. Mohammed Melhem); A/AC.145/RT.564 (an anonymous witness); A/AC.345/RT.565 (two anonymouswitnesses); A/AC.145/RT.566 (Mr. Abdel Jawed Salehr Dr. Nasri Khoury): A1AC.1451RT.567 (two anonymous witnesses)) A/AC.?,45/RT.569 (Mrs. Manal Achour)) A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l (an / ...

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English Page 84 anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.570/Add.l AIAC.145IRT.573 (an anonymous witness). (an anonymous witness)$ and

266. On 28 April 1991, it was reported that, according to Beteelem, nine members of the family of a wanted man were harassed and forced to present themselves every morning, for 39 days. at the military government headquarters The wanted man is Muhammad Shahwan. His brother and wife in Khan Younis. alleged that a GSS agent and troops beat and ill-treated them when they came to arrest Muhammad and did not find him at home. The ID cards of nine family members were taken away, despite previous commitments by the IDF not to resort to such a measure as a means to exert pressure. The cards were given back after 39 days. The IDF spokesman had so far not commented on the allegetions. (W'aretE, 1 May 1991) 2G7. On 5 June 1991, it was reported that a woman from Yabad. Moyassar Athamna (31) gave birth in the back of a taxi on 15 May 1991, when the car in which she was travelling on her way to hospital in Jenin, was stopped by soldiers for an hour. There was no curfew in Jenin at the time. A complaint was filed about the incident. A military spokesman said it was military policy not to stop people who were being rushed to hospital. (Jeruselem Post, 5 June 1991) 268. On 5 June 1991 soldiers raided homes in Ein Beit al-Ma camp near Nublus and made 20 refugee camps sweep the main street after confiscating their ID cards. Soldiers later said this was in response to stone-throwing at a (Jerusalem Post, 6 June 19911 w, 10 June 1991) military post. 269. On 30 June 1991, it was reported that, according to a complaint by a resident of Battir, near Bethlehem, soldiers stationed in a look-out post located on top of a private building, had caused serious damage to property and stolen expensive sanitary and electric appliances. The house belongs to Muhammad Balawa. The Civil Administration sent an officer to examine the complaint, end the owner was told he had to prepare a list with the damages caused to him in order to be compensated. The IDF spokesman declined to comment on the report. (m, 30 June 1991) 270. On 9 and 12 July 1991, it w&s reported that the army was investigating three recent allegations that soldiers in rooftop observation posts in Nablus and Batir had vandalised property or Rbused residents in their homes. In one case. reported by MU Dedi Zucker, soldiers allegedly entered the home of th% al-Mssri family in Nablus and locked the family in one room for eight hours,

* Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be found in paragraphs 141 to 145 of document A/46/65; information on the same subject covering the period from 1 December 1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraphs 152 and 153 of document A/46/282. /...

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Page 85 barring them from using the toilet. Following a complaint by the family, an officer was sent by the Nablus governor. He found extensive material damage deliberately caused by the soldiers. The post was removed from the house, according to MK Zucker. In another development, it was reported on 24 July 1991 that MR Hussein Faris had written a letter to Defence Minister Arens demanding that there be an investigation into an incident in which soldiers had allegedly been occupying a room in a Nablus family's home for a month and a half. The soldiers have been barring the family from a rooftop food warehouse and oven, and urinating off the roof. Military sources said the reports were being investigated. (w, 9 July 1991$ Jerusalem, 12 July 1991)
211. On 22 August 1991, it was reported that Betzelem had filed a complaint with the IDF that soldiers had been harassing a released Palestinian prisoner, Ahmed Shreim from Kalkilya, who had serious health problems. According to BetWh?dII, Shreim carried a "grden ID card" preventing him from entering Israel, but owing to his health problems he had been given a special permit to cross the Green Line. Nevertheless, every time he tried to pass through IDF roadblocks soldiers delayed him, cursed him and beat him. Shreim had served a (u'aretl;, 22-year term in an Israeli jail for various security offences. 22 August 1991)

(b)

v (i) Oenaral

-information* (ii) I)emolitionof_houses

212. A number of witnesses referred to the demolition of their house as a measure of collective punishment in the course of their testimony:

"At 1.30 in the morning, the Israeli army came and said that we had to empty the house completely, as they were going to demolish it. There were 14 persons living in the house , me, my husband, my children. One of So his wife and his three cLildren were also with my sons is married. us. We were all shouting and crying and asking where we could go. The soldiers did not give us any answer, they just ordered us out, pushed the girls out - they are 16, 16 and 14 - they pushed me as well. We saw the bulldozer demolishing the house. It demolished the whole of it. We

* Information on this subject covering the period from 1 December 1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraph 154 of document A/46/252.

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could do nothing but stay and watch. Some people, whose houses were als; demolished, were obliged to go to hospital to live there. We did not want to go, because we are a big family with small children. My husband refused to go and we stayed on the wreckage of our house. The Red Cross came and brought us a tent. We spread the tent and until now we live in this tent." (Anonymous witness, MAC.1451RT.565) "They surrounded the camp for 30 days, arrested young people, destroyed houses and shops. My house, which has two rooms and a shop, was partly destroyed. In fact, they destroyed Tbe shop was destroyed. about 40 shops. . . . My shop on the ground floor, on the side of the main street, was destroyed. Upstairs, the rooms, which I was keeping for my son, were also demolished." (Anonymous witness, A1AC.1451RT.565) "The occupation authorities try to exploit every possible Sometimes they give opportunity to demolish or remove a building. security reasons as a pretext. Sometimes they use the pretext of lack of licence or permit for the house. The security consideration is mostly that a member of the family is or has been arrested or detained. Then the whole house is demolished. Regarding house permits, the municipality exerts great pressure on the Palestinian inhabitants of Jerusalem by withholding the permits. When a Palestinian citieen wanting to build a house on his land seeks a permit and then builds the house before getting it, the authorities demolish the building. Sometimes they do this because the site of the house is in contradiction with the interests of the occupying Power and it also comes into conflict with their policy of bringing settlers, or bringing immigrants from the Soviet Union and Ethiopia, as well as from other parts of the world." (Mr. Mahfous Jaber, AlAC.1451RT.563) 273. Accounts of the demolition of houses may be found in documents A/AC.145/RT.561 (an anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.563 (Mr. Mahfous Jaber); A/AC.145/RT.565'(two anonymous witnesses); and A/AC.145/RTT.569/Add.1 (an anonymous witness). Written.* a. 214. The following table provides details concerning houses or rooms that were demolished or sealed between 1 April 1991 and 31 August 1991 in the occupied territories and the circumstances of their demolition or sealing as reported

k Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 Wovember 1990 is to be found in paragraph 146 of document A/46/65: information on the same subject covering the period from 1 December 1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraph 155 of document

A/46/282.

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A/46/522

English Page 07 ia various newspapers. are used in the table: AF H JP &&-Fair B'aretR rlerusalem Place 1992 Jabalia Remarks and source The house of Rashid Abu-Shabak was demolished. He is suspected of heading a Fatah group responsible for several acts of abduction and murder of people He fled suspected of collaboration. the region. (IL 9 April 1991; AF, 15 April 1991) The house of Dr. Ribhi Rashid was sealed. He has been detained for a year for security offences. (II. 14 April 1991) The houses of Ismail Salama Suleiman and Yusuf Ali Hasan were demolished. Both were arrested on suspicion of taking part in the violent activities of a Fatah strike force responsible for killing and attacking alleged collaborators. (H, 24 April 1991; AF, 29 April 1991) The house of Husein Mahmud Bureid was demolished. Be is suspected of membershipof Fatah and attempting to attack IDF troops. (H, 30 April 1991) The house of Yusuf Mahmud Afari was demolished and that of Rafhi Hasan Adz Afari was sealed. The first killed three alleged collaborators; the second participated in the murder of a local Arab. Both had petitioned the High Court of Justice but their petitions were rejected. (8, 30 April 1991; AF, 6 May 1991) The following abbreviations of tbe names of newspapers

Date

6 April

12 April

1991

Deir Balut

23 April

1991

Rafah

29 April

1991

Jabalia

29 April

1991

Sinjil, near Ramallah

A/46/522 English Page SS

Date

Place 1991 Iiebron

Remarks and source The flat of Abed Yacub Muhatsab was sealed, after the High Court of Justice rejected his family's petition against He was accused of the sealing. throwing petrol bombs and charges at IDF posts and vehicles. (HI 1 May 1991) near Jenin The house of Nasser Imad Kassem A-Tik was demolished after a petition to the High Court of Justice to stop the demolition was rejected. He had pleaded guilty to killing alleged collaboretors. (HI 6 May 1991) The apartment of Yasser Amin Mussa Hamed was sealed after his family's petition to the High Court was rejected. He had confessed to attacking local residents whomhe suspected of collaboration, as well as security forces during disturbances. (HI 6 May 1991) The houses of Khaled Hajaba and Alam Jaber were demolished and that of Walid Nafa' sealed. The three are membersof the Black Panther gang responsible for numerous killings and attacks on The families of alleged collaborators. the three had petitioned the High Court hut their petitions were rejected. (H, JP, 22 May 1991) The house of Yasser Taysir Muhammad Daouawas sealed. Ke was convicted of stabbing three Israelis in Jerusalem on 17 Way 1991. (H, 28 Uay 1991) The house of AhmedMuhammad Sufi was demolished. xe admitted trying to kill his Israeli employer and being a memberof a Fatah strike force. (H, JP, 30 May 1991) / ...

30 April

6 May 1991

Burgin,

6 May 1991

Jenin

21 way 1991

Tulkarm camp

21 May 1991

Beit Diko, near Ramallah

29 Way 1991

Rafah

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Place Nazari el-Nubani village, near Ramallah Jericho

Remarks and source The house of Nasser Mustafa el-Nubani was sealed. He is suspected of having thrown petrol bombs at IDF patrols. (II, 2 June 1991) The house of Bilal Amar was demolished. He was arrested and confessed to throwing a hand-grenade at Israeli hikers in July 1966, injuring 16. His family's petition to the High Court vas rejected. (H, 4 June 1991) The house of Nabil Abu Kabateh was demolished. He confessed to shooting, throwing petrol bombs and attacking alleged collaborators. His family's petition to the High Court was rejected. (Ii, 5 June 1991; AF, 10 June 1991) room in the house of Saleh Odeh Hassin Adwan was demolished. He is suspected of attacking alleged collaborators and participating, with many others, in the stoning to death of an alleged collaborator, a resident of Rafah, in August 1990. (H, 5 June 1991)
A

3 June 1991

3 June 1991

Yatta

4 June 1991

Rafab

12 June 1991

Azmut

The houses of Jafer Sawalha and Husni Sawalha were demolished. The two carried out a stabbing attack in an Israeli bus in December 1990. The houses were sealed soon after the incident. The families petitioned the High Court against the demolition but the petitions were rejected. (H, 13 June 1991) The apartment of M&mud Sharka was He confessed to the killing sealed. a local resident suspected of collaboration. (II, 27 June 1991) of

26 June 1991

Beitunia

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Date
27

Place Rafah

Remarks and source A room in the house of Mussa Abd el-Majid Hussein Abu-Anyan was demolished. He was arrested on suspicion of activity for a Fatah strike force, including attacking alleged collaborators. (H, 28 June 1991; AF, 8 July 1991) The home of Bassan Mamduh and Amar Akram, of the Darwish Subuh family, was sealed after they coafeesed to killing an alleged collaborator. The family's petition to the High Court of Justice was rejected. (H, 5 July 1991) The home of Remdan Yussuf Abmed Yazuri was partially demolished. Be is suspected of setting up Hamas cells, including a strike force, which, under his guidance, murdered four alleged collaborators and attacked several others. (H, 7 July 1991) A room belonging to Hitam Salmiya was sealed. He had confessed to throwing petrol bombs and attacking alleged collaborators. (H, 10 July 1991) The home of Osama Silawi was sealed. He has been wanted for killing four alleged collaborators. The aealing of a home of a wanted man, before he is captured, was explained as a deterrent measure. (Ii, 16 July 1991)
A

June 1991

4 July 1991

Neblus

C July 1991

Rafah

8

July 1991

Idna

15 July 1991

Jenin

17 July 1991

Abu Dir

room in which Amar Hadadua (21) resided was sealed. He was arrested after throwing petrol bombs at alleged collaborators and distributing money on behalf of the Democratic Front. (H, 19 July 1991)

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Date
17

--

Place east of
A room

Remark6 and

eource

July 1991

Eizariya, Jerusalem

in which Muse Abu-Rami resided was sealed. He took pert in an attempted murder of an alleged collaborator, set fire to a bus in Abu Dir and threw stones at Israeli cars. (H, 19 July 1991) The houses of three wanted member6 of the Blr:k Panther group were demolished. The group is said to be responsible for 13 murders of alleged tiollaborators. The tbree are believed to have fled to Egypt. They were named as Yas6er Zanum, Nazer alAbrash and Ada1 Zaruk. (Ii, JP, 25 July 1991)

24 July

1991

Rafab

25

July 1991

Nuseirat

camp, Gaze

The home of Jamal Abd el-Rader al-Baz was sealed. He had run over and killed an IDP soldier, Nadar Deri. (H, 26 July 1991) The house of Shahan Abu Bamia was demolished and that of Rhalil Ja'abari partially demolished. Both men were arrested on 16 June 1991 after being wanted for a long time for membership of the Black Panthers and killing several alleged collaboretors. 0X. 11 August 1991) The house of Paiz Odeh was sealed. Be was wanted on suspicion of involvement in abducting and killing several alleged coIlaborator6. (li, JP, 14 August 1991) The house of Imad Masri was demolished. He was convicted of killing an Israeli civilian, Yosef Malchin, whose body was discovered 29 December 1990. (H. 15 August 1991)

9 August 1991

Rafab

12 August 1991

Bidya village

13 August 1991

Aqaba village

on

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Date 19
August

Place 1991 Kin el-Sultan near Jericho camp,

Remarks and source The house of Mustafa He was demolished. 8 February 1991 for strike force throwing shooting at Israeli (H, 20 August 1991) Kurdi was arrested on membership of a petrol bomb6 and cars.

22 August 1991 Wuseirat

camp

The house of Jamil Albaz was demolished. He confessed to having over two soldiers on 19 July 1991, killing one and injuring another. (JP, 23 August 1991)

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b.

yther

deve&lRR&&

275. On 26 and 28 April 1991, it was reported that the IDF had decided to demolish the house of Munsir Abdullah from Hebron who was killed on 15 April 1991 after he drove over a soldier and injured him. He left a wife and six children, the youngest being 10 months old. ACRI appealed to the West Bank commander against the decision, arguing that apart from the illegality of collective punishment under international law, Abdullab had already paid the ultimate price for his alleged act. Destruction of his house could serve neither as a deterrent to him, nor to his family. The house was sealed two days after the incident. On 12 May 1991, it was reported that Central Region Commander Danny Yatom had decided not to demolish the home of Uunzir Abdullah. Instead,.the room in which Abdullah lived would be sealed. tla 26 April 1991; lIeruealem, 28 Aprt` 1991; He, Jer:8Rlen;, 12 May 1991) 276. On 26 April 1991, Betzelem reported that the security forces demolished two houses and sealed seven Other6 over the month of Rameden. According to the human rights group, in previous years the security forces refrained from such measures during the Muslim holy month. It was further reported that since the beginning of the uprising 392 houses were demolished: 217 in the West Bank and 175 in the Gaza Strip. Some 261 houses were sealed: 166 in the (Ha', 1 Way 1991) West Bank and 75 in the Gaze Strip.

* Information on this subject covering tke period from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be found in paragraphs 147 to 159 of document A/46/65: information on the same subject covering the period from 1 December 1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraph6 156 to 158 of document A/46/292. / ...

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English Page 93 277. On 30 April 1991, the High Court of Justice rejected petitions by four Tu:.karm families against the demolition of their houses. Their sons, Haled Hajba, Alam Jabir, Walid Wafa and Mubammed Shahada, were members of a *'Black Panther gacg" responsible for several murders of alleged collaborators. The Court said it had been proven that the four lived in the houses and that the Regional commander had the authority to order the demolitions. (&a'aret& Jerusalem Post, 1 May 1991) On 10 May 1991, it was reported that a Jenin resident, Khaled Kamal had received a warning that his homewould be sealed within 48 hours owing to the fact that his son, Osama,was wanted on suspicion of killing alleged collaborators. It was reported that the penalty of demolition or sealing of houses was generally resorted to only in cases in which suspects had already ackuowledged to their interrogators having carried out the act attributed to them. It was very rare to resort to such a practice in the case of wanted suspects. The family reportedly rented the house from Mahmud Kansan,who lives in Amman,and whose wife lived in the top floors but the authorities nevertheless intended to seal the house. (N, 10 May 1991)
218.

shilawi,

(iii)

Imnosition of curfews. sea-

off or clo&g

are=

279. Several witnesses referred to the measure of imposing prolonged curfews upon the civilian population during the Gulf war and the dramatic repercussions of this practice on living conditions:
"My wife was baking bread during the curfew time. The Israeli patrol walked in and prevented her from continuing baking the bread in the clay oven, left her in the room where the oven was and closed the door. If we had not becomeaware that she was there closed in, she might have died. They also stormed into the house, put the children in the bathroom and it is a miracle that they were not killed. They broke the furniture, searched the house and took away whatever they found. This all happened in my own house.

"I know also of someneighbours who had closed the door of their house and lit a fire. It was in winter. The soldiers stormed the house and prevented them from lighting a fire. A third experience, a young girl was washing the stairs of her house and they prevented her from carrying on with her job, pushed her into her homeand closed the door behind her. When they are patrolling, whether on foot or not, any child - even children of six years, as I remember- can be arrested and have to pay fines, up to 1,000 shekels. I know of an example in our village where the father of two young boys, aged six and eight, had to pay a fine of 1,000 shekels for each one. . . . "During the curfew, there were many acts of harassment. . . . Wehad about 2,000 chickens, they were about 30 days old. They all died, because we did not have poultry feed and were prevented during the curfew /...

