In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 30 May until 08:00, 31 May 2024
[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Gaza Strip
Air strikes: Heavy aerial bombardment on buildings, homes and many facilities.
Attacks: All over Gaza, there are air strikes, heavy gunfire, tank and artillery shelling, as well as missiles fired from Israeli forces and military occupation, especially in Khan Yunis. The Israeli Navy continues to fire missiles, targeting facilities and buildings along the shoreline of the whole of Gaza.
Victims: 60 people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 36,284. With another 280 wounded, thatfigure has risen to more than 82,057.
DID GOD GIVE ISRAEL TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE?
“Okay, so I was challenged: “Read the Bible! God gave the land of Israel to the Jewish people.”
So….I may get crucified for this but I have started to say it — most recently (terrified, trembling) to warm welcome in a synagogue in LA:
Actually if you read Genesis Exodus and Deuteronomy in Hebrew — as I do — you see that God did not “give” Israel to the Jews/Israelites. We as Jews are raised with the creed that “God gave us the land of Israel” in Genesis — and that ethnically ‘we are the chosen people.” But actually — and I could not believe my eyes when I saw this, I checked my reading with major scholars and they confirmed it — actually God’s “covenant” in Genesis, Exodus and Deuteronomy with the Jewish people is NOT ABOUT AN ETHNICITY AND NOT ABOUT A CONTRACT. IT IS ABOUT A WAY OF BEHAVING.
Again and again in the “covenant” language He never says: “I will give you, ethnic Israelites, the land of Israel.” Rather He says something far more radical – far more subversive — far more Godlike in my view. He says: IF you visit those imprisoned…act mercifully to the widow and the orphan…welcome the stranger in your midst…tend the sick…do justice and love mercy ….and perform various other tasks…THEN YOU WILL BE MY PEOPLE AND THIS LAND WILL BE YOUR LAND.
So “my people” is not ethnic — it is transactional. We are God’s people not by birth but by a way of behaving, that is ethical, kind and just. And we STOP being “God’s people” when we are not ethical, kind and just. And ANYONE who is ethical, kind and just is, according to God in Genesis, “God’s people.” And the “contract” to “give” us Israel is conditional — we can live in God’s land IF we are “God’s people” in this way — just, merciful, compassionate. AND — it never ever says, it is ONLY your land. Even when passages spell out geographical “boundaries” as if God does such a thing, it never says this is exclusively your land. It never says I will give this land JUST to you.
Remember these were homeless nomads who had left slavery in Egypt and were wandering around in the desert; at most these passages say, settle here, but they do not say, settle here exclusively. Indeed again and again it talks about welcoming “zarim” — translated as “strangers” but can also be translated as “people/tribes who are not you” — in your midst. Blew my mind, hope it blows yours.”
— Dr. Naomi Wolf
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West Bank
[Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Israeli Army attack – 1 killed and 3 wounded: Ramallah – 17:40, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed al-Bireh, killing one person, Wajih Muhammad Al-Rumhi, and wounding three others: Ahmed Muhammad Badi, Muhammad Abu Jalila and Qais Ashraf Abu Qubaita.
Israeli Army attack – 2 youngsters and 4 adults wounded in refugee camp: Jenin – 13:45, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the Jenin refugee camp, wounding six people, including two minors: Qais Muhammad Jabr (aged 16), Muhammad al-Hajj (aged 13), Muhammad Walid Saleh al-Hawbari, Ubaida Hisham Ali Qabha, Rushdi Nader Abu Hammad and Qais Muhammad Abd al-Razzaq.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded in refugee camp: Qalqiliya – 23:50–04:05, firing live ammunition, the Israeli Army stormed the city and invaded homes, wounding one resident: Nasser Nael Nuwaija.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded – home invasions: Nablus – 02:30–07:20, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the Balata refugee camp, wounding a resident: Diaa Ammar Mahmoud Obaid.
Home invasion and forced personal demolition: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation forced a resident, Ibrahim Muhammad Darbas, to destroy his home in the village of al-Issawiya – or otherwise be forced to pay an extortionate sum to the Israeli Occupation demolition squads, who would be sent in to do it.
Home demolition and other destruction: Jenin – 10:30, Israeli forces invaded the village of Faqua and demolished a house, as well as destroying a private vehicle and taking prisoner a resident.
Home invasion: Bethlehem – 00:20, the Israeli Army raided the village of Marah Rabah and invaded a home.
Home invasion and demolition order issued: Bethlehem – 00:35–01:35, Israeli troops raided Za’tara and issued an order for the demolition of a house.
Home invasions: place – Hebron – 17:15, the Israeli military raided Birin village and invaded a number of homes.
Israeli police and settlers’ mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, settler militants, escorted by Israeli police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.
Israeli Army – agricultural and pastoral sabotage: Jenin – Israeli Occupation forces demolished a barn as well as a livestock shelter in Barta’a and the village of Umm Al-Rihan.