A/46/522 English Page 94 from getting it. This is what happened to me, but other people had sheep for instance and were prevented from going out with their sheep to the pasture land. There were also farmers being prevented from leaving their house and tilling their 1anB. Anyone who ventured to get 8ome food or anything would try to do 80 at night and, if they caught him, he would be fined, between 500 and 1,000 shekels, an& sometimes even 2,000 shekels. During the curfew, we sufferecl very much economically. The curfew was continuous. 24 hours a day. Fram time to time, after two or three days, they would allow u6 out for two hours. They would lift the curfew in one village, but not in the other ones, 80 you could not leave your village and go to another one. So, you could say that at least 90 per cent of the social life wa8 restricted, in fact non-existent." (Mr. Hassan odeh Abmad, A/AC.lQS/BT.559) "For 31 days, we lived under curfew. The farmer8 were unable to go and cultivate their land, they were unable to harvest and unable to feed their families. On the tenth day of the curfew, the women only were allowed to go out for one hour or two to do the shopping and buy food. The shop6 were Closed and even for thO6e few hours when they were open, they were empty, they had no supply. The shopkeeper8 were not allowed to go to Israel, except with a special permit, so they could not bring any provision8 to their Gasa Strip shop. "The impact of the curfew was very bad, especially on children, because they were unable to Qet enough fooQ and they suffereQ from malnutrition. The army was patrolling everywhere and was preventing the people from going anywhere, even to hospital. If we had to go to hospital, we neeited a permit." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.l45/RT.570/Add.l) "During the Gulf war, not one institution was able to work, particularly during the month of February, while the air attacks were continuously taking place. Nobody was sble to move. We were living under total curfew. All institutions, whether educational or otherwise, were closecl. Until a few days ago only, you could not go to Jerusalem without a permit." (Anonymous WitneSSr A/AC.145/RT.560) "During the Gulf war, because of the curfew, we could n0t go out and things. Sometime8 we Bit3 not have enough in the house. Certain days, all I couh¶ do was to bake some bread and give my family nothing but this bread. I uoefl to go out myself to do tbe shopping. We were all very scared. We did not let the men go out, because they used to shoot at the men. It was easier for the women to go out and do the house shopping.
buy

"The curfew was imposed for a stretch of 45 days, My husband was at home for three months. We was not allowed into Israel to work. So, he could not work and there was no income. After the curfew time, trucks would pass through the village carrying somefood stuffs. The women would go out. We were beggars. We had to talk to them an8 beg from them, beCauSe we were in such dire Straights, we did not heve enough

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A/46/522 English Page 95 food. We had to beg and they would give us the food." (Mrs. Soad Turkoman, A/AC.145/RT.564/Add.l) "These curfews have had an enormouts and tremendous negative impact on the Palestinian economy, on Palestinian education and even on the psychology of the Palestinian people. I don't know whether history can recall any such halt to all activity and life for a period of more than one month - cutting at some stages electricity and water, preventing people from working and creating an impossible state of life in the occupied territories. .." I believe that the aim of this policy is to impose a kind of collective transfer of the Palestinians, in such a way that the international community will not be aware of." (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh, A/AC.145/RT.566) 280. Testimonies relating to the imposition of curfews may be found in documents A1AC.1451RT.559 (Mr. Hassan Oaeh Ahmad Odeh); A/AC.145/RT.560 (an anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.560/Add.l (Mr. MohammedMelhem); A/AC.145/RT.564/Adcl.l (Mrs. Soad Turkoman)) A1AC.1451RT.565 (an anonymous witness): A1AC.1451RT.566 (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh)t A/AC.145/RTT.570/Add.l (an anonymous witness); and A/AC.l45/RT.571 (Mr. Jamal Zaqut).

281. On 4, 5 and 6 April 1991, the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi Joe was placed under curfew following stone-throwing incidents. Ramallah and (&a'aret& 7 April 1991) several camps were under curfew over the weekend. 282. On 7 April 8 Ayril 1991) 1991, the curfew in Wadi Joe was lifted. (IIB'BTBtPl,

283. On 8 April 1991, Anabta and Nur Shsms camps were placed under curfew following disturbances. (b*aretR, 9 April 1991; m, 15 April 1991) 284. On 9 April 1991, Nablus, Jenin and eight refugee camps in the northern West Bank were placed under curfew as US Secretary of State Baker began his visit to Israel. (Ba*aratiL, 10 April 1991) 265. On 10 April 1991, Jenin and the nearby campwere placed under curfew following the murder of a relative of the town's mayor (see list). The Red Eagle gaug claimed responsibility for the murder. The curfew in Neblus end nearby campswas lifted, except in Ein Beit al-Ma, where troops arrested wanted residents. (m'aret,,R, 11 April 1991)

L Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be found in paragraphs 160 to 198 of document A/46/65: information on the samesubject covering the period from 1 December1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraphs 159 to 215 of documentA/46/282.
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English page 98 286. On 12 and 13 April 1991, Jenin and the nearby camp remained under curfew. (j&'aret&, 14 April 1991) 287. On 14 April 15 April 1991) 1991, Bebron was pl6ced under curfew. (&k&U&.&.

288. On 15 April 1991, Khan Younis and Jabalia were placed under curfew to prevent irxidents during the Id al-Fi.tr holiday. Curfews in Ue West Bank were lifted. (&'are& Jer-usalem , 16 April 1991) 28Y. On 16 April 1991, the territories were oealed off from Israel on the occasion of Israeli Independeuce Day. Preventive curfews were imposed in several areas, mainly in camps in the Gaza Strip. (&&U&B, 11 April 1991) 298. OU 28 and 27 April 1991, Rafah and Bebron were placed (w, -alem Post, 28 April 1991) 291. On 30 April 1991, Bethlehem was declared (m'arel;lk, Jerusalsm, 1 May 1991) under curfew. area. (Na'aret& tahiya, in
were

a closed military and Jabalia.

292. On 2 May 1991, curfews were imposed in Shu'fat Jerusalem Post, 3 May 1991)

2Y3. On 3 and 4 May 1991, a curfew was imposed in Jabalia the Gaze Strip. (&'aret& Jerusalem Post, 5 May 1991) 294. On 21 May lifted. (w, 1991, the curfew6 sPoBtr

and Beit

imposed on wide areas of the Gaze Strip 22 May 1991)

295. On 5 June 1991, a curfew was imposed in Ramallah as searches way. (b'aret& JetusPOSti, 6 June 1991) 296. On 12 June 1991, a curfew 13 June 1991) was imposed in Bidya village.
Nablus

were under

(&%LQ~,s, and

297. On 17 June 1991, curfews were imposed in Askar camps. (b'aret& 18 June 1991) 298. On 21 and 22 June 1991, Shati' J&rPost, 24 June 1991)

and in the Balata uider curfew.

camp was placed

(&!&zQ&

299. On 24 June 1991, the curfews in Khan Younis and Shati' (&a'aret& Jerusalem Post, 25 June 1991) 300. On 25 June 1991, the curfew Jerusalem Post, 26 June I9911 in Khan
Younis

were lifted. (&.w.Q.& were

remained in force.

301. On 28 and 29 June 1991, villages near Bekaot in the Jordan Valley Shati' camp was placed under curfew. (&'are& placed under curfew. Jerusw Post, 30 June 1991)

A/46/522 English page 97 362. On 1 July 1991. Bureij camp was placed under curfew. The centre of Gaza remained under curfew following the throwing of a hand-grenade at an IDF Patrol the previous weekend. (@'are&, Jm, 2 July i991) 303. On 9 July 1991, Rafah and Khan Younis remained under curfew shooting incidents in which two Israeli civilians were injured. 10 July 1991) 304. On 11 July
.Tm POEt,

following (a*aretR,

the

1991, the curfew 12 July 1991) 1991, the Tulkarm camps was lifted.

in Khan Younis

was lifted. curfew. 1991)

(Ba'aretz, The curfew in

305. On 14 July
Nabl~6

and nearby

camp was placed under (aa'aretr, 15 July

the

306. On 16 July 1991, a curfew was imposed in Bidu, stoning of a settler's car. The curfew in Idna 17 July 1991)

near Ramallah. following was lifted. (Balaret& a shooting Jerusalem Pa&, after three days.

397. On 16 July 1991, Jenin was placed under curfew following incident in which a youth was killed (see list). (Ba'aretz, 19 July 1991) 366. On 19 and 20 July 1991, the curfew in Jenin Jerusalem Post, 21 July 1991) ( Ba'arets, 369. On 24 July Jerusalem PQ&, 1991, Jenin was placed 25 July 1991) under was lifted

curfew.

(Ela'aret& and in in

310. On 26 and 27 July 1991. nearby Shati' camp. (Waretg,

a curfew was imposed in Sheikh Radwan JerusJem Post, 28 July 1991) in Sheikh Radwan and Shati'

311. On 28 July 1991, the curfews force. (Ba'arete, 29 July 3991)

remained

312. On 29 July 1991, curfews were imposed in Halhul, Dheisheh and Awarta, following various incidents. The curfew in Sheikh Radwan remained in force. (Ba'arets, Jerusalem Post, 30 July 1991) 313. On 30 July 1991, the curfew in Sheikh Radwan, Dheisheh and Nur Shams was A curfew was imposed lifted. Curfews remained in force in Awarta and Balata. on Hebron. (Balaret%, &zEsalem Post, 31 July 1991) 314. On 31 July 1991, following incidents. curfews were imposed (Ha'areti. Jerusalem imposed 1991) in Tulkarm camp and in Fandukamiya Post, 1 August 1991) in Hawara and Einabus villages.

315. On 1 August lYY1, curfews were ()ia'aret&, Serusalam Post, 2 August

316. On 2 and 3 August 1991, Jenin and the nearby refugee camp were placed under curfew and some 30 people suspected of hostile activity were arreetsd. I...

A/45/522

English Page 98 Aeun, near an Israeli Kalkilya, vehicle. was placed (Ra'aretz, under
Jerusalem,

curfew

after

a petrol

4 August

bomb was thrown 1991)

at

317. On 6 August 1991, Shati' and Sheikh Radwan remained under curfew following violent clashes that occurred the previous day. The Jenin area (&a'arets, wlem Post, 7 August 1991) placed under curfew.

was

318. On 7 August 1991, Balata camp was placed under curfew after local residents knocked down part of the fence surrounding the camp, which had been erected by the IDF to prevent stone-throwing. Soldiers forced local youths to rebuild the fence. (Ha', -alem Post, 8 August 1991) 319. On 9 and 10 August 1991, Shati' -Post, 11 August 1991) camp remained under curfew. (Ra'aretl;,

320. On 11 August 1991, the curfew imposed in Shati' camp was lifted after one week, during which 30 residents suspected of participating in rioting were arrested. The Aqabat Jabr camp was placed under curfew. A suburb of Jenin was placed under curfew after shots were fired at an IDF patrol. (liQ'are&, Jerusalem Post, 12 August 1991) 321. On 12 August 1991, Anabta was placed under curfew after thrown at an IDF observation post. (&&&K, Jerusa.LQKQQ& 322. On 13 August 1991, the soldiers Jerusalem., 14 August 1991) 323. were On 14 August 1991, in Kabatiya, fired at the military government 15 August 1991) enforced a curfew a petrol bomb was 13 August 1991) (&&D&K, shots

in Hebron.

the army imposed a curfew after building. (fla'aret& mPost,

324. On 19 August 1991, the centre of Ramallah was placed under curfew after two separate incidents in which petrol bombs were thrown at an IDF Israeli car. (Ha', derusalem Post, 20 August 1991) (iv) llmposition of economic sanctipna

325. Some witnesses referred in the economic sanctions by the occupying punishment. Such sanctions usually the financial burden of the civilian

course of their testimony to the use of authorities as a form of collective take the form of fines and taxes adding to Arab population:

"If the Israelis find a slogan on a house, they take pictures of it and then withdraw the ID card of the owner of the house and impose a fine on the occupants of the house. If the fine is not paid, it gets increased and is coupled with a term of imprisonment. In some cases it could affect a mother who has 12 children and she cannot afford to leave them and go to prison. So they are putting these fine6 on women. This is considered a great harassment on women in the West Bank. . . .

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A/46/522 English Page 99 "One year ago, in Jenin, they tried to impose fines on those selling vegetables. For a whole month, Jenin was closed. I used to go there for my work and then found out that it was closed. The vegetable sellers have a kind of cart costing 50 dinars. The Israelis wanted them to pay a fine of 20 dinars. But they don't make that much profit, so they staged a strike and the fine was cancelled. Now in Nablus, the Israelis come to the people and overturn the carts carrying vegetables, so that the owners lose their cargo and hence their means of livelihood.** (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.560) "There are very heavy taxes on shopkeepers, on the owners of grocery It is well known that these shops are not open before 12 o'clock shops. end that some days they are not allowed to open for more than two hours, because of the heavy taxes imposed on the shopkeepers. Heavy taxes are also imposed on cars. . .. "There is income tax, customs tax. Two years ago for instance, a blacksmith was asked to pay the equivalent of 25,000 Jordanian dinars. During these two years of the uprising, he could not pay such an A/AC.l45/RT,560) amount. " (Anonymous witness, 326. Accounts of the imposition of the economic sanctions can be found documents A/AC.145/RT.559 (Mr. Hassan Cdeh Abmad Odeh); A/AC.145/RT.560 and A/AC.145/RT.560/Add.l (Mr. Mohammad Melhem). anonymous witnesses): (VI &al
321.

in (two

Qther

forms

of collective

ounrshmanf;

evidenss
Some witnesses

card6 to some it involved:

referred to the issuing of "green ID cards" or magnetic categories of civilians and to the restrictions and difficulties

"Any person who is arrested or has been detained is given a green ID card, which means that the carrier of this card is not allowed to go within the Green Line stretching from Kalkilya. He is not allowed to pass and enter Jerusalem. If the holder of a green card wants to go to Ramallah, he is taken out of his car and beaten. A green card holder is not allowed to work or seek employment, particularly within the Green He is not allowed to get a work permit either. Line. For there is a new system now, a system of work permits. The workers are having great problems because they have to obtain this work permit. The permit is not given to any person who has been detained before, or who is related to a martyr, or to a person being detained. A person who has been detained is not allowed to have a driving licence, or a building licence, So he is subject to many, many restrictions, particularly at the present time." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.560) "We live from the land and my children work. . . . One of the boys is a carpenter. . . . He had a shop in the village, but the Israelis closed I...

A/46/522 English Page 100 the shop. The second son was at school, training as a mechanic. not successful in getting some work. He has a green ID card, the given to ex-prisoners. and he is not allowed to enter Jerusalem. not allowed to work in the village. The green card causes a lot problems." iAnonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.560) He was one He is of

"The magnetic card is given by the Security Service to the workers, who must have it when they go into Israel. It has to be put into a machine and once in it reveals all information about the holder of the The green card was in use before the magnetic card, but still is card. now. It practically means house arrest and is given to any Palestinian who has been in jail, whatever the duration of detention. The holder not only cannot work. but he cannot leave his town or village. For instance, if it is given to somebody from Gaxa Town, this person would not be allowed to go to Jabalia camp, five kilometres away. Many times during the intifa&,& the civilian and military identification of people has been changed.' Many Palestinians are wanted and afraid to be caught, as they wouldn't appear before a real court. So they go into hiding. TO discover them, mobile check points with small computers are being used. But this is not enough for the Israelis. They want to know the people from the colour of the ID card. For instance, if the identification colour was yellow before. now if the identification colour is,red, it means that the one who does not have a red identification card did not go to change his card, so there is a reason why he did not, 80 he was hiding. There is another reason for changing the cards, it brings money, because when you change your card, you have to pay money. Also it is a way for the military authorities to control the payment of taxes. You cannot get a new identification card without proving that all taxes are paid. You have to produce all kinds of papers from the tax office, the Security Services, from your job, your electricity bills and your Water bills, your driving licence, etc." (A/AC.145/RT.571r Mr. Jamal Saqut) 320. Mr. Mahfous Jaber mentioned in his testimony a new practice implemented in the Jerusalem area whereby houses are confiscated after they are closed:
"A settler was killed in the district of Al-Wad. On the same day, a group of settlers seized the uninhabited house of the family of Al-Tarhi, saying that they had an order from the court proving that the house belonged to them. This is a new practice on the pert of the Israelis." (A/AC.145/RT.563)

329. Testimonies referring to such other forms of collective punishment may be found in documents A1AC.1451RT.560 (three anonymous witnesses): (an anonymous witness): A/AC.145/RT.563 (Mr. Mahfouz Jaber); A/AC.145/RT.565 A/AC.145/RT.570/Add.l (an anonymous witness); and A/AC.145/RT.571 (Mr. Jamal Zaqut).

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336. The Special Committee heard several expulsing Palestinians from the occupied

statements territories.

on the practice

of

331. In the course of his testimony, Mr. Radwan Ahmed Mohammed Ziadeh, a deported trade unionist, referred in that regard to the proceedings and difficult physical and psychological conditions of the actual expulsion process: "On 1 July 1988, Amratn Mitsna. the Military Commander of the central area in the West Bank and Gasa. issued the order to deport me and I was We applied what the Israeli transferred to the Jenin prison in Nablus. law allows, as far as legal action is concerned. It started with a military committee and went up to the highest court in Israel. Unfortunately, all the courts admitted and recognised the deportation. For a whole year, from 7 July 1988 until 29 June 1989, we were fighting First, as far as the legal this deportation order - on all fronts. and then on the front of human and Israeli measures were concerned, international organizations. We appealed to anyone in order to put an end to this deportation order, because deportation is almost like death. One feels like a fish out of Water. On 29 June 1989. we were sent in an Israeli helicopter to South Lebanon. There were seven other deportees, in all four from Gaza and four from the West Bank. In the southern part of Lebanon - which is called the Lahd area, because it belongs to the Lehd army, the army which is in collusion with the Israeli army - the soldiers threatened to kill us, saying that 'if any one of you thinks of returning, we shall kill him, Israel has carried you for so long, but we have no intention of carrying you any time'." (A/AC.145/RT.559) 332. An anonymous witness mentioned intended deportees nor their lawyers charges leading to the expulsion: in his testimony the fact were given the opportunity that neither the to see the

"In cases of expulsion or deportation, the person is normally arrested and detained, the expulsion order is issued. The person is allowed to submit his protest to the advisory coxunittee. This committee is composed of three members and is appointed by the Governor of the region. Under the pretext of security considerations, they listen to the evidence in camera, confidentially, ard the lawyer is not admitted to listen to them. The Israeli security people present the case before the (A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l) advisory committee." 333. Mr. Hassan Odeh Ahmad Odeh recalled the circumstances of his expulsion from the occupied territories, on the grounds that he had exceeded the period OE his visiting permit:

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English Page IO2 "I went home with permission to visit my family. I went on 9 April 1990 on the basis of a permit that my wife had got for mo. I stayed there. I did not intend to go back, because my wife, my children, my work are there. I am an old man and I need to live with my family. But they came and took me away from the house, they imprisoned me because they said that I had exceeded the permission granted to me. That is why they -repelled r:re. I was in prison for four days, from Monday until Thursday. They brought ms to the bridge and watched me until I reached Jordan. I tried to see the commander and talked to him. I asked him why I was being expelled, saying that my wife, my children, my life were here. I told him that the Jews come from Russia, and the Falashas from Ethiopia, and I. who belong to this land, am expelled. 'How can you expel me?' I said to the commander. The commander told me that 'This is bigb policy and I can't speak about that.' And they expelled me. I have seven children. My mother is 90 years old, she lives there, she has an ID, she is very sick and needs attention. But nevertheless, they sent me out." (A1AC.1451RT.559) 334. Teal-imonies referring to the problem of expulsions from the occupied territories may be found in documents A/AC.145/RT.559 (Mr. RadwanAimed Mohemmad Ziadeh): A/AC.l45/RT.560/Add.l (Mr. Mohammed Melhem): A/AC.145/RT.566 (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh): A1AC.1451RT.5691Add.l (an anonymous witness); and A/AC.145/RT.571 (Mr. Jamal Zaqut).

335. On 3 April 1991, the advisory committee appointed by the Southern Region Cvmmander hear the appeal of four Fatah activists to from the Gaza Strip against their expulsion orders finished its deliberations and recommended to the Commauder, Maj.-Gen. Matan Vilna'i, to deport the four. On 7 April 1991, the four petitioned the High Court of Justice asking that the expulsion orders be rescinded or, alternatively, that the High Court order the IDF authorities in the Gaza Strip to inform the four about the place to which they would be deported and the means of livelihood they, and their families behind, would !w'are&, Jerusalem&, 4 and 8 April 1991) have at thedr disposal. 336. On 23 April 1991, for the four Gaza Fatah allowad to rxamfne the court that ordered the the Xigh Ccurt of Justice denied a request by lawyers activists who were ordered deported that they be confidential material the GSSpresented to the military expulsions. (&J&R&ID Poet, 24 April 1991)

* Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be found in paragraphs 199 and 200 of document A/46/65: information on the samesubject covering the period from 1 December1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraphs 216 to 219 of docustint A/46/282. /...

A/46/522 English Page 103 337. On 12 May 1991, the High Court of Justice upheld the orders of expulsion against four Fatah activists in the Gaxa Strip issued on 24 March 1991. The four were Jamal Abu Habel (33). Muin Muhammad Muslam (31). Hisham Dahalan (31) and Jamal Abed Abu Jadyan (33). The Court ordered a 48-hour delay in execution of the order to enable the four to choose which of the neighbouring lawyers to ask countries they would prefer to be sent to, and to enable their for another hearing before a five-justice bench. On 14 May 1991, Advocates Leah Tsemel and Linda Brayer submitted a request for a further hearing. On 18 May 1991, the four were expelled to Lebanon, after the High Court of Justice rejected their petition against their deportation. (w, > s , 13. 15 and 20 May 19911 U-Fair, 27 May 1991) 338. On 15 August 1991, the human rights organieation Betselam said in a press conference that at least 20 women married to Palestinians had recently been ordered to leave the West Bank with their children, despite a declared policy of the State Attorney's office that non-resident wives and children of West Bank resident6 would not be deported. According to Betselem, most of the women affected were from the Tulkarm and Ramallah regions. At least three of the women had already left the West Bank. The DeftAce Ministry responded by issuing the following statement: "If thore are irregularities in the procedures, they will be immediately investigated in order to ensure instruction6 are carried Out. Likewise, additional instructions have been given to ensure that such irregularities do not occur". The statement explained that the instructions it referred to were those issued to the Civil Administration and the Ministry of Justice, in accordance with the declaration issued by the High Court of Justice. (Ea'aret& Jelrusalem Post, 16 August 1991) (d)
Qral

&88&c
evidence

and social

situ-

339. A number of witnesses referred to the dsterioration condition6 of the civilian population, in particular suonymous witness stated in this COnneCtiOn:

of the living in ths recent period.

An

"The conditions of d6ily life in our occupied territories have I have been deteriorated steadily since the beginning of the intifa8ah. an eyewitness living under these conditions and I have seen how the shops were closed - sometimes even in the early hours of the morning, and not just at 10 o'clock as is the case now. The reafion for this was that the occupation authorities attacked the main streets constantly. Regarding provisions, we have the custom of keeping provisions at home. . . . But during the period of the &&i&&h and because of the cases of poverky that have arisen, some DERWA commi&ees, as well as some committees have been obliged to set up special belonging to national organisations, committees concerned with provisions and to establish stores

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A/46/522 Euglish Page 104 to keep stock and be able to distribute Eood to the people regularly. spite of 811 this. we have suffered from the shortage of supplies, specially during the periods in which curfews were imposed." (A/AC.l45/RT.559/Add.l) 340. Several wart witnesses referred to the
economic

In

losses

resulting

from the Gulf

"There were many losses, estimated at hundreds of millions of ?ollars annually. Their effect was extremely dangerous, in addition to the fact that during this time Israel destroyed all the economic capacity and the work potential in the occupied territories by imposing prolonged curfews and also by preventing the Palestinian workers from working in Israel, as well as in some places, by preventing the people from moving from one part of the occupied territories to the other. The farmers were prohibited from selling their produce from one area to another. All of this was carried out in order to destroy the economy and the agriculture of Palestine." (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh, A/AC.145/RT.566)

"From the first day of the Gulf war, the whole Gaxa Strip was an isolated place and about 156,060 Palestinian workers were prevented from going to their place of work for more than 45 days. If you know the economical situation of these workers, which is such that, if they do not work today, they can't eat tomorrow, you can imagine what their economic and social situation was during those 45 days of curfew. .. . "In Gaza only, about 10.000 workers, if not more, have no work since the beginning of the Gulf war, some of them even since the beginning of tire magnetic cera policy. "Since the average number of persons in a family would five, it means that around 350,000 persons are without any life and this now for a period of four or five months as a the exception of some of them who are refugees and receive UNRWA. It is easy to imagine the impact of this policy in field, in the social field and also in the health field." (Mr. Jamal Zaqut, MAC.1451RT.571) 341. Reference was also made to the deterioration of the health be about resources for minimum, with some help from the economic

conditions8

"The health conditions in the occupied territories are extremely and they have become worse bad. They were bad even before the intifaaah under the conditions of the intifadah. As I noted while visiting the wounded people at Al-Ittihad hospital in Nablus, there was not a single vacant place - so much so that the women about to give birth to a child had to leave immediately after the delivery, because there were not enough beds. In addition, many wounded people were unable to go to hospital because the occupation forces attacked the hospitals constantly, searching for people. So, we were obliged to open temporary field clinics. Even these ones, when discovered by the occupation forces, / ...

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would be attacked and confiscated. We also have a problem of shortage of because the Order6 for supply are given by medical supplies and drugs, the occupation authorities. There is also a high mortality rate among Many case6 of death could have been avoided, had the children and youth. Also and unfortunately, we had many we had enough medical supplies. cases of wounded people who could not be treated in our clinics, not to mention the enormous sums of money that are required from the patients if they go to the government hospitals." (AnOn~Ou6 witness, A/AC.145/BT.559/Add.l) 342. Dr. Nacri Khoury stated in this connection: the West Bank of being built. Since closed, 60 that in an actual decrease 1,803 in 1985, which is increased by roughly one. There is

"At the time of the occupation, there were in 12 hospital6 functioning and 3 were in the prOCe86 that time, out of this total of 15, 6 have actually 9 hospitals are still existing. This ha6 resulted of beds in those hospitals, from 2,220 in 1967 to a decrease of 417 beds, whereas the population has 500,000. "The reasons under-funding for for closure6 the hospitals. of hospitals .. .

are more than

"Hospitals have closed down, . . . for instance, a hospital th&t was being built in the Sheikh Jalah region (which i6 Close to Jerusalem) was transformed by the Israeli authorities into a centre1 police station. Another one in the Nablus region was transformed into a prison, 60 that these hospitals under construction were Ulthnately used for other The ho6pitals that were existent had their budget slashed purposes. significantly over the course of the occupation. .. . *'Furthermore the ability to receive equipment was always hampered by Israeli government bureaucracy, such as taxations, delays in granting licence6, etc. . . . This resulted in the aCtUa1 Services in the hospitals deteriorating and in some instance6 to the point that the medical. facilities were dwemed by the Israeli aUtbOritie6 a6 being unfit, unsafe, like for example the Hospice Hospital in Jerusalem, which was forcibly closed down, as it was deemed to be unhealthy. True enough, it was unhealthy, but the reason for it being unhealthy was the long process of under-funding, etc. . . . '*The general situation throughout the occupation has made it difficult for doctor6 for instance to return and practise. This means that there is a deficiency of a number of specialties. . . . Altogether, the medical situation in Y987, jufit before the intifadab started, was so poor and in fact worse off than it had been in 1967, not taking into account 20 years of medical and social development that should have taken place in a country or geographic entity.

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English Page 106 "Unquestionably, the medical set-up was not prepared to receive the very large number of people injured as a result of Israeli army practices or Israeli army injuries caused among the civilian population, which This has meant that those injured by the essentially are war injuries. Israeli army have not received adequate or appropriate medical treatment and it has caused them to suffer z number of complications which in a proper medical setting they would not have suffered. This includes all the medical services that are to be delivered. For example, in the absence of a qualified anaesthetist, the patient might die fxom an anaesthetic death. In the absence of a radiologist, a poor diagnosis may result in inappropriate treatment. In the absence of medicines and medical facilities, a wound could get infected and cause all sorts of complications in the long run." (A/AC.146/ET.566) 343. An anonymous physician in the occupied territories: also referred to the lack of proper medical care

"The main problem is that the people in the occupied territories are usually not allowed to get treatment insidn Israel. At the same time, they are prevented from developing their own medical services as we would This means that there are two different standards of like them to. and the other one for the occupied medical care. one for Israel territories. I have seen myself in the occupied territories cases that needed much more treatment which was not available and we would have liked them to be treated inside Israel. With a few exceptions, this was quite impossible, because the insurance that people have in the occupied territories does not cover treatznent inside Israel. Every case needs a special permit, which has to go, not through medical people, but through army administrators and they have to decide which case will be granted treatment inside Israel and which one will not. For example, we are now trying to arrange a heart operation for an infant, one and a half years old, who needs an operation that cannot be done in the hospitals of the occupied territories. So far, we have not been able to get the financial coverage for hospitalisation in Israel and for the operation." 344. The same witness the health situation referred to the negative during the Gulf war: effect of prolonged curfews on

"During the war, the prolonged curfew lasted fot one month and a half. During that time, People were prevented from going directly to hospital. Doctors were given permission to go during curfew in a very limited way. So, we appealed to the High Court of Appeal to arrange for doctors to get permits to move during curfews. We even won this case, but the winning occurred after the war was over, so there was no point any more. " (A/AC.145/RT.57?) 345. A number of witnesses rights and the discrimination workers: mentioned the denial of the Arab workers' social they were subjected to as compared to Israeli

A/46/522 English Page 107 "The Palestinian labourers do not receive the thirteenth month, they do not receive sick leave, or annual leave, or cost of living, or social security, or medical insurance. "I rememberan incident which concerned a Palestinian worker in the occupied territories. I am talking of a worker who was working in a quarry, where bulldozers are used for breaking large stones and rocks. Each one of these rocks can weigh up to 20 tons. One day, one such rock fell on a worker in the quarry, and he was literally flattened down on the ground. And since the law is no law, there was no insurance for him." (Mr. RadwanAhmedMohammad Ziadeh, A/AC.145/RT.559) "The Israeli workers had guaranteed social rights, not the Arab workers. The Israelis benefited from sick leave, annual leave. They used to work eight hours only, with a break of half an hour for lunch. But we worked about 9 or 10 hours. Usually, we were given the harder jobs and they were given the more comfortable work, like sitting in offices. . . . "So far, I have not heard of a single Arab worker who was able to get a pension after retirement. But the Jew get6 his pension, as soon as he reaches the age of retirement." (Anonymouswitness, A/AC.145/RT.570/Add.l) "The worker who used to work in IsraeI and earn for instance 50 shekels a day would see written on his cheque an amount of 20 shekels only. So, when we raise a complaint, they would take into account not the mount of 50 shekels, but the amount written on the cheque. Wehave noticed also that workers who want to obtain their rights, for instance, if they want to get a work permit rapidly instead of waiting for 10 or 12 days, have to pay bribes of up to 1,000 shekels (almost 300 Jordanian dinars). . . . **TheArab worker gets a wage of 50 to 60 shekels a day, while the Ethiopian worker will be paid double this amount, that is 120. So, the Ethiopian worker gets a higher salary, but still the Jews would prefer to employ him rather than employ the Arab worker." (Anonymouswitness, A/AC.145/RT.560) 346. Mr. Mohammed Melhem, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine National Council, referred in his statement to the severe water and power shortage in the occupied territories: "Regarding the institutions, a village council in the south of the West Bank for instance had been telling me that for the last six months the main water feed line to the village had been closed so nobody was allowed to take any water and that the Israeli water authorities would not allow them to take water unless they accept the village council appointea by the Israeli authorities. The village haa an elected village council, which the Israelis dismissed, wanting to impose on the village I...

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A/46/522 English Page 108 people certain names. The inhabitants resisted. they did not want to have collaborators to take charge of them. That is part of the problem. I have been told, the power system had broken down, In the same village, some motors were damaged. The village people had aid from outside to repair these motors or to buy new ones. The Israelis would not allow them to bring the funds from outside, in order to put pressure on them and have them connect their power system to the regional system controlled by the Israelis." (A/AC.145/RT.560/Add.l) 341. Accounts on the economic and social situation in the occupied territories be found in documents A/AC.145/RT.559 (Mr. Radwan Ahmed Mohammad Eiadeh); A/AC.145/RT.559/Add.l (an anonymous witness); A1AC.1451RT.560 (an anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.560/Add.l (Mr. MohammadMelhem): A/AC.145/RT.564/Add.l (Mrs. Soad Turkoman): A/AC.145/RT.566 (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh: Dr. Nasri Khoury): A/AC.145/RT.569 (Mrs. Manal Achour); A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l (an anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.570/Add.l (two anonymous witnesses); A1AC.1457T.571 (Mr. Jamal Zaqut); and A/AC.145/RT.573 (two anonymous witnesses).
mey

Writtenmet

346. On 10 May 1991, it was reported that the Minister of Health, Ehud Olmert, with the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and protested to him about a draft resolution to be considered by the World Health Assembly, which condemned Israel for its health policy in the territories. (Ba'aretx, 10 May 1991)

349. On 7 July 1991, it was reported that in the framework of measures taken in response to the decrease in the level of violence and the beginning of normalisation in the major towns. it was decided by the security establishment to reduce the level of taxation in the territories. Income tax that resident6 of the territories have to pay to the Civil Administration will be lowered. Heads of families whose monthly ealery is no more then WJIS 600 ($240), or whose yearly salary is NIS 7,000 ($2,600), will be exempt from income tax. The general tendency is to lower the level of taxation in the territories to that existing in Israel. In addition to the lowering of taxes, it is intended to allow local businessmen to receive money from Saudi sources, so that they can invest in the territories without PLO mediation. (w, 7 July 1991) 350. On 17 July 1991, it was reported that, for the first time since 1967, an election for the Gasa Strip Chamber of Commerce would be held at the end of July. The holding of the election has been approved by the Defence Minister in the framework of the new policy of the security authorities to promote economic activity in the territories. (&'aretS, 17 July 1991) 351. On 31 July 1991. it was reported that elections had beer held in Jericho, for the local chamber of commerce, and in Hebron. for the lrcal Red Crescent Both elections were won by Fatah supporters. (IJa'arets, association. 31 July 1991)

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(a)

Freedom

352. Different measures various testimonies: 353. Mr. Mohammed Melhem resulting from limitations Gulf war:

restricting

freedom

Of movement

were

referred

t0 in

referred in his statement on freedom of movament

to the restrictions imposed during or since

the

"In the last two or three months, no Arabs were allowed into old Jerusalem, or beyond the 'red line', unless they had a permit. But Jerusalem was closed even for Muslim worshippers, . . . some Arabs did go into Jerusalem and passed the checkposts. By the end of their work day, they went back to the occupied territories. The same checkpost was then stricter with them, the ID cards were taken away and the people were charged fines amounting to 350 shekels per person. In other words, it was like a planned trap, because the Israelis knew that these people were not allowed in, but they let them go and then they caught them on their way back in order to fine them. . .. "In recent times, there has been a wave been going on ever since 1967. But now they in towns and villages and for longer periods curfew, the populations of the villages were even to the East Bank, or their sons were not borders of their town." (A/AC.l45/RT.56O/Add.l) 354. An anonymous witness referred to these of curfews. Curfews have are used on a larger scale of time. And after the not al?owed to leave, not allowed to leave the in the following terms:

limitat;ons

"After the end of the Gulf war, they prevented the workers from going into Israel. The only workers who were permitted to go were those who worked regularly and were registered with the employment office. Other workers could not get in. In the beginning, they allowed only 1,000 out of 100,000 workers to go to Israel to work. About 35,000 private cars were prevented from catering Israel. They brought some buses owned by an Israeli company called Egged and obliged us to use them." (A1AC.1451RT.5701Add.l) 355. Mr. Radwan Ahmed Mohammad Ziadeh civilians in the occupied territories referred to difficulties in obtaining a driving faced licence: by the

"Anybody in the occupied territories who asks for a driving licence must first of all have a certificate of good conduct from the Israeli intelligence, with all security justifications - and these are unending. All circumstances, the very life of the person who asks for the licence, are studied, whether he has previously been in prison, or accused of /...