Israeli Army – beatings-up and hospitalisation: Nablus – 09:25, Israeli forces, at the Awarta checkpoint, beat–up and hospitalised two people: Osama Ayman Al-Bahash and Muhammad Amer Izz al-Din Anabtawi.
Israeli Army – armed robbery: Salfit – 12:10, the Israeli Army raided Qarawat Bani Hassan and seized a bulldozer being used for a house repair.
Israeli Army – population–control: Salfit – 07:15, Israeli troops closed the northern entrance to Bruqin.
Israeli Army – population–control: Salfit – 09:25-01:45, the Israeli military closed the eastern entrance to the village of Marda.
Israeli Army – water crime and armed robbery: Jericho – 07:05-11:40, Israeli soldiers raided an area, north of the city, and filled an artesian well with cement as well as stealing an excavator.
Israeli Army – armed robbery and agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – 13:30, Israeli Occupation forces seized an agricultural tractor belonging to a farmer, near the western entrance to Tuqu.
Occupation settler stoning: Jerusalem – 18:00–23:55, Israeli Occupation stoned passing vehicles, on the main road near the village of Mikhmas.
Occupation settler beatings-up and hospitalisation: Jerusalem – 20:30, Israelis, from the Adam Occupation settlement, assaulted two shepherds and prevented them from grazing their sheep on land that the settlers had grabbed for themselves.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 09:10, Israelis, from the Shilo Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles at the nearby road junction.
Occupation settler stoning: Qalqiliya – 12:20-13:50, Israelis, from the Karnei Shamron Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles at the nearby road junction.
Occupation settler stoning: Qalqiliya – 21:45–22:55, Israelis, from the Kedumim Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles at the nearby roundabout.
Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 20:55, Israelis, from the Shavei Shamron Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles near the settlement entrance.
Occupation settler beating and hospitalisation: Nablus – 21:45, Israeli settlers assaulted and hospitalised one person, Akram Abu Dayyeh, at the Deir Sharaf checkpoint.
Occupation settler raid: Salfit – 08:05–09:50, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded Kifl Haris.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – 16:50, Israeli settlers invaded agricultural land, near the village of Wadi Rahal, cutting down and uprooting a number of olive trees as well as vandalising other property.
Occupation settler land-grab: Hebron – 11:30, Israeli Occupation settlers seized an area of privately-owned land, south of al-Samou.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 11:55, Israeli settlers vandalised farmland and buildings, near the bypass road running alongside Tarqumiya.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 17:05, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded farmland, east of Yatta, cutting down and uprooting a number of olive trees as well as vandalising other property.
Occupation settler land-grab development: Hebron – Israeli settlers planted a mobile home alongside a number of tent-dwellings and a livestock shelter that had already been installed on the land near Khallet al-Daba, east of Yatta.
Raid: Ramallah – 09:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Qarawat Bani Zeid.
Raids: Ramallah – 19:20–22:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Bir Zeit as well as the villages of Dura al-Qarara, Jaffna and Surda.
Raid: Ramallah – 22:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Malek.
Raid: Ramallah – 23:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Silwad.
Raid: Ramallah – 23:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Deir Dibwan.
Raids: Ramallah – 06:35-07:55, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the villages of Deir Qadis and Kafr Ni’ma.
Raids: Jenin – 20:10–22:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Silat al-Dahr as well as the village of al-Fanduqumiya.
Raids: Tulkarem – 13:50–18:50, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Tulkarem, Anabta, Kafr al-Labad and the villages of Shufa, Izbit Shufaand Kafa.
Raids: Qalqiliya – 17:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Jayus as well as the villages of Baqat al-Hatab and Sir.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 18:40-20:00, Israeli troops raided the village of Izbit al-Tabib, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Nablus – 13:40, the Israeli military forces raided and patrolled the village of Orif.
Raid: Nablus – 17:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Beit Dajan.
Raid: Nablus – 18:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Beita.
Raids: Nablus – 19:15–00:50, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of Deir al-Hatab, Salem and Azmut.
Raid: Nablus – 22:15–00:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Aqraba.
Raid – armed robbery: Salfit – 12:10-14:55, Israeli troops raided Qarawat Bani Hassan and seized a bulldozer being used for work on a house.
Raids: Salfit – 19:20-21:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Burqin and Kafr al-Dik.
Raid: Hebron – 11:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Idhna.
Raid: Hebron – 15:00-16:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the Bab al-Zawiya district.
Raid: Hebron – 15:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled al-Dhahiriya.
Raid: Hebron – 16:30–04:34, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Halhul.
Raid – stun grenades: Hebron – 18:30–04:35, Israeli troops, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled Idhna.
Raid – stun grenades in refugee camp: Hebron – 19:10, the Israeli military, firing stun grenades, raided the al-Fawar refugee camp.
Raid: Hebron – 04:45–07:20, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled al-Samou.
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