A/46/522 Enqlish Page 110 anything, whether he has any activity, or has friends who are active, whether he has a national incliuation and what kind of inclination, whether he works, whether he works within the Israeli projects, or whether he works within the borders of 1967. All these questions are taken into consideration, and even more. From the Israeli security point of view, getting a driving licence is an important factor. A driving licence means that the person has a way of communication and could reach other people or carry out actions against the Israelis. These are the obstacles before getting a driver's licence. It is not easy to get a driver's licence, it is a whole story. Not every one in the oacupied territories can go outside the borders. Not every Palestinian can get employment within the Israeli projects (in other words the projects of the 1946 borders). So, if somebody has not been in prison, if he is not close to militant activity or to somebody who is close to it. he might succeed." (A1AC.14WRT.559) 356. Another arrest: anonymous witness recalled her personal experience under house

"They imposed house arrest on me for six months. . . . I was asked to report every day to the administration office and sign to testify that I was present. I had to take my child with me, as he was too young and I couldn't leave him anywhere. I was not allowed to go out of Nablus, not even to the neighbouring villages." (A/AC.145/RT.559/Add.l) 357. The samewitness mentioned the difficulties leave the territories: she encountered in order to

"I tried to travel abroad after my husband was deported. I tried to go to Lebanon, but I was prohibited from doing so. Since 1984, I had been prohibited from going to Jordan. I had tried to go to meetings abroad, but I was prevented, even at the airport. I applied for permission to leave more than once and it was always rejected by ths security forces. Therefore I sought the help of a lawyer. without success. I went on trying. By that time, my husband had been deported over a year and a half. I asked also to appear before the High Court of Justice of Israel, because there is no law that would prevent a wife from joining her husband, but this request was also turned down. Finally, I was asked by the supremeCourt of Justice of Israel to sign a paper for the legal counsellor in Israel, to the effect that I would not be able to come back to the West Bank before three years elapsed. So, if I left, I would have to stay away for three years and under no circumstances would be allowed to go back before that. So, I hesitated a lot before accepting. Then, in view of the circumstances under which I was living, from a security as well as a social point of view, I had to leave, I was forced to leave and to come to Jordan. The paper I had signed was handed over to the officers at the bridge, so that they would block any attempt on my part to return before this three-year period." (A/AC.145/RT.559/Add.l) 356. Another anonymous witness stated in this regard: /...

A/46/522 English Page 111 "We have to pay 100 dinars to get the permit. We Pay this sum at the Civil Administration headquarters. If they want to give it to me, they will stamp it. If not, they will refuse the application. My daughter camehere for medical treatment after her injury. Each time she comes, they search her. on the way out and on the way back. They completely strip us ot our clothes. They even search our hair. (A/AC.145/RT.565) 359. A witness who had come to Cairo for medical treatment mentioned specific difficulties faced by ex-detainees and by prisoners' relatives; "I have a red card. There are no restrictions. But the people who were in prison have a restrictive card and they are not allowed to leave their sector. It is a green card. . . . '*I had a great many difficulties, because my brother is in prison. So, when I applied and because every information is in the computer, they immediately told me 'No, your brother is in prison, how do you expect to leave the sector?'. As you know, the families of prisoners are punished with restrictions on their freedom of movement. It was difficult to get permission to leave. . . . "The application was rejected for a couple of months, then it was (Mrs. Manal Achour, A/AC.145/RT.569) granted." 360. Testimonies referring to the restrictions on the right to freedom of movement may be found in documents A/AC*145/RTT.557/Add.1 (an anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.559 (Mrs. Naila Ayich)) A/AC.145/RT.559/Add.l (an witness); anonymous witness): A/AC.145/RTT.560 (an anonymous A/AC.145/RT.560/Add.l (Mr. Mohammad blelhem); A1AC.1451RT.565 (an anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.567 (an anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.569 (Mrs. Manal Achour)) A/AC.145/RT.570/Add.l (an anonymous witness); and A/AC.145/RT.571 (Mr. Jamal Zaqut).

361. Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh referred in the course of his testimony to the obstacles hindering the exercise of religious practices as a result of limitations affecting freedom of movement:

* Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be found in paragraphs 201 to 209 of document A/46/65; information on the samesubject covering the period from 1 December1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraphs 220 and 221 of document A/46/202.
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English Page 112 '*Recently, with curfews, with identity card regulations, they have prevented Palestinians from going to Jerusalem and pray in their most sacred religious places. ... **It is a tradition of the Palestinians to go every Friday to Jerusalem and pray there, from all poiats of Palestine, but now they are not allowed to." (A/AC.145/RT.566)

3G2. Mr. obstacles

Jamal Zayut referred hindering the right

in the course of his testimony to freedom of expression:

to various

"I worked as a journalist in the occupied territories and I would like to mention a few points. From 1967 until today. the Israeli6 did not give any permission to publish a newspaper in the occupied territories outside Jerusalem. It is permitted in East Jerusalem only, as it is considered a piece of Israel. The newspapers published in East Jerusalem have to go tbrough military censure. The real editor of these papers is the censor, and not the Palestinian editor. It i6 enough to publish one photograph and the paper can be closed for a long time, as it happened with the Jerusal.e@ at the beginning of the intifadah when it published a photograph Prom Reuters agency about Nuseirat camp in Gara showing demonstrators and soldiers. It was then closed for 45 days. Many press service office6 and newspapers were closed on some pretest. If they want to close. they can find a reason. It is not difficult. w newspaper was closed in 1986, m was closed in 1986 as well. ... "Also many press service office6 were closed, in East Jerusalem and in the Gasa Strip. It is easy for them, it only needs the order of auy officer in the area. *'Many of the Palestinian journalists were arrested, without trial. I Shall mention some names, like Salman Khoury, sentenced to 45 months, or Rabha Al-Khoury, editor at s, arrested and detained for 6 monthe.

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English Page 113 "I would also like to mention the Israeli policy preventing foreign journalists from getting to the places where there is a problem. There is a rule according to which any soldier can sign an order declaring any area a closed military zone. This is specially aimed against foreign journalists, because they don't want the journalists to discover what is going on in the occupied territories." (A/AC.l45/RT.571) 363. Testimonies relating to the restrictions affecting the right to freedom of expression may be found in documents A1AC.1451RT.571 (Mr. Jamal Zaqut); and AlAC.1451RT.573 (an anonymouswitness).

364. On 12 April Arab Journalists' detention of five e military board 12 April 1991)

1991, it was reported that RadwanAbu Ayash, chairman of the Association, was being released from administrative months. He had been given a six-month term, but appealed to and his term was reduced by one month. (RR.&&&

3G5. On 13 May 1991. the Palestinian journalist Ziad Abu Ziad, from Eixariya near Jerusalem, was released from the Jneid prison in Nablus after six months of administrative detention. (R.a'aret&, 14 May 1991) 366. On 16 May 1991, the security forces arrested journalist Tawfik Abu-Hosa, an employee of Al-O-, who had served four years in jail for acting as leader of the Shabibah movement in the Gaxa Strip. (Ra'aret& 11 May 1991) (d) Ereedom

Oral evidence 367. Mr. RadwanAhmedMohammad Ziadeh, a deported trade unionist, referred in the course of his testimony to limitations and difficulties hindering trade union activities in the occupied territories: "In 1979 we presented a request for permission to set up a workers' union. We contacted the authorities about 10 times in order to get such permission, but we couldn't get it. . . . We tried to contact the responsible authorities legally and otherwise for three years running, and this in spite of the fact that the West Bank is subject to Jordanian law-and is not subject to Israeli law. The labour laws of Jordan say

k Information on thie subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be found in paragraphs 212 to 217 of document A/46/65: information on the samesubject covering the period from 1 December 1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraphs 222 to 226 of document A/46/282.

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English Page 114 that if a number of workers in a particular profession (the minimum required being 21) present a request to the responsible euthorities for the setting up of a syndicate and do not receive any answer after three months, tbey can start their unionist action. In other words, it means that the authorities have to give a legal reason for not granting the permission. This is Jordanian labour law. . . . "So, we opened the headquarters for the union on the basis of the rule of the Jordanian law and we started working. We started defending the rights of our workers, who were working in Arab projects, not Israeli The labourers working in Israeli projects are subject to, are projects. members of the Histadrut, the Israeli labour union. The result was that all the leaders of the union were arrested and imprisoned overnight." (A1AC.14URT.559) 368. Mr. Jamal Zaqut, in the seme connection; another deported trade unionist and journalist, stated

"Many Palestinian trade unionists are subject to all kinds of harassment from the Israeli army. Most of them face administrative and not only once, but twice or three times. Here I speak of detention, Gaza and the West Bank. Some of them were expelled, before and during Some of them were killed, and not during a the ma. demonstration. They were watched by the Israeli security and shot, like Ahmed Al-Rilani, who was a member of the executive committee of the general trade union in the West Bank. Be had been arrested many times. The last time, he was arrested and shot." (A1AC.1451RT.571)

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369. Several witnesses appearing before the Special Committee described the very serious problems affecting civilians in the occupied territories in the field of education. The prolonged closure of eaucation institutions as a result of the popular uprising was commented upon and aeplored by a number of who referred to the negative effects of such closures on academic witnesses,

stanaaras:
"The schools in Nablus did not work more than two months and even that was intermittent. The curriculum of stuay in Israel consists of courses. Each course should have a duration of a minimum of four to five months. During the period of the uprising, as far as the schools of our chilaren are COnCerned, the duration of the course was not more than two months and these two months were intermittent. During the early aays of th8 &kt&&&, the schools were completely closed. The universities have been closed all through. Even now they have not been re-opened. Consequently the academic year during the perioa I was there aid not exceed four months all in all, instead of nine months, ana this also with interruptions. When the children went to school, they used to stay a I...

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English Page 115 maximum ,f three hours, if at all. So, we depended mainly on the instruction given to them at home and you know, of course, that this is not as effective as instruction given in school. This is a problem we have had since the beginning of the m. In the first year of the uprising, there was no teaching whatsoever and the schools were closed. Later on, they re-opened, but for not more than two months for each course." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.559/Add.l) "Since the beginning of the i&i&&& you cannot say that the children have fitudied. This year for instance, the pupils who were supposed to sit for the secondary school certificate have not had any The pupils and the students are being persecuted, they are lessons. being provoked." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.l45/RT.565) when all six Palestinian universities have been closed for the years, when you know that the Israelis do not pay anything for education, when you know that the schools, preparatory, elementary and secondary, are closed as well, you can imagine the psychological worry of fathers and mothers about their sons being illiterate. A few months ago, we received a report prepared by some researchers in the occupied territories. It is a survey on the fourth and sixth grades. The report indicates that in the fourth grade none of the students examined was able to write his name properly and none of them was able to solve a very simple mathematical equation (half one over In the sixth grade, the students were unable two minus one over four). to comprehend a paragraph in Arabic, and could not answer the questions about this text after they had been given time to understand it. This is The education standard is the lowest ever since 1967." very worrying. (Mr. WohemmedMelhem, A/AC.145/RT.560/Add.l)
"Now,

last three our higher

"The schools and institutes were closea as of the start of the intifadah. The universities, with about 20,000 students, boys and girls, have been closed. The schools have been closed for long periods, as a matter of fact for more than half the time, especially in the West Bank. During the school year 1989/90, the average number of school days amounted to 140. A large number of schools were closed for longer perio&s. In five schools in Tulkarm, for instance, the school days amounted to 41 only for the whole school year. In Gasa, for instance, the Beni Suhaila preparatory school was closed for 135 days, the new Gasa preparatory school for boys was closed for 117 days and the girls' school for 114jlays. "In fact, when the occupation authorities announce the re-opening of a school, they open it for a day or two and in the first four months of the last school year, 29 per cent of the schools belonging to UWRWA in the Gaze Strip were closed. . . .
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370.

the

Reference was also made to the harassment of student6 lack of adequate equipment and teaching materials:

and teachers

and to

"The pupil6 and the students are being persecuted, they are being I told my children to stay at home, because every time they go provoked. out, there are incident6 taking place. The young people are having a There is no education. The soldiers yo to the schools, difficult time. they provoke the pupils, they throw tear-gas, they enter the camp in This happen6 every day. order to provoke our young people. If they meet with a young man, they hit him. They kick the kids in the street. They kicked one of my children and he is now lying at home. He is six years old. A soldier kicked him for no reason." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.565) "The harassment of the teacher6 took the form of ordering them to clean the streets for instance, to rub off the national slogans written on walls. The Israeli troop6 forced the teacher6 to do that in front of the students. Psychologically, it prepare6 the next step, that the students are going to be treated the same way and required to do the seme things. . .. "The SchoolG to have shortages in equipment are the ones supplied by These plainly have nothing. They are very primitive, the authorities. they are backward schools, they lack libraries, they lack books, they have no labs. The parents of the students are forced to buy the school books. And if the authorities do proviae some equipment, it is not sufficient for all." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.569/Aaa.l) 371. The obstacles alternative popular hindering effort6 to provide children and student6 means af education were also mentionear with

"The basic problem facing the action committee was that of providing the necessary places for education and making amends for the fact that the schools were closed. It was strongly objected to by the occupation authorities. However we tried to carry out this sort of education in houses instead of public places. And then even the children were exposed to ill-treatment whenever the occupation authorities saw them gathering The children were also in a specific place to receive their lessons. exposea to beating, tear-gas and even bullets." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.559/Add.l) "Many Palestinian educator6 have initiated a new method, a new of education, which could develop into a new theory of education. But instead of permitting these people to develop their own culture, their own particular cultural activities, the Israelis have ieeued military order6 to prohibit an educator or non-educator from being
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"Another feature of this cultural genocide is the destruction of the structures of the educational system and of culture. Culture is how to dominate your environment, how to harness it for the benefit of the individual. One of the means of doing it is by providing young people with vocational education. This is denied to the Palestinians, as for instance no agricultural section is being allowed at university, although agriculture constitutes the main sector in the Palestinian economy, and also as there are only very few vocational schools open and run in the (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh, A/AC.145/RT.566) occupied territories." "Children drop out of preparatory schools, they drop out of secondary schools, to the extent that only a small number eventually reach either one of the certificates and an even smaller number go on to university education. start "Another looking result of students for work, anything dropping out from school and everything. .. . is that they

"This is not a short-term policy. This is a strategic planning which is being carried out by the Israeli State. The object is to bring The Palestinians do not have many the Palestinian people to the brink. They have limited resources and they depend to a economic capacities. very large extent on their education as a weapon, so that they can have jobs, go abroad and improve in their profession. Depriving them of this possibility is depriving them of one of their main weapons for life, of the basic mainstay of the Palestinian society." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l) 373. Accounts on the restrictions to the right to freedom of education may be found in documents A1AC.1451RT.5571Add.l (an anonymous witness); A/AC.145/RT.559/Add.l (an anonymour: witness)8 A/AC.145/RT.560/Add.l (Mr. MohammadMelhem); AlAC.1451RT.563 (Mr. Osama Sayeh); A1AC.1451RT.565 (two anonymous witnesses): AlAC.1451RT.566 (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh); A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l (an anonymous witness)t and A/AC.145/RT.570/Add.l (an anonymous witness). / . ..

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On 29 April 1991, the Defence Ministry announced its decision to reopen the Islamic University in Hebron, which had been closed for IO months. Security sources said the closure orders affecting the Al-Najeh and Beir Zeit Universities would, for the time being, be extended. (&'aretR, J&R~&s~ Post, 36 April 1991; m, 6 Day 1991)
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375. On 21 August 1991, the Coordinator of Activities Maj.-Gen. Danny Rothschild, had talks with the chairman of the Gasa Islamic College and its trustees. He said he would "weigh positively" their request to reopen. On 22 August 1991, it was reported that Defence Minister Arens had authorised the reopening of Al-Najah University in Nablus, as at 1 October 1990. The University had been closed since the beginning of the uprising. On 1 September 1991, it was reported that the Bir Zeit University was ordered closed for another three months. Sir Zeit is the only university in the territories to remain closed. (w, Jerusalenr, 22 August 1991; Ha', 1 September 1991)
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376. Mr. HassanOdeh AhmadOdeh referred in the course of his testimony to the tension and fear caused by the presence of settlers close to his village: good land is taken by the Jews. msY land that they don't take. I have a I do not go to piece of land near the settlement close to our village. that land, because I am afraid that they might harm me, hit me, or shoot me. I cannot send my wife or my children to go there, because I am scared." (A/AC.l46/RP.559)
use it, the the

"Talking about my village, they cultivate it, even

377. An anonymouswitness referred settlers in his village:

to acts of aggression perpetrated by

Every two or three days, the Jews "They pass through the village. come. They try to remove the slogans we write, they fire tear-gas and break everything on their way. They harass the young people. The young people are facing many problems, so are the women. They oblige the women

6 Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be found in paragraphs 218 to 223 of document A/46/657 information on the semesubject covering the period from 1 December 1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraphs 221)to 230 of document A/46/262.
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seven months ago, a school was attacked, the settlers had and wanted to beat the children. So the school director submitted complaint to the Civilian Administration and Jewish guards were posted around the school. They kept controlling the school for five or six months and then went away." (A1AC.1451RT.560) "About come

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. miafarmation* 376. On 21 April 1991, it was reported that eight villagers from Karyut, near Nablus, had petitioned the Bigh Court of Justice claiming that settlers from the nearby settlement of Eli had forced their way into their lands and started, with the use of a bulldozer. uprooting hundreds of trees and vines. (&&&I&& 22 April 1991) 379. On 12 May 1991, a serious incident occurred at A-Ram junction, north of Jerusalem, when several settlers from Shiloh opened fire at an Arab minibus, injuring Abdullah Amin Farahat, aged 4, and Abed Ataf Abu Sherkeh. aged 5. The settlers later claimed that passengers in the minibus had thrown cans at their bus, and that it had tried to run them off the road. Police arrested three settlers and confiscated weapons from seven others. One of the injured boys had to be hospitalised. (w, Jerusalem Post., 13 May 19911 Al-Fair, 20 May 1991) 380. On 8 June 1991, a dispute over gracing rights between a settler from Susiya, in southern Mount Hebron area, and au Arab shepherd from Yatta, turned into a shooting incident in which the settler, Baruch Yelin (27). opened fire, killing some 20 sheep and hitting the shepherd, MuhammadNawaj'a, who later died of his wounds. The settler reportedly told the shepherd to take his sheep auay from the grasing area that is within the settlement's area; the shepherd refused and the settler shot and killed Borne of the sheep. The shepherd alerted family members and local youths who beat the settler with sticks. The settler then opened fire, hitting the shepherd. On 9 Juns 1991, the settler was remanded for 12 days. On 20 June 1991, he was remanded for a further eight days. (Ka'aret&, B, 9, 10 and 21 June 1991) 381. On 15 June 1991. Rabbi Uoshe Levinger fired shots in the air in the Hebron market place, apparently after stones were thrown at him. He also kicked a local resident and overturned two vegetable carts. Soldiers who were

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382. On 27 June 1991, a group of Israelis, believed to be settlers from Shavei Shomron, BomQsh or Sitehar. rampaged through the village of Beit Umrin, north of Nablus, destroying property , smashingwindows and care and setting fire to a cornfield. Troops called by villagers rushed to the scene and arrested sin Israeli6 after a chase. According to reports the settlers fired shots, shot at solar heaters, took a TV set from a house and smashedit on the ground, broke furniture in 15 houses, painted Stars of David and Hebrew slogans and beat two women. (Jerusalem Post, 28 June 1991)

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383. The Special Committee heard extensive evidence from several witnesses about the treatment of detainees and harsh conditions of detention. Most witnesses referred to their personal experience covering in some cases long and repeated periods of detention and concerning the difficulties faced in sevt, al detention centres, in particular since the start of the popular uprising and the unprecedented increase in the number of detainees resulting from it. Most testimonies denounced the various forms of ill-treatment, such as physical torture and violence, isolation in solitary confinement, psychological humiliation and intimidation, sexual harassment and measures of punishment. It was stressed that the worst conditions were usually faced during 'interrogation. The overcrowding of cells, the use of tents lacking all necessary facilities, the lack of proper sanitary equipment and medical care, adequate food and clothing, the denial or restrictions of the right of access to lawyers, to family and Red Cross visits, and to cultural material were also cited among issues frequently referred to by en-prisoners. Reference was also made to specific problems faced by minors and women prisoners, as well as to the harassment and humiliations that relatives of detainees were faced with. Particularly harsh conditicus endured in some specific detention camps such as Ansar 3 (Ketsiot) in the Negev desert inside Israel itself were also described in some testimonies. It was mentioned that several hunger strikes aimed at ameliorating the treatment of detainees had taken place. 384. Hereunder are a few relevant excerpts from these testimonies:

"I want to say what happened to me during those two days of detention. They tied my body with wire. They took my broken arm and put it on a big stone, fixed it and hit it with stones. Because of the bruises, it had to be operated again later on. I used to see with my now I cannot see well. I have some medical reports about that. My eyes, leg was broken and it had to be operated also. They treated me very badly." (Anonymous witness, A1AC.1451RT.562) "In the prison, they acted very inhumanly with the young men who were there. At one time, it was raining, the tent flaps were lifted, the whole tent was flooded with water and the young men had to sleep inside. They would also wake them up in the middle of the night, at one or two in the morning, make them stand out in the rain and insult them. They would also interrogate the prisoners at night, their hands tied behind their backs, their eyes bound. They used to beat them and insult them deeply." (Mr. Hassan Odeh Ahmad Odeh, A1AC.14WRT.559) "I remember a simple incident, which prisoners, in July 1988. The temperature young man had gone to the bathroom, to the his tent, as it was impossible to stay out second buttons of his shirt were undone. happened was close toilet, in such This was in front of 1,150 to 50 degrees and a and was returning to heat. The top and not allowed and the

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English Page 122 guard called him and asked him why he had undone the buttons of his shirt. The punishment he received was to stand in the sun for two hours. Before this time elapsed, he had suffered a sunstroke and was sent to the doctor." (Mr. Raawan Ahmed Mohammed Riadeh, A/AC.145/RT.559) "When I went to visit him [the witness's Son] in pri.SOn, I found Out that for three months he had not been able to have a bath. or wash his He couldn't do anything. His clothes were clothes. He did not shave. all torn. His hair was 1OAcJand full Of lice. I went to the Red Cross aa informed them about my BOA, saying that he was a young boy of 15 and had been interrogated for three months. somebody of the Red Cross went to visit him in prison. This lady told me that he needed new clothes. So I bought some underwear for him, some sportswear, slippers, soap and Later on, they toothpaste, and sent it all to him through the Red Cross. transported him to Megiddo prison, within the Green Line. We went to visit him twice. After the war, I visited him another time. Then visits were completely banned and I was not allowed to send him any clothes, so the conditions became similar to those in the Negev prison, where A0 visits are allowed. This Negev prison is known all over the world. Normally, prisoners are allowed to receive visits from time to time. But there they were not allowed to receive any visits or any clothes from their families. (Anonymous witness, And they are young." AlAC.1451RT.565) "I was in a tent. The tent had boards of wood, very narrow, where one had to sleep, two persons on each board. No sheets, we had one blanket underneath and one blanket 01) top. It was humid, there was water under the boards. Later on, the level of the water rose over the boards. Also many of the tents flew away." (Anonymous witness, A/AC.l45/RT.562) "Ansar 3 prison is a grave for the liV.rAg, if I can use this expression. It is-a tomb. For instance fOO& the quantity is not sufficient, the quality is non-existeat, we get the same breakfast, the same lunch, the same dinner for ever practically. Once, six or seven kilos of tomatoes were distributed on 1,150 prisoners, who had not tasted tomatoes for a long time. As a matter of fact, they did not eat them. It wasn't worth eating, they put them there just to look at. The lawyers could visit the prisoners once a month, for 10 minutes only, and they were insulted as well, like the prisoners. Family visits were denied. Since the establishment of Ansar 3, A0 one received a family visit, because the military rule stipulated that the family of any prisoner wishing to visit him should have prior permission. It was AOt possible to get permission unless one would refer to the Civil Administration, pay the taxes, renew the ID card, the driver's licence, pay the water, the electricity, etc. . ..'I (Mr. Radwan Ahmea Mohammed Ziadeh, A/AC.l45/RT.559)

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Page 123 "We were given very little to eat, half a green pepper, two olives, one spoonful of jam and a small slice of bread. They gave one gallon of water for 30 persons per day, for all purposes, to drink, clean yourself, (Anonymouswitness, A/AC.145/RT.562) clean the plates, everything."

"They were trying to treat the children in a way to handicap them for their future, when they becomeyoung men. They used to frighten and terrorioe them. They concentrate on the younger ones, because they are the generation that will be marred by the occupation. It is the generation they are frightened of, so they try to demoralise them, to beat out the resistance from us. They did i,ot treat me as a child, they treated me like the others. They used to beat me as they were beating the adults. For instance, I would be sitting and somebodywould come from behind and hit me hard. I used to scream and live with fright throughout my imprisonment." (Anonymouswitness, A/AC.145/RT.557/Add.l)
"1~ prison, I had to go through enormoussufferings, together with at all my son, as he was the only child there. There were no facilities The weather was very cold at the time. Clothes were not for a child. enough, food was not enough. Even psychologically, the conditions were not good for a child to be in that prison, to stay in a very limited place, in a small cell of 2 by 1.5 metres where he could not play, where the smell was bad, without a bathroom. As a result of such deplorable conditions. my child fell sick three times. I had to take him to Again, they covered my eyes and tied my hands. I suffered a hospital. lot because I saw how bad the situation was for my baby. . . .

"I spent one week or 10 days in prison without my son. When they brought him to me through the partition and he saw me, he started smiling. I asked the prison guard to permit me to carry him, they refused to let me hold him or kiss him, even through the partition. My son was laughing and crying at the sametime. There were many visitors at that time and seeing this, all the people started crying and it all turned like a tragedy." (Mrs. Naila Ayich, A/AC.145/RT.559) "Concerning the cultural aspect, for many years we were deprived of any access to information or culture, although we had a lot of leisure and time. We could at least have educated ourselves, as long as we had nothing else to do. But we were prohibited from reading, even religious books in somecases. After a long struggle, we ware able to obtain the right to get somebooks. Until now, however, certain books are prohibited." (Mr. blahmud Ibrahim Shawahin, A/AC.145/ET.557) VWhen go to visit the detainees in prison, we are subjected to a we search. It happened to me, I had to undergo this search. For the Israelis this process does not involve any respect for humanrights whatsoever. When a womanis subjected to such a search, they make her take off all her clothes. This happened to me personally. I had to go to the search room. The woman guard looked at my clothes and could see that I was not carrying anything, but she insisted that I had to take off all my clothes, if I wanted to be allowed to see my husband. Only then / .. .

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Page 124 after the search, was I allowed to go and see him. The Israelis treat the visitors very badly. They shout at them." (Anonymouswitness, A/AC.145/8T.560) "I have met an individual who came from Ansar 3. This place is in the Negev, with a very high temperature in the daytime, and a very low temperature at night. These wide fluctuations of temperature cause a large number of rheumatic diseases. It is very common amongthese people to find rheumatic diseases, back pains, joint pains, etc. . . . The medical conditions in those campsare very poor, I am told. Whenthe prisonors seek medical attention, they do not get properly examined and when they do get examined, they predominantly receive analgesics, pain-killers, and not necessarily the proper medication. Of course, pain-killers make you feel better. It gets you over the discomfort of the pain, but does not necessarily treat the cause of the suffering." (Dr. Nasri Khoury, A/AC.145/RT.566) 305. Testimonies relating to the treatment of detainees may be found in documents A1AC.1451RT.551 (Mr. Hassan Kawasmy; Mr. Abdel Rahman Kassem; Mr. MahmudZbrahim Shawabin)r A/AC.145/RT.557/Add.l (an anonymouswitness); A/AC.145/RT.559 (Mr.Radwan AhmedMohammad Ziadeh; Mr. Hassan Odeh AhmadOdeht Mrs. Naila Ayfch): A1AC.1451RT.560 (an anonymous witness): AiAC.1451RT.562 (an anonymouswitness): A/AC.145/RT.565 (an anonymous witness)7 AiAC.1451RT.566 (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh; Dr. Nasri Khoury); A/AC.l45/RT.569 (Mrs. Manal Achour): A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l (an anonymous witness)r A/AC.145/RT.570 (Mrs. Adla Kandeel): and A1AC.1451RT.571 (Mr. Jamal Zaqut).

386. On 1 April 1991, the Haifa District Court extended the detention of Fares AWed Barud (30), by 15 days, pending another hearing, with the presence of the lawyer appointed for him, Adv. Uuein Dabah, on the defendant's request to be transferred to another detention place on the grounds that Jewish detainees were beating him. Sarud is accused of killing an Israeli civilian, Mordekhai lioichman, from ladera, and of attempting to kill three others. (m'aretp, 2 April 1991) 387. On 2 April 1991, four Arab Knesset members visited the Ketsiot detention centre and heard from the detainees complaints about the insufficient quantity of food and inadequate medical treatment in the facility. The detainees complained about not being allowed to receivs books, newspapers and radio and TV sets. The detainees' main complaint was about the lack of visits by their This was reportedly due to the families' refusal to ask for permits families. * Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be found in paragraphs 227 to 236 of document A/46/65; information on the samesubject covering the period from 1 December1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraphs 233 to 237 of document A/46/202. / .. .

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English Page 125 for visits from the Civil Administration and their demand that requests for The visiting Knesset members, such visits be submitted through the Red Cross. together with the detainees' committee, drew up a proposal under which the families would submit requests for visits to the Red Cross and the latter would pass the requests to the Civil Administration. The proposal was cabled to the Defence Ministry for approval. (&a'aret& 3 April 1991; Al-Fair, 8 April 1991) 3813. On 16 April 1991, the father of a 12-year-old boy from East Jerusalem petitioned the High Court of Justice asking it to order the police to release his sou. The boy was arrested on 31 March 1991. On 11 April 1991, the father was allowed to attend a hearing on a request to extend his son's detention. The boy was crying and told the judge he had been tortured by electric shocks and cigarette burning. When the boy wanted to show the judge his alleged torture marks the judge said this was not necessary. The boy. whose detention was extended by six days, told his father that the interrogators threatened him with sexual abuse unless he confessed. No identifying details were given. (&&E&R, 17 April 1991) 309. On 19 April 1991, four Palestinian minors held in Hasharon prison were injured when guards used tear-gas to restore order, after some 50 inmates started smashingobjects and pushing guards. The four were injured when the guards forcea the inmates back to their cells and locked them up. They were treated in the prison's clinic. (Jerusalem Post, 21 April 1991) 390. On 23 April 1991, the Chairman of the Knesset Law Committee said that the committee would discuss the Betzelem report on the torture and ill-treatment of Palestinians during interrogation. The Chairman added that the Committee would also look into the research methods of the humanrights group. On 12 May 1991, it was reported that the Chief of Staff Ehud Barak had appointed Gen. (res.) Rafael Vardi to investigate claims madeby Beteelem, on the baais of interviews with 41 former prisoners, that Palestinian prisoners have been physically abused during interrogations in military prisons. Gen. Vardi served as head of the military police, Commander the West Bank and of Coordinator of Activities in the Territories from 1967 to 1974. Gen. Vardi was to visit places of detention, question soldiers and officers and interview Palestinians who alleged having been ill-treated. The Betzelem organization said it continued to demandthe setting up of an independent cozxnission of inquiry that would be authorized to investigate all the aspects of the phenomenon,-andnot merely the IDF's part. According to Betzelem, the principal element responsible for ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees was the GSS, which was beyond the scope of the army's investigating officer. On 15 May 1991, the Minister of Police, Ronnie Mile, told the Knesset plenary that a joint team for the GSSand the Ministry of Justice had been set up to look into the allegations included in the Betselem report, as well as other allegations concerning GSSinterrogators. "After receiving the recommendationsof the team, we will decide whether to broaden the investigation and draw operative conclusions*', the minister said. Be added that after the Betzelem report was published it was examined carefully, and it turned out that someOf the complaints mentioned in the report had already / . ..

A/46/522 English Page 126 and the findings passed on to the Justice been examined by a GSS comptroller, Some of the complaints were still in various stages of Ministry. examination. In other cases, it was impossible to identify the complainants in order to investigate the allegations , and the Justice Ministry had asked Beteelem for details to enable the Ministry to carry out en investigation. (m Post, 24 April 1991; E1[B'arets, $erusalem Pa&, 12 and 16 May 1991) 391. On 24 April 1991, the State Attorney's office informed the High Court of Justice that the fDF baa introduced, as at 1 April 1991, a new arrangement permitting lawyers to hold private discussions with their clients held in tents inside IDF bases in the territories. A soldier would be watching the meeting but would stand out of hearing distance. The announcement was made in response to a petition to the High Court by Adv. Leah Tsemel and ACRI. The temporary detention facilities were set up in August 1968 in Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarm, Jenin and Jericho. They consisted of tents inside IDF bases, where persons caught after stone-throwing ana similar Initially it was intended to limit the stay in such disturbances were held. facilities to 46 hours, but owing to the pressure in military courts, detainees were held there for up to seven days before being transferred to official detention facilities. Because of these circumstances, lawyers could see their clients for the first time in court, as the IDF refused to allow lawyers to enter IDF bases to meet with their clients. Under the new arrangement meetings would be held without any limitation on their duration and without prior notice. Following the announcement by the State Attorney's office the nigh Court decided to suspend the hearing of the petition for two months to allow time to examine the functioning of the new arrangement. (L(a'are& 25 April 1991) 392. On 7 May 1991, the Prison Services spokeswoman confirmed a report that a Palestinian prisoner, Intisar Elkak (191, was forced to give birth with her arms handcuffed to the bed. The spokeswoman added that the prison authorities had apologized to the detainee. Elkak is serving a four-year sentence for carrying a petrol bomb in Jerusalem's Old City in early 1990. (Jetuselem Post, 6 May 1991) 393. On 13 May 1991, ACRI Submitted two complaints to Gen. Rafael Verdi, appointed by the Chief of Staff to head a military commission of investigation into allegations of torture and ill-treatment in military places of The first complaint concerned an administrative detainee, Eiman detention. Shafi from Nablus, held since the beginning of 1990 in the Tulkarm detention In an affidavit given to A&. Tamar Peleg of ACRI, he described his centre. methods of interrogation, which was allegedly carried out while his hands and legs were bound together end tied to a chair, and his head was covered with a bag. In this position, the interrogators allegedly suffocated and beat him, including in his testicles, Between the interrogation sessions, which lasted from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., eve?y dey, he was kept in a tiny cell, 00 centimetres wide, nicknamed the "cupboard". The second complaint concerned Niaal Abu Lawi from Nablus, who made a silsilac description of his ill-treatment in the Tulkarm facility. (U'areQ, 14 May 1991)

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395. On 23 May 1991, it was reported that Dr. Ram Yishai, President of the World Medical Federation, had examined the conditions of security female following numerous complaints, and had come to prisoners in Rasharon prison, the conclusion that the prisoners were given a "humanitarian treatment and In comparison with a visit to the prison held medical aid when necessary". the previous year, no deterioration was found in the prisoners' conditions. Dr. Yishai looked in particular into personal files of some of the prisoners, and examined two prisoners. He pointed out that none of the prisoners alleged sexual harassment, or any other form of unfit behaviour by the warders. Dr. Yishai looked in particular into the cases of the following prisoners (regarding whom it had been alleged that they were denierA adequate medical treatment): Naame al-Hilou (38), from Jabalia, Fatwa Ahsi (251, from Silwan, Ataf Alian (281, Fatma Abu-Dakra (341, and the baby daughter of Antisar al-Kalet. (Ra'arets, 23 May 1991) 396. On 24 May 1991, it was reported that a delegation composed of several members of the Jerusalem Municipal Council and the town's legal adviser had recently visited the Russian Compound Police detention facility, following a number of reports by humanrights groups alleging bad conditions and practice of torture and ill-treatment there. The delegation wished to visit the GSS interrogation ward but was not allowed access. The commander the detention of centre, Zion Exra, told the delegation that he was responsible for the detainees' conditions of detention, but not for their interrogation, which was carriecl out by the GSSand regarding which he had no authority, an8 could not even attend such interrogations. Weaffirmed that since February 1991, when he took office, there were no occurrences of violence against detainees. He denied the existence of small cells nicknamed "cupboard" or *'grave", and the existence of sub-standard cells in the GSSward. There were "isolation cells", which were smaller than other cells. The delegation could visit the cells and talk to detainees, but not in private. They Bid not see any detainee with marks of beatings. They found that the cells were clean and had warm water arouncl the clock. There was no separation between minor and aclult female detainees, as prescribed by law, but only between Arab and Jewish detainees. The facility, designer3 for 130 detainees, held 269 detainees on the day of the visit. (&&kr.~&, 24 May 1991) 397. On 6 June 1991, a report was published by the State Comptroller's concerning, m, the situation in the Ketsiot detention facility. office

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English Page 128 regarding the period from May to Following are some of the findings. is under the responsibility of the army's Southern July 1990. The facility Region Command, but in fact it is administered by the military police. Some 6,200 persons were detainea.in it during the period under examination. Lawyers coulcl meet their clients only one week after a request was made. The duration of meetings between lawyers and their clients was limited to 5 minutes (except in one bloc where it was 20 minutes). (The report pointed out that in September 1990 the IDF announced that there were no longer limitations on the duration of meetings and that it was up to the lawyers to decide on it.) There was a serious problem of overcrowfling, with 26 detainees held in one big tent, or two smaller ones put together, an area of 50 square metres. Tents assigned to administrative detainees housed 22 to 24 persons. were On an average, each detainee had only two square metres , au11 mattresses touching each other without any apace between. The level of hygiene was poor, especially in the kitchen of one bloc , owing to a faulty aewerage'aystem. The commander the facility of ant9 other authorised officers were entitled to impose penalties on detainees who broke the discipline. Penalties included denial of the right to send letters for up to 15 dayat denial of the right to two visits; denial of the right to the daily cigarette allowance for up to 7 dayat being kept in a small cell for up to 96 hours. The report found that in some cases detainees were kept in small cells for 14 days as a punitive The State Comptroller was favourably measure, despite the regulations. impressed withthe medical treatment given to detainees and the supply of food, cigarettes and other articles. (maret& 6 June 1991) 398. On 17 June 1991, a group of Arab and Jewish women held a sit-in in front of the Red Cross offices in East Jerusalem, in protest against the detention of Rabiha Shatiya (33). from Jerusalem, at the GSSwing at the Russian Compound. The womensaid in a letter to the Prima Minister and the Minister of Police that she was suffering from cancer antl could not get adequate treatment in detention. (Ea'areta, 18 June 1991) 399. On 23 June 1991 Arab prisoners held in the Nafha jail, in the Negev, and in Ashkelon jail, went on hunger strike to protest against their conditions. They were demanding improvements in the quantity and quality of food an8 in the medical care. They also demanded to be allowed visits by anyone wishing to visit them and not only family members. On 9 July 1991, it was reported that the hunger strike by security prisoners in Nafha prison had ended after 16 days, following a meeting between the Southern Region police commander an8 representatives of the Gaze.Bar Association. According to a spokesperson for the Prisons Service no concessions were made to the prisoners in security matters, but some of the demandsconcerning welfare and conditions, such as the provision of a washing machine, had been approved. (Ba'areta, 24 June 1991, 9 July 1991) 400. On 5 July 1991, it was reported that families of Palestinian security prisoners had begun a sit-down strike outside Red Cross offices in the West Bank and the Gaaa Strip to support demandsto improve prison conditions. Security prisoners in the Nafha prison, near Ashkelon, had been on hunger strike since 23 June 1991 and it was feared the hunger strike would spread to / . ..

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English Page 129 According to the prisoners and their femilies the other places of detention. quantities of food given to them hed been reduced. Cuts were made in the provision of certain ingredients and in articles such as Goap, shaving cream ana toilet paper. Medical treatment given in the prison was deplorable and It was further alleged that physical and sanitary condition6 were very poor. psychological violence was frequent, that collective punishment was a common practice and that young detainees, even minors, were kept together with convicted criminals. A spokesman for the Prisons Service Authority rejected the allegations and said prisoners were accorded visits and all the other rights given to them in the past. On 6 July 1991, in reply to a question by MK Haim Oron, Defence Minister Arens acknowledged that since the beginning of April 1991 the food given to security prisoners had been cut by 11.6 per cent. "as a savings measure, and in accordance with the army's policy". Following the prisoners' protest, however, the matter was re-examined and it was flecided to reintroduce some of the ingredients that had been cut. (He'areQ, 5 and 9 July 1991) 401. On 15 July 1991, the commander of the military police reported to the Knesset State Control Committee that 9,128 residents of the territories were currently being held in military prisons. They included 580 held in Some 4,691 of the persons aetainea were convictea administrative detention. prisoners serving their sentences: 2,966 were detained until the end of legal proceedings (pre-trial detaineesIr and 691 were "regular detainees". He pointed out that these figures showed a significant drop in the number of detainees ant3 an increase in the number of convicted prisoners. A big drop (over 50 per cent) was reported in the number of administrative detainees, as comparedwith the "peak periods" of the uprising. Another problem discussed during the Knesset Committee's aebate concerned family visits in the Ketsiot jail. It was reported that in spite of approximately NIS 1.5 million ($600,000) spent by the IDF to prepare infrastructure for family visits in Ketsiot, such visits were still not carried out owing to the families' refusal to ask the Civil Administration for authoriration. (m, 16 July 1991) 402. On 31 July 1991, the Ministry of Justice made public its reaction to an Amnesty International report publishes on 29 July 1991, which accusea Israel of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees in the territories. The Ministry of Justice said that Amnesty International had totally disregarded the fact that detainees and convicted prisoners often had personal and political motives to exaggerate or 'make up stories*' in order to embarrass the authorities; Such personal motives could be a wish to nullify a confession made earlier, or to escape groups of Palestinians who murdered or injured detainees who reached plea-bargaining agreements. A political motive coula be the will to dieinform in order to harm Israel's reputation regarding human rights. The Justice Ministry quoted as an example the case of Ahmed al-Hawemda, who alleged, through his lawyer, having been beaten while in detention in the Dhahiriya jail in August 1969. After his allegations were looked into, he retracted his allegations and admitted having made them to get better medical treatment and GOthat his family would consider him a hero. In another case taken up by Amnesty International, that of AhmedKebaha, who had alleged having been tortured, the itetainee later retracted the allegation in a /...

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English Page 130 written statement in which he admitted having caused cigarette burns to himself. The blinfstry of Justice affirmed that every allegation of abuse was looked into and if it was found to be true measures were taken against those responsible for the abuse. Interrogators identified themselves to those they interrogated, so that in case of alleged abuse they could be summoned to testify in court. A joint committee of the Ministry of Justice and the GSS was set up uo investigate allegations about excessive methods of interrogation. The IDF has also appointed an investigating officer to look (m'area, into method6 of interrogation by military interrogators. 31 July 1991) 403. On 8 August 1991, it was reported that some 500 administrative detainee6 from the territories held in Ketziot were boycotting the prison infirmary, even though some of them need ongoing medical treatment. The boycott reportedly began when a prisoner who went to the infirmary for treatment was told by a man he did not know that if he cooperated with the authorities he would receive better treatment and if not, he would not be treated at all. Military sources confirmed there was a boycott in progress, but that the rumour that started it was unfounded. (m, Jeruselem, 8 August 1991) 404. On 0 August 1991, it was reported that as at October 1991 the security authorities would, for the first time, allow families of prisoners held in Ketziot to visit the prisoners. Under an agreement reached between the security authorities and the Red Cross , every inmate would submit a list of people whom he asked to be visited by. The prison authorities would transmit the list t:, the Civil Administration in the territories, which would check them without direct contact with the families. The autborized lists would then be transmitted to the Red Cross, which would be in charge of transporting the femilies to the facility. The agreement was reportedly seen as a victory by the leadership of the uprising, which, over the past four years, had refused any direct contact with the Israeli authorities. The refusal had led to .e ban on family visits to inmates in Ketzfot. The new agreement provided for regular family visit6 t0 all piSOn in Israel where Security prisoner6 were held. Some50,000 prisoners were currently held in Uetziot. Military sources reported that condition6 in Ketziot were constantly being improved. The overcrowding that characterized the facility in the past was no longer a problem and use of tear-gas and rubber bullet6 against the immates all but halted (except in cases of serious rioting. when tear-gas was resorted to only if ordered by senior officers). (w, Jerusalem Post, 8 and 9 August 1991)

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**About one year ago, a lot of land was confiscated in my village, as in other villages. If one stone is thrown at them, the Israeli soldiers On Thursday, the Arab confiscate land and uproot trees as a reprisal. youth threw a Molotov cocktail at the Civilian Administration Headquarters. As a result, they uprooted all the olive trees surrounding the area. Originally this admirLsl;rative centre was a house which the Israelis seized from the owner and turned into an office for the Civilian When they confiscate a piece of land, no one is allowed Administration. And even when you carry a permit, you to pass any more without a permit. run the risk of being fired at. If they confiscate a piece of land of two aununls, it means that the whole arcta becomes condemned. For instance in my village, they confiscated land and turned it into a training camp for the army. They uprooted the olive trees and deprived the inhabitants I have a piece of land which was of access to their own land. confiscated. ... "In my area, we have three Arab villages, two settlements and one training centre. In these settlements, they bring mobile prefabricated houses, which can be brought and put up very quickly. That is how the settlements can grow fast. So. the number of settlements is increasing and only 10 or 12 days ago, I heard that they are going to establish a new settlement in Nablus." (A1AC.1451RT.560) 401. Mr. MohammedMelhem referred in his statement annexation trend since the Gulf war: to the increasing

"Concerning their plans of expropriating land, there is an overwhelming activity in expropriation and building of settlements. It You can imagine what the layman, what the ordinary is feverish. Palestinian in the occupied territories feels when he sees that the land is getting less and lr.ss and that the time might come when he has no place to stay and to make a living (56 per cent of the land has been expropriated so far and there are plans to expropriate 20 to 25 per cent more)." (A/AC.l45/RT.560/Add.l) 408. The specific settlement policy in and around Jerusalem was
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*Since 1967, the Israelis have planned a general scheme for settling people in the occupied territories, for colonising the occupied One of the most destructive elements in this plan is the territories. fragmentation of the Palestinian society, by surrounding the Palestinian people with settlements, separating them from each other, cutting them off from each other. This was not only done in all parts of the occupied territories, hut it was emphasised in Jerusalem." (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh, A/AC.145/RT.566)

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English Page 132 '*In Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation authorities concentrate on the seizure of buildings belonging to Arab people. The inhabitants of the buildings are expelled, because the Israelis regard Jerusalem as an eternal capital for Israel. . . . "The Israelis have also concentrated their attempts on bringing immigrants and settling them in Jerusalem. They give these immigrants additional temptations and incentives beside the assistance normally provided also to the other immigrants settling in the West Bank. The number of izznfgrants who have settled in Jerusalem is many times the number of those who have settled in the Golan, in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank. . . . "Bigger loans are usually given to immigrants settling in Jerusalem than to those settling in the West Bank, to enable them to buy land. The contractors receive guarantees up to 100 per cent for the purchase of houses. Jerusalem has been declared a 'zone of development'.g*. (Mr. bfahfouz Jaber, A1AC.1451RT.563) 409. Accounts of the annexation and settlement policy pursued by the Israeli authorities in the occupied territories may be-found in documents A/AC.145/RT.556 (Mr. Mohammed Najdi El-Jazzar); A1AC.1451RT.560 (an anonymous witness); WAC.145/RT.560/Add.l (Mr. Mohammad Melhem); A/AC.145/RT.563 (Mr. Mahfouz Jaherlr A/AC.l45/RT.566 (Mr. Abdel Jawad Saleh); and A/AC.145/RT.569/Add.l (an anonymous witness).

410. On 3 April 1991, it was reported that some 20 mobile homes had been set up recently in Kiryat Arba "to meet the growing housing needs created by the influx of Soviet immigrants", some 400 of whomhave moved into the settlement over the past year. (Jerusalem Post, 3 April 1991) 411. On 9 April 1991. Prime Minister Shamir promised US Secretary of State Baker that the plan by Rousing Minister Sharon to add 1,300 housing units to existing settlements would not be carried out without the full Government's approval. (-'aret& 10 April 1991) 412. On 10 April 1991. Palestinian sources alleged that over the past month Israel bad expropriated some70,000 dunazs in the territories: 2,500 in Deir Abu-Wash'al near Rama:.lah; 10,000 in Laban a-Gharbiya near Nablus; 8 in A-Zawiyat 1,000 in Samu' in Mount Rebront 1,500 in Abud near Ramallah; 4,500 in Rafat near Kalkilya; 200 in Bethlehem; 20 in Bir Zeit; 5 in Tubas; 50 in Deir Istiya, and some50,000 in four villages in the Ramallah region. * Information on this subject covering the period from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be found in paragraphs 236 to 244 of document A/46/65; information on the samesubject covering the period from 1 December 1990 to 31 March 1991 is to be found in paragraphs 239 to 242 of document A/46/262. I...

A/46/522 English Page 133 The lands expropriate% included lands confiscate% for building roads between expan%ing existing settlements an% lands taken by Jewish settlements, settlers. In a r3lated development, it was reported that 30 dunams of olive groves in Wadi Joz neighbourhood, East Jer:salem, were given, at the instruction of Housing Minister Sharon, to the Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva. Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Rollek said no one ha% consulted with him or with any other municipal official about the matter. Sources in the Israel Lands Authority, in whose possession the plot was kept for the past 22 years, and in the Yeshiva itself, denied the report. There was no ccrmment from the Housing Ministry. (m'arett, 10 April 1991; Al-Fair, 15 April 1991) 413. On 11 April 1991, it was reported that over the period January 1989 to January 1991 1,051 new immigrants settle% in the territories: this figure included the 5,676 immigrants living in neighbourhoods surrounding Jerusalem: Ramot, Gilo and Pisgat Zeev. According to these data only 3 per cent of the 223,000 immigrants arriving in Israel over that period settle% in the territories. (fla'areu, 11 April 1991) 414. On 11 April 1991, Science Minister Yuval Ne'eman announce% that Gush Smunim and the Regional Councils of Binyemin an% Samaria in the West Bank had begun setting up the settlement of Revava, near Ariel. The new settlement was reportedly approve% by the Ministerial Settlement Committee in 1964. It was being built on a tra& of 224 dunams purchase% from Palestinian landowners. On 15 April 1991, 14 mobile homes were moved into the Revava site in a clandestine operation, despite fierce opposition and demonstrations at the site by left-wing activists. On 25 April 1991, the IDF stoppea Gush Kmunim members from bringing nine more mobile homes. A spokesmen for the Defence Ministry said any move in the new settlement had to be halted pending a decision by tbe High Court of Justice on its legality. (m, Jerusalem, 12, 17 an% 26 April 1991) 415. On 21 April 1991, Gush Emunim sources reported that preparatory works were under way for bringing 20 mobile homes to new sites: Ya% Shake%, in northern Samaria, and a new quarter near Barkan. A new settlement, called "Kateif", would also be create% by Gush Emunim in southern Samaria. (m, 22 April 1991) 416. On 21 April 1991, the High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction or%ering the IDF authorities in the West Bank to halt uprooting olive trees and building roads in Anabta. High Court Ju%ge Gabriel Bach issue% the injunction in response to a petition by three residents, Amana Estaban, Mahmud Saafsha' and Ziad al-Halim, who claimed that, a week earlier, while the village was under curfew, IDF forces startea uprooting trees an% buil%ing roads in their lan%s, without informing them an% without giving them access to their lands. Judge Bach ruled that the petition would be heard before a three-justice bench. (&s'areU, 22 April 1991) 417. On 22 April 1991, a new settlement, called "Talmon B", was set up, in a clandestine operation, some 10 kilometres north-west of Ramallah. The new settlement was being set up by Amana. the settling bo%y of Gush Emunim,
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A/46/522 English Page 134 reportedly with the full knowledge of the IDF authorities. It was located 2 kilometres north of the Talmon settlement, in a site that had not been approved by the Government. According to Amana, Talmon B was not a new settlement but simply "a new quarter of an existing settlement'*. During the works on the site the area was watched by two soldiers and access to the site was barred, "especially to journalists". Seven mobile homes were sent to Talmon B. and intensive work wafi under way in the site. It was reported that construction activities were under way in other settlements in the same area: in Dolev 10 new mobile homeswere set up, and in Yad-Yair (a plot of 1,000 dunamsconfiscated after the killing of Dolev settler Yair Mendelssohn) preparatory work was under way to set up a new Nahal outpost. including the construction of a road bypassing the villages of Janiya and Ras Carkar. Works were also reported in Ariel and Dotan. o&&&LQ&, 23 April 1991; Al-Faj& 29 April 1991) 416. On 28 April 1991, the High Court of Justice rejected a petition by a resident of Rife1 Harith village who demanded that the settlement of Revava be dismantled since it was built on his lands. The High Court ruled that the petitioner, Jamal Abdallah Darwish, had failed to prove his claims and that the petition was lacking in substsnce. The Court none the less authoriaed Barwish's lawyer. Linda Brayer, to survey the .land for herself under army protection. The Court also rejected a petition by seven residents of the same village claiming that workers building a fence around Ariel had trespassed on their property. (A&&&, Ha'arets, &rusalem Post, 29 April 1991) 419. On 1 May 1991, it was reported that the Housing Ministry was planning to build 24,000 new housing units in the West Bank to accommodate 88,000 Jews. In Ofarim, where 14 families lived at present, it was planned to build 10,400 housing units for 38,000 people; in nearby Alei-Zahav 1,700 units for 6,200 people: in Brukhin 2.000 units for 10,200 peoplet in Avnei Khefete 2,100 units for 7,665 people; plus 3,500 units for 12,000 people in the cettlement's southern sector: and in Ariel 2,700 units for 10,260 people. These data were included in a letter written by a Housing Ministry official, Haim Zimmer. Whenasked to commenton these data, the Housing Ministry declined to do so. (&a'aret& 1 May 1991) 420. On 5 Msy 1991, it wa6 reported that the foundation6 for an extension of Rarnei Shomronsettlement in Samaria had been laid, in preparation for 2,000 new housing units. The new neighbourhood was several hundred metres east of the settlement. i-, 5 May 1991) 421. On 6 May 1991, it was reported that Gush Emunim was planning to settle 15 families in a site called "War blanoah", near liebron. All the necessary authorisations had already been granted. A Gush Emunimspokesman said that the new neighbourhood would be the third part of Kiryat Arba (in addition to Kiryat Arba itself and Givat Iiarsina ("Porcelain-Hill"), which are several kilometre6 away from each other). "The plan is t0 Create a mosaic Of Jewish neighbourhoods on the hills surrounding Hebron, leaving in the midst island6 of Arab neighbourhoods", he said. (m, 6 Way 1991)

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422. On 0 May 1991, it was reported that two villagers from Deir al-Hat&, Salab Ahmed and Fawaz Hussein, alleged that Elon Moreh settlers were carrying out work on 10 dunams of land belonging to them. They wanted to petition the High Court of Justice, but the petition was refused on the grounds that it was based on information transmitted by telephone and was not complete. (b'aret& 8 May 1991)

On 15 May 1991, it was reported that 31 caravans had been placed near the settlement of Givon-Hadashah, in the region of Bidu village. According to the Housing Ministry this was not a new settlement but a new neighbourhood of for the ever-growing Givon-Hadasha, aimed at providing housing solutions The new site was located one kilometre from Givon-Hadashah, settlement. itself a neighbourhood of Given, which was developing rapidly. Villagers from Bidu alleged the new neighbourhood was being built on their lands. According to settlement sources it would be possible to reach a Jewish population of 850,000 in the West Bank within a few years , merely by expanding the existing urban and community settlements. (&a*aretK, Jerusalem, 15 May 1991; U-Fair, 20 May 1991)
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424. On 27 May 1991, it was reported that an outline plan for the settlement of Maaleh Adumim, east of Jerusalem, which was "in its final stages" before being approved, provided for expanding the settlement over 15,000 more dunams, approximately 50 per cent of its present surface. The settlement would expand westward and would almost link up with the eastern neighbourhoods of Jerusalem, such as Pisgat Zeev and Mount Scopus. It would also touch upon Arab villages and camps, Anata, Eizariya and aLAsaim, thus penetrating into a region populated with some 100,000 Palestinians. A Maaleh Adumim official said all the area to be added to the settlement was made up of state-owner3 lands, but it turned out that there were several Arab-owned plots in the area, and the official expressed hope that the owners would sell them to the State. &i3'aret.& 27 May 1991: AL%&, 3 June 1991) 425. On 3 June 1991, the Housing Ministry said it had allocated funds for the construction of 1,454 apartments and houses in the Ratif bloc, on the southern Gaza Strip coast. The Housing Minister, Ariel Sharon, also gave details about construction in Maaleh Adumim, where some 2,000 apartments were under construction, in addition to 1,000 just built. Two Knesset members, Dedi Zucker and Haim Oron, charged in a letter to Prime Minister Shamir that 2,000 housing units were being built in Ratif bloc, to add 10,000 settlers to the current 3,000 in the Strip. Palestinians living in the area said they had noticed that 30 to 40 new one-storey houses in Neve Dekalim, in Katif bloc, had been completed in the past two months and other houses were being built. Outside the Katif bloc they reported seeing two dozen new homes in Netzarim, four kilometres south of Gaza, and several new caravans on a plot of land near Kfar Darom, two kilometres east of Deir el-Balah. (Al-Pair, 3 June 1991; m'aret?;, Jerusalem Post, 4 June 1991) 426. On 18 June 1991, Prime Minister Shamir declared during a visit settlement of Beit Arieh that building settlements in the territories normal, ordinary process that cannot be stopped". (-Post, 19 June 1991) to the was "a

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427. On 23 June 1991, over 250 residents of Urn-Tuba, in East Jerusalem, demonstrated after being told to vacate a plot of land of 1,850 dunams, which they belPeved was going to be used for a Jewish settlement. For many years the residents had been told they could not build on that land because it was kept as an open zone. Someof the land was owned by Beit Sabour residents. (Jerusalem, 24 June 19913 A&&&, 1 July 1991) 428. On 2 July 1991, it was reported that the Housing Ministry had set up a special office to oversee settlement activity in the territories* with a view to accelerating construction and expanding existing settlements. A Housing Ministry spokesmansaid that during fiscal year 1990 4,500 houses were under construction in tbe territories and construction of another 11,500 units was planned for 1991, but no plans had been finalised. According to another report, the increased construction planned in the territories could increase the Jewish population in the territories by half a million. Thousands of duaamswere earmarked for dozens of settlements, including Ofarim, Rermesh, Immanuel, Talmon. Ofra, Shiloh, and Adora. As regards Ofarim, north-west of Ramallah, the Ministry of Housing earmarked 6,000 dunems, on which some 10,000 housing units would be built for over 30,000 people. But the Rousing Ministry's planners reportedly included in the areas earmarked for Ofarim many privately owned Arab lands, belonging mostly to residents of Abed. (U'aretR, JerusalemPost, 2 July 1991) 429. On 11 July 1991, a new highway was inaugurated. connecting the Katif bloc, in the southern Gala Strip, to the Western Negev, and bypassing Arab villages and refugee campsin the Gasa Strip. The head of the Gaea Beach Regional Council said in the ceremony that some 4,000 settlers lived in the Katif bloc's 16 settlements, and the area was currently undergoing massive (-alem Post, growth, with some 1,000 housing units under construction. 22 July 1991) 430. On 21 July 1991, a follow-up team of the Peace Nowmovement published its findings on the construction.of new roads in the territories. The team affirmed that 80 to 100 kilometres of roads were either under construction or about to be built in the territories; most of the new roads were designed to bypass Arab towns or villages that had becomedangerous to settlers because of the uprising. Amongthe roads whose cons*ructfon was completed the team mentioned the Asaun bypass (6 kms), the Kramim-Sham'sroad (14 kms) and the Umm Safe bypass (6 kms). Roads under construction included the Bethlehem bypass, between Gilo and the Etaion bloc (14 kms), the Kissufim-Katif road (12 kms) and the Bani-Naim bypass (12 kms). (m, 21 July 1991) 431. On 26 July 1991, the Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed that the Government had been giving land free to Jewish developers in the territories since November 1990 in order to encourage building there. The policy was carried out by the Defence Ministry in coordination with the Eousin:g Rousing blinistry officials denied that a "free-land policy" or any Ministry. part of the Ministry's housing policy in the territories was being carried out secretly. One official pointed out that Housing Minister Sharon had announced on several occasions that 13,000 units would be built in the territories in / ...

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432. On 29 July 1991, Housing Minister Sharon announced that infrastructure and development was under way for the construction of a new town, called AvneiGHefetz, near Tulkerm. He added that in the coming year half the Ministry's construction activity would take place in Jerusalem and in the territories. (&+'are& 30 July 1991)
433. On 1 August 1991, settlement sources confirmed that the Housing Ministry was using sites in the territories with existing electricity and water outlets, often in non-residential areas, to dumpmobile homesnot wanted in Israel itself. The Ministry was reportedly placing at least 100 mobile homes Dozens of mobile homeshave been placed in a week in West Bank settlements. recent weeks in the industrial zones near Barkan Givon Hadashehand Beit Arieh spokesman said that *'the placement of settlements. The Housing Ministry's mobile homesin Barkan was done with all the necessary permits*'. He added that Minister Sharon "has announced that 13.000 units will be put up in Judea, Samaria and Gaza in two years , and that includes mobile homes*@. (Jerusalem Post, 2 August 1991)

434. On 6 August 1991, it was reported that a new Gush Emunim settlement, "Eshkolot", had been inaugurated in southern Mount Hebron. It was formerly a N.&al outpost, and the conversion to a civilian settlement was done with the approval of Defence Minister Arens. In another development, the Defence Ministry reportedly authorioed 160 students from a yeshiva in Bebron to set up temporary quarters on the site of the town's former central bus station, taken over by the IDF in 1983, on condition that it only be used for military purposes. The Defence Ministry informed the High Court of Justice of its intention to allow nine mobile homesto be placed on the site, to be used by the students during renovation works at their permanent quarters in the Roman0 building in Bebron. On 23 August 1991, it was reportod that 126 yeshiva students had moved into 10 mobile homes placed in tbe site. Sixty-four of them were reportedly equipped with sub-machine-guns. It was also reported that the site was placed under heavy guard. (m, B, 6 and 8 August 199lt JBrusalem Post, 23 August 1991)

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435. In a statement delivered before the Special Committee at Damascus on 23 May 1991, Mr. Mohammed Najdi El-Jazzar, Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic, referred to the situation in the occupied Syrian Arab Golan and stated in this connection: **Youare undoubtedly aware of the declarations which tbe Israeli Minister of Housing and Construction Sharon madeon 21 May 1991, during his provocative visit to the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, in which I...

A/46/522 English Page 130 he said that the Israeli Government was determined of Israeli settlers in the Syrian Golan Heights. to %ouble the number .. .

"The practices of the Israeli occupation authorities in the occupied Syrian Arab Golan constitute persistent and ever-increasing violations of the principles of international law, particularly the Charter of the Unite% Nations, the Hague Conventions of 1899 an% 1997, the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 1966, and the relevant resolutions of the Security Council an% the General Assembly of the United Nations. In fact, since the announcement of their annexation of the territory of the occupies Syrian Golan, the Israeli occupation authorities have been diligently endeavouring to change the demographic characteristics of the territory's population by increasing the number of settlements there to 43. They are also implementing plans to alter the historical, cultural, social and economic features of that occupies territory, on which they have imposed their administration, laws and iaentity with a view to ultimately obliterating the Syrian Arab identity of the occupies Golan and aetaching it from its Syrian motherland in flagrant violation of Security council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981 an% General Assembly resolution ES-g/l of 6 February 1962, which the General Assembly has reaffirmed at all its subsequent sessions. In this connection and like every year, we will be submitting a detailed report containing a comprehensive account of Israel's inhuman practices in the occupies Syrian Golan and its violations of the principles of international law and conventions concerning health, services, education, economic an& social aspects, personal freedoms aa settlement. *'In this regard, it ehould be noted that, in spite of the harsh measures taken by the Israeli occupation authorities to suppress our people's aspirations in the occupied Syrian Golan, the Arab population of that territory has frequently an% forcefully expresses its national attachment to its Syrian motherlana -a its valiant leader Hafez al-Assaa. "On the morning of 17 April 1990, on the occasion of the celebration National Day, our citizens in the occupies Syrian Golan organiaea a large aemonstration in which they Carrie% Syrian flags ana banners bearing nationalist slogans expressing opposition to the Israeli occupation. Their route was barrea by occupation forces, which use% various forms of violence to %isperse them, an%the occupation authorities imme%iately %eploye%large military units in the occupie% Syrian villages, set up roadblocks , sent out patrols into the streets an% arreste% a number of those Syrian citirens. They also imposea a curfew on all the villages with effect from the evening of 16 April 1990. On 1 November 1990, a patrol of OCCUpatiOntrOOPs accoste% ana qpene%fire on two Syrian citisens, 20-year-ala Fain Said Mahmoud and Mshmou% Hassan al-Safa%i. The firsi; was killea an% the secona was arreste% on the charge of attempting to enter his Syrian motherland. The mur%er of the first ycung man unleashed a wave of fury ana in%ignation amongthe Arab population of Maj%al Shamsan% the other villages in the
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WI December 1990, an Israeli court sentenced four residents of the occupied Golan to terms of imprisonment ranging from 16 to 27 years on the charge of planning to kidnap an Israeli soldier with a view to forcing the Israeli authorities to agree to release Syrian detainees held in Israeli prisons. "In the light of the increasing rates of Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe, the Israeli occupation authorities have stepped up their plans to establish new settlements in the occupied Golan. In the second half of 1969, during a visit to the occupied Golan, the Israeli Minister for the Integration of Immigrants agreed to the establishment of three new reception centres at Katsrin and khisfin and in the vicinity of Hamma. Since early August 1989, they have also been making preparations to increase the number of Jewish settlers in the occupied Syrian Arab Golan from 6,000 to 100.000 over the next 10 years. On 31 October 1969, they also inaugurated a new settlement, known as 'Ahad Sinnin', which the Betar movement had established in the occupied Golan and in which 12 families were initially being accommodated. The Israeli occupation authorities have also begun to settle Soviet Jews in the occupied Golan and , on 8 July 1990, the Israeli press reported that Israel had settled 60 families of Soviet Jewish immigrants in the Golan by the beginning of July. "Ora 11 February 1991, Shamir sent a letter to the mayor of the Israeli settlement of Katsrin in the occupied Golan in which he promised the Israeli settlers that Israeli law would remain in force in the Golan Minister of Defence, forever. On 12 May 1991, Uoshe Arens, the Israeli justified the ongoing illegal settlements in the occupied territories by affirming that settlement and the Israeli army constituted the two principal sources of Israel's strength and that settlement in the occupied territories proved that those territories were 'part Of our country and our homeland in which we have the right to settle'. ... "The Israeli authorities . . . stated that it is expected that the settler population in the next three years in the occupied Golan would reach 100,000. It is clear that the statement of the Israeli authorities and the figures they are providing sometimesare not in line with what we have heard before. In other words, they are more, or they do not reflect what other Israeli authorities have said on previous occasions. However, from all this, it is certain that these plans and programmesare Set out to change the situation as far as settlers are concerned in all the occupied territories, including the Golan. Wehave no doubt that the occupation authorities are determined to entrench their occupation further, including a legislation about annexing the occupied Golan and making it part of the Israeli territory. We have no doubt that the Israeli authorities are making all efforts to intensify their settlement programmesin the Syrian Golan. They are proceeding rapidly along this / .. .

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* Information on this subject covering the perio% from 1 September 1990 to 30 November 1990 is to be foun% in Qaragragh 243 of BocumentA/46/65; information on the samesubject covering the perio% from 1 December1990 to 31 March 2992 is to be found in QaragraQhS 245 to 247 of %ocumsnt A/46/202.

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436. After carefully evaluating the information contained in the two periodic reports (A/46/65 and A/66/202) and in the present report, the Special Committee wishes to draw the following conclusions. The twenty-second report having been adopted on 10 September 1990, the conclusions thus cover the perioa from 1 September 1990 to 22 August 1991. It must be borne in mind, that the frequency and intensity of incidents that occurred during however, the period under Consideration and the impressive amount of information on the human rights situation received and examined by the Special Committee did not permit its total reflection in these reports; the Special Committee has endeavoured, within the constraints imposed by the specific regulations with regard to the length of United Nations documents, to include in its reports, es faithfully as possible, samples of the information it has received in oraer to illustrate in the best possible manner the situation of human rights in tbe occupied territories during the period covered by these reports. 439. Since its establishment in 1966, the Special tried to obtein the cooperation of the Government its repeated attempts has so far been denies such period under consideration the Committee has once the Secretary-General seekinq his intervention in Israeli Government to cooperate. Regretfully the continued to withhold its cooperation. Committee has consistently of Israel, but in spite of cooperation. During the again addressed a letter to order to convince the Government of Israel has

440. On the other hand, the Special Committee has been able to benefit from the cooperation of the Governments of Egypt, Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic, and of various Palestinian representatives. The Special Committee, having been precluaed from visiting the occupied territories, in addition to its regular meetings at Geneva, again travelled to Damascus, Amman aa Cairo in May and June of this year where it heard the evidence of persons with first-hand knowledge and personal erperience of the human rights situation in the occupied territories. In addition, the Special Committee followed the situation in th8 occupied territories on a day-to-day basis through reports appearing in the Israeli and Palestinian press. The Special Committee also examined a number of valuable communications and reports from Governments, organisations and individuals concerning the occupied territories that reached it aurinq the period under review. 441. On the basis of the information and 8viaenc8 put before it, the Special Committee concludes that during the reporting period the human rights situation of the Palestinians and other Arabs in the occupied territories has deteriorated to such an extent that this population is now reaching a state of mere survival. 442. The persistence of this negative trend, intensified in the recent period by the accumulated hardships of more than three years of struggle and by the repercussions of the Gulf crisis and ensuing war, basically aerives from the fundamental reality, stressed by the Special Committ8e since the outset of its

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in Israel in the occupied territories also persisted bring the reporting On 7 October 1990, Prime Minister Shamir stated that his pledge period. earlier in the year not to settle Soviet Jewish immigrants in the territories did not include East Jerusalem (Ua'aretg, Jerusalem Post 8 October 19901 see A/46/65, para. 241)~ and the Deputy Uousing Minister declared on 29 February 1991 that "The Ministry does not direct immigrants to the territories, but if they want to move there, nothing is stopping them" (Jerasalmt, 21 February 1991.1 see A/46/282, para. 242). raised to the status of an official policy, have 444. Repressive measures, continued to be implemented by the Israeli occupying authorities to quell the resistance of the Palestinian and other Arab civilians against occupation. For instance, on 26 October 1990, Ua'aretz reported that the security authorities had issued new instructions to soldiers and civilians regarding rules for opening fire. Under these instructions, approved by the Defence Minister in consultation with the Chief of Staff and the Judge '*in any situation of real and immediate danger to life, Advocate-Seneral. including when such a danger is caused by stone-throwing at a running car, the attacked person can open fire in order to prevent the danger" (see A/46/65, On 21 December 1990, it was reported by Ha'aret$ that, according para. 14). to an IDF spokesman, 15 Palestinians inciters and stone-throwers, including youths aged 14 to 16, were hit by marksmen over the previous week (see A/46/282, para. 11). On 2 January 1991, the Police Minister was reported by the -em Post as having declared that "every terrorist who comes to murder Jews must know that if he does not blow himself up in the process, the security forces will kill him** (see A/46/282, para. 15). 445. The climate of violence and repression prevailing in the occupied territories has resulted in heavy losses of humanlife as well as severe and widespread injuries usually inflicted in tbe course of demonstrations, army raids, clashes with guards or border policemen, or clashes with settlers. This violence has affected all categories of civilians, including very youag children, women and old people. Several witnesses referred in the course of their testimony to the climate of fear and indiscriminate repression A witness stated in this regard: prevailing in the territories. "They had established a campnear one of the schools in the village. Once the army came to my father's house, at about 10 at night. They took my brother away, as well as some children of the neighbours. They gathered them and took them towards the camp. They forced them to sweep the street. It was 12 o'clock at night. They did not give them anything to clean with, so they had to clean with their hands. . . . They took them to the camp. they beat them severely. When they released them, it was 4 o'clock in the morning. . . . Some of them were unable to walk, because of the heavy beating they had suffered. We tried to have ambulanaesto transport them to hospital. There they were given the necessary first aid ana they cameback hOm8." (See para. 261 above.)

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"I heard that tbere had been a demonstration in the camp and that my aunt had died. I went to see her and as I was looking at her, I was hit by a bullet from the back. I lost consciou6ne66 and fell on the ground. I was bleeding a lot. The Israeli6 prevented the 6mbulance from taking me aud from getting any medical help. Finally, a youth came, brought an Arab car and took me to hospital, The Israelis followed us and started breaking everything in the hospital, because they wanted to take me I was operated that night, They tried to take me away from the away. operation room. I stayed two months in the hospital." (See pare. 262 above. 1 446. The grave incident that occurred on 8 October 1990 on tbu site of the Al-Aqsa Moeque, leading to the death of 17 Palestinian6 and the injury of some 200, was a particularly shocking example of the level and indiscriminate nature of the repression. On 14 October 1990, the Israeli human rights group Betzelem issued a report on the incident based on affidavits collected from Palestinians and statements given by Israeli eecurity personnel. According to the report, the clash apparently began when Palestinians threw stones at them to fire both tear-gas-and 6ub6equently live policemen, causiug ammunition, thu6 causing the first casualties. Palestinian youth retaliated by attacking and burning a police station and throwing stones. Later on some 200 police rushed into the compound, firing live ammunition and causing most of the fatalitiee. During that stage police sprayed the area with automatic fire, hitting people indiscriminately, including people who were fleeing and medical personnel treating the wounded. According to the Betoelem report's "if there were stage6 in which concrete mortal danger existed, these findinga, were brief, at the outset of the riot, when most (of the 6) security pereonnel and (22 Jewish) worehippere were hurt. But precisely in these stages, virtually no use wa6 made of live fire" (Hal, Jerusalem, 15 October 1990; see A/46/65, para. 22). 447. Another exemple is the situation that prevailed in the Rafah area in the ga6a Strip on 29 December 1990, during what was described as "the worst day in the past eix month6", when four Palestinians were shot and killed in violent clashes and a woman died after inhaling tear-gas (v, Jeruselsm, 30 December 1990; 6ee A/46/282, para. 43). 448. Another preoccupying development, reported by the Palestine liu61an Right6 Information Centre on 26 June 1991, was the killing of Palestinians in IDF undercover operations. According to the report, 26 Palestinian6 were killed in 6UCh operations in 1989, 11 in 1990 and 10 in the firet five months of killed while writing graffiti on 1991. bfO6t of the victim6 were reportedly walls, and other6 were either manning barricade6 or shouting slogans through loudspeakers. Ten were killed in circumstances that suggested they were specifically wanted by the authoritiee ana six were armed when killed (Jerusalem, 27 June 1991: 6ee pare. 44 above).

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English Page 146 yeshiva student, on 12 June 1990 in East Jerusalem (see para. 191 above). By way of contrast, it should be noted that on 19 November 1990, the Israeli Major (res.1 ,Ilan Heuser was acquitted of the charge of manslaughter through negligence. According to testimony, in December 1989, he haa ordered without authorizetion the male residents of a village to assemble and then fired his weapon illegally. One villager, Faraj Abu Fahida, had died. Hauser was improper conduct ana illegal use of a convictea of exceeding his authority, weapon. and sentenced to 45 days of "service works" and demotion to the rank of lieutenant. On 15 April 1991, the Military Court of Appeal acquitted Major iiauser of two out of the four charges on which he had been found guilty by the lower court. The Court of Appeal determined that the sentence should be a suspendedprison term and demotion to the grade of seren (captain) (&'aretE. B, 20 November 1990, &a'aret& 16 April 1991: see was the ruling A/46/65, para. 139, and para. 245 above). Another il&stration by a Jerusalem Magistrates Court judge on the El October 1990 incidents on the site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. In the report on the incidents, made public on 19 July 1991. the judge singled out a number of policemen for opening fire needlessly while not being in a life-threatening situation. But he ruled that there was insufficient evidence to press criminal charges against any of them. He also ruled that none of the policemen should be indicted on lesser charges of criminal negligence because of the uncertainty of the evidence collected (Jaruselem, 19 July 1991; see para. 256 above). 452. The situation of detainees has continued to be a source of grave preoccupation during the period under consideration, and the very high number of Arsb civilians detained since the beginning of the uprising has contributea to a further deterioration of the status and treatment of prisoners. On 21 December1990, &'aretK reported that, according to the Judge Advocate-General, since the beginning of the uprising over 10,000 residents of the territories had been arrested (see A/46,262, para. 11). On 15 July 1991, the commanaer the military police reported that 9,128 resiaents of the of terrttories were currently being held in military prisons. They included 580 hela in administrative detention. Some4,091 of the persons aetainea were convicted prisoners serving their sentences; 2,966 were pre-trfal detainees ana 691 were "regular detainees** (Ha', 16 July 19911 see pare. 401 above) . Detainees have continued to be held in prisons and detention centres inside Israel itself, such as Ansar 3 (Ketziot), in violation of relevant provisions of article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. According to several reports, detainees, including minors and women,have also continued to be subjected to various forms of ill-treatment, both physical and psychological. Reference can be made in this connection to the report issued by Detzelem on 21 March 1991 on the basis of interviews with 41 Palestfn!an detainees, who alleged having been tortured during interrogation by the GSS over the past three years. The detainees claimed they had been subjected to severe beatings, deprivation of food and sleep, threats to harm family members, prolonged confinement in tiny refrigerated cells, being tied up in painful positions, having their heads coverea with a sack and being made to sit on wet floors for several hours. None of the 41 were convicted, or even suspected of "hostile terrorist activity". Betzelem reaches the conclusion that physical abuse was routine in Israeli prisons (W, Jerusalem, 22 March 1991; see A/46/282, para. 236). Other complaints by detainees, often /...

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English Page 147 leading to protests in the form of widespread hunger strikes, have included the overcrowding of cells and lack the inadequate food and medical treatment, of sanitary facilities, and the lack of proper arrangement6 for meeting6 between detainees and their lawyers or their family members. 453. Various measures of collective punishment have continued to be implemented against the Palestinian and other Arabs in the occupied territories during the period under consideration, in flagrant violation of The practice of the relevant provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention. demolishing or sealing off houses as a punishment for alleged security offences or for lack of a building permit has continued to be implemented on a very large scale. According to a report by Beteelem on 28 April 1991, quoted on 1 Way 1991 in w since the beginning of the uprising 391 houses had According to another been demolished and 261 sialed (see para. 276 above). report published by Betselem on 22 November 1999 and quoted by H.&%.&a and Jerusalem Post., acts of demolition or sealing as a punishment for security offeuces were carried out without any legal proceeding, and took effect irrespective of the sentence meted out to the defendant by the court. The victims were often relatives of the suspect (see A/46/65, pare. 159). The illegal nature of such measures is clearly illustrated by the case of Munsir Abdullah. who was killed on 15 April 1991 after he drove over a soldier and injured him. Abdullah left a wife and six children, the youngest being 10 months old. The IDF had decided to demolish hi6 house. After an appeal against the decision was made by ACRI, it was decided that instead of demolishing the house, the room in which Abdullah lived would be sealed (see para. 275 above). 454. The prolonged and continuous curfew6 imposed upon the occupied territories during the Gulf war for periods that in certain areas extended six week6 have had a dramatic impact on all aspects of life and have contributed to further deterioration in the already precarious health and living conditions of the population. Many witnesses referred in their testimony to the hardships suffered by the civilian Palestinian population other Arabs during this period. One of them stated in this regards "During the Gulf war, not one institution was able to work, particularly during the month of February, while the air attacks were continuously taking place. Nobody was able to move. We were living under total curfew. All institutions, whether educational or otherwise, Until a few days ago only, you could not go to Jerusalem were closed. without a permit." (See para. 279 above.) Another witness said in the same connection: were many acts of harassment. . . . We had about 30 days old. They all died, feed and were prevented during the curfew happened to me, but other people had sheep from going out with their sheep to the farmers being prevented from leaving their / . .. to

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A/46/522 English Page 146 house aa till their land. Anyone who ventured to get some f00a or anything would try to do so at night and, if they caught him, he would be fined between 500 and 1,000 shekels, and sometimes even 2,000 shekels. The curfew was During the curfew, we suffered very much economicalIy. continuous, 24 hours a day. From time to time, after two or three days, they would allow UB out for two hours. They would lift the curfew in one village, but not in the other ones, so you could not leave your village and go to another one. So, you could say that at least 90 per cent of the social life was restricted, in fact non-existent." (See para. 279 above. ) 455. Another illustration of the difficulties encountered under prolonged curfews to provide basic needs to the Arab population were Israeli newspaper reports according to which Palestinians in the territories were running short of money to buy goods, and that there was no food to buy. Complaints spoke of doctors prevented from entering villages and a large quantity of farm including milk products. were to be destroyed owing to the products. impossibility of marketing them to the areas under curfew (EIa'aretz 1 February 199lr Jerus&WlJ Post, 31 January 19917 see A/46/292, par:. 168). Yet another example was the appeal made by ACM to the Defence Minister on 7 February 1991 to end the curfew in the territories, describing the situation there as being "on the verge of starvation" in several areas (see A/46/262, pera. 193). Various other collective sanctions, including heavy taxes, the uprooting of trees and the increasingly repressive measures for the issuance of ID cards, leading in practice to preventing tens of thousands of Palestinian workers from continuing their employment inside Israel, have also further aggravated the already critical economic and social situation. An illustration of these harsh collective sanctions was the search and arrest operation carried out by troops using helicopters in Beita, near Nablus, in April 1991, while Civil Administration personnel collected taxes (&9'areb, 14 April 19911 see para. 64 above). 456. The period under review has also witnessed a resumpeion of deportations on "security grounds" from the occupied territories carried out in spite of a wave of international protest against this violation of article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including unanimousresolutions by the Security Council against such illegal practice. On 18 Uay 1991, four Gaea Strip residents were expelled to Lebanon after the High Court of Justice rejected , their petition against their deportation (Ha, Jerusalem..Psst, 15 and 20 May 1991; see para. 337 above). Another preoccupying element is the trend to espel Palestinians without a valid "staying visa". According to a report by Ba.' and Jerusalem on 16 August 1991, Betselem stated in a press conference on 15 August 1991 that at least 20 women married to Palestinian6 had recently been ordered to leave the West Bank with their children despite a declared policy of the State Attorney's office that non-resident wives and children Of W8St Bank residents WOUld not b8 deported (see pare. 330 above). 457. The Special Committee has also received during the recent period information on various measures affecting the enjoyment of certain basic freedoms. Reference has already been made in this connection to the recourse / ...

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English Page 149 of Israeli authorities by these authorities to prolonged curfews. In addition, various steps taken have further restricted freedom of movement, such as the increasing recourse to the issuing of "green ID cards" preventing inhabitants of the territories from entering Israel and East Jerusalem. According to a report by ffa'aret& on 14 December 1990, many of those who received 6uch cards (including journalists, lawyers and doctors) work in East Jerusalem and may now lose their jobs and livelihood. Security sources said that this measure would apply to up to 12,000 people. Most of those who received cards haa served prison sentences or were under administrative detention orders in the past (ble'aretq, 14 December 1990; see A/46/292, para. 220). In addition, arbitrary measure6 have considerably reduced the number of persons authorised to travel abroad. limiting freedom of movement have also negatively affected the right to freedom of religion. Illustrative of such the decision reported by &&.&R&R and Jerusalem Post on to declare the entire West Bank a closed military area on 1990 to prevent West Bankers from coming to Jerusalem for at Al-Aqsa Mosque (see A/46/65, para. 211). of expression has also been affected by measures the closure of several news offices ana the Mention can be made of the administrative 1990, of two leading West Bank journalists, Abu Ziad. on the accusation of being **senior Fatah Both have repeatedly called for a negotiated a Palestinian State next to Israel (m*aretB 1990; Ba'areta, 26 November 1990; see A/46;65,

458. Such obstacle6 the enjoyment of restriction6 was 11November 1990 9 end 10 November the Friday prayer6

459. The right to freedom suck a6 newspaper closures, harassment of journalists. detention, on 13 November Radwan Abu Ayash and Zaid activists" in the territories. peace with Israel and.for mm Post, 14 November para. 216).

460. Freeaom of eaucation has also been hampered 8s a result of the prolonged closure6 of academic institutions. Although the reopening of most schools and some universities has in principle been announced, freedom of education in the territories has continued to suffer in practice from numerous and prolonged closure orders. According to a report by Betselem concerning the last academic year iu the territories, closure oraers have affected all the West Bank schools and not necessarily school6 where there were clashes with troope. Thus, during a certain period, primary school classes an& even kindergartens were ordered closed. The report stated that during the first four months ti 1990. 29 per cent of MRWA schools in the Gaea Strip were ordered closed (&&R&S 19 October 1990; se8 A/46/65, para. 221). These long period6 of interruphion in the educational process, together with sever8 shortages of classrooms and adequate teaching material, and the banning by military authorities of attempts by teacher6 to provide for alternative education outside the ClOSed 6ChOOl6 and univarsities, have led to a dramatic decline of the educational level, in particular among young children. 461. The period under review has also been marked by acts of violence and aggression by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian and other Arab An example of the indiscriminately violent behaviour of settler6 population.

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English Page 151 Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as several resolutions relevant to the situation of civilians in the occupied territories adopted by United Nations organs - the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights - and a number of relevant resolutions of UNESCO, WHO and ILO, continue to be disregarded by the Israeli occupation forces. 465. The gravity of such developments has led the Special Committee to conclude that the life of the Palestinian and other Arab population in the occupied territories seems to have been reduced to the level of mere subsistence. The Special Committee, therefore, once again stresses that urgent measures must be taken in order to ensure an effective protection of their basic rights and freedoms. It also wishes to emphasise the need to arrive through negotiations at a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict that would take into account the rights of all peoples in the area, including the national rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories. 466. In the meantime, the Special Committee wishes to recommend once more the implementation of urgent measures that would Safeguard the basic human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs in the occupied territories. Such measures could include the followings (a) The full application, by Israel, of the relevant provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which remains the main international instrument in humanitarian law that applies to the occupied territories, and whose applicability to those territories has repeatedly been reaffirmed by the Security Council, the General Assembly and other relevant organs of the United Nations: (b) The full compliance with all resolutions pertinent to the question cf Palestine as adopted by the Security Council and the General Assembly as well as other relevant resolutions adopted by UNSSCO, WHO and IL08 (c) The creation of conditions of confidence and security conducive promoting respect for human rights, as well as the convening of a peace conference with the participation of all the parties concerned by the Arab-Israeli conflict; to

(d) The full cooperation of the Israeli authorities with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in order to protect detained persons, in particular by ensuring full access of ICRC representatives to such persons; (e) The full support, by Member States, of the activities of ICRC in the occupied territories, and positive response by Member States to any appeals for additional assistance, including funds to finance the extra activities required by the unprecedented increase in the number of detained persons;

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(g) The unrestricted cooperation of the Israeli authorities with UNRWA representatives and full respect by the Israeli authorities of the privileges and immunities that the Agency enjoys as an international body providing humanitarian services to Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories. VI. ADOPTION OF TRS REPORT

467. The present report was approved and signed by the Special Committee on 22 August 1991 in accordance with rule 20 of its rules of procedure.

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