In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 22 November until 08:00, 23 November 2024
[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Gaza Strip
Attacks: There are no safe places for the militarily-dominated population in Gaza, who find themselves subjected to airstrikes and other missile attacks on buildings, homes and many essentialfacilities, as well as constant gunfire and invasions by Israeli forces. The Israeli Navy continues to fire missiles, targeting facilities and buildings along the entire Gaza shoreline.
Victims: 120 more people have been killed within the past 48 hours, bringing the total number killed in Gaza since 7 October to at least 44,176. Another 205 have been wounded bringing that total to 104,473. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 107 and that of those injured is now more than 253.
The 49 times the US used veto power against UN resolutions on Israel
In the past year alone, Washington has vetoed four Security Council resolutions calling for a Gaza ceasefire. The United States on Wednesday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, marking the 49th time the US has used its veto power against Israel-related UN Security Council draft resolutions. The draft resolution was brought forth by the 10 elected members of the Security Council, and every member except for the US voted in favour of the measure. The veto marked over a year of US diplomatic cover provided to Israel as it continues to wage its war on Gaza, which last month was expanded with Israel’s invasion of Lebanon. However, this diplomatic support for Israel from Washington is nothing new and has been taking place on a bipartisan basis for decades. In addition to giving Israel around $3bn in military aid each year, the US has also been Israel’s biggest ally in the international body and has often used its veto power at the Security Council to block diplomatic measures targeting Israel for its treatment of Palestinians. According to the Jewish Virtual Library, the US has used its veto power 48 other times against draft Security Council resolutions pertaining to Israel since it first began using it in 1970.
Several UN Security Council members denounce US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution
Several members of the UN Security Council, on Wednesday, denounced a fourth US veto on a proposed ceasefire resolution in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. China’s envoy, Fu Cong, expressed disappointment with the outcome of the vote and accused the US for hindering hopes of Palestinians “for survival, pushing them further into darkness and desperation” via the use of the veto. Saying that member states’ actions would not “escape the harsh judgment of history”, Fu asked: “Does Palestinian lives mean nothing?” “How many more people have to die before they (US) wake up from their pretend slumber?” he asked rhetorically. Fu argued that repeated vetoes by the US “has reduced the authority of the Security Council and international law to an all time low.” “We call on the US to take its responsibilities as a permanent member of the Council seriously. The US should stop being passive and evasive,” he said.
Algeria’s envoy, Amar Bendjama, said, “Today’s message is clear to the Israeli occupying power; ‘You may continue your genocide, you may continue your collective punishment of the Palestinian people with complete impunity.’” He said the US veto sent another “clear” message to the Palestinian people, before adding that “while the overwhelming majority of the world stands in solidarity with your plight, others remain indifferent to your suffering.” The French envoy, Nicolas de Riviere, expressed “deep regret” about the veto, and noted that the situation in Gaza is worsening every day. “International humanitarian law is being trampled underfoot,” he said, indicating the only response would have been a ceasefire. Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, argued it is no shock that the US vetoed the resolution.
United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese has doubled down on her criticism of Israel and world leaders for failing to stop the “colonial erasure” of Palestinians in Gaza, and called for more arrest warrants to be issued for Israeli leaders over suspected war crimes. In a wide-ranging interview with Middle East Eye, Albanese accused the British foreign secretary of being a “genocide denier,” called on Europe to halt trade with Israel, and denounced the delay by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over Gaza atrocities.
Albanese said the prosecutor of the Hague-based court was already late in applying for warrants in May of this year.
“The International Criminal Court should have acted much earlier,” she said, referring to the investigation into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel and Palestine opened by the ICC in 2021 in a case that started over a decade ago. In his request six months ago, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister at the time Yoav Gallant. He also requested warrants for three Hamas leaders, Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Mohamed Deif, all of whom have been killed by Israel over the past year.
Top genocide scholar calls Starmer and Lammy ‘hypocrites’ over Gaza stance
William Schabas noted how British leaders previously voted in favour of recognising genocides in conflicts of a lesser scale than Gaza. One of the world’s leading scholars on genocide, William Schabas, on Monday denounced British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy for refusing to label Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide. “These people are hypocrites. They speak with a forked tongue. They do not interpret or apply the Genocide Convention in a consistent manner,” Schabas, a Canadian academic specialising in international criminal and human rights law, told Middle East Eye. “The statements of British parliamentarians vary depending upon whether they are referring to their friends or their enemies,” said Schabas, who is the former president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and the author of more than 20 books on genocide and other international law topics.
Schabas noted that Lammy and Starmer voted in favour of a House of Commons motion in 2021 condemning China for genocide against the Uyghur minority. “Although there is some evidence of persecution of Uyghur in China, there is no serious evidence of killings. Not millions. None. The treatment of Uyghur in China and that of Palestinian Arabs cannot be compared.” Schabas also referred to Starmer’s role as a lawyer representing Croatia in its genocide case against Serbia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2014, in which he argued that Serbia had committed genocide in Croatia. “Again, the acts of Serbia in Croatia and those of Israel in Gaza bear no comparison,” said Schabas…
The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network, along with its international counterparts, is now launching an international campaign to demand that world governments hold Israel accountable to the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child—principles which prioritise the inherent right to life and uphold the best interests of all children. Save the Children International, in an October 2024 report, stated, “[o]ne year of Israeli bombardment has shattered childhoods in Gaza. The occupied Palestinian territory, specifically Gaza, is the deadliest place on earth to be a child.” Every day, children face violence, fear, loss, displacement, hunger, and devastation. They are being killed at an unprecedented rate. They are dying because of forced starvation and disease.
They have lost homes, loved ones, and the safety to which they have a right. Those who survive are being stripped of their childhood. The longer this continues, the harder it will be for children even to begin to recover from the trauma inflicted on them (Save the Children International, October 2024). Save the Children reported that over 26,000 children were killed or injured in a mere six-month period, reflecting a shocking scale of violence directly impacting children (Save the Children International SCI). In Gaza, more than ten children a day lose a limb ( SCI report); the parents of at least 17000 children have been either killed or separated from their children ( UNICEF report); newborn babies are simply dying from starvation (UN News); every newborn in Gaza is underweight.
West Bank
[Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Israeli Army attack: Ramallah – 17:35, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the village of Umm Safa.
Israeli Army attack: Jenin – 21:10, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the town of Ya’bad.
Israeli Army attack: Tulkarem – 16:00, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed the city.
Home invasion and armed robbery: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Biddu, invaded a house and robbed the owner of cash from inside the home.
Home invasion: Tulkarem – 16:00–01:30, Israeli forces raided the city, invading a home as well as a café.
Home invasions and child abduction: Nablus – 00:55–04:10, the Israeli Army raided the town of Beita, searched five homes and abducted a 15-year-old boy: Karam Ziad Naji Diab.
Home invasion: Hebron – 12:45, Israeli troops raided the village of Khirbet Salama and invaded a house.
Home invasion: Hebron – 13:50, the Israeli military raided the village of Zif and searched a home.
Home invasion: Hebron – 18:35, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Dura and invaded a house.
Israeli Army violence – beating-up and hospitalisation: Nablus – 22:20, Israeli troops, at the Awarta checkpoint, severely beat-up and hospitalised a man: Ahmed Mahmoud Saeed.
Israeli Army – olive harvest disruption: Bethlehem – 09:40, Israeli Occupation forces invaded an olive harvest in Nahalin, threatening and detaining harvesters.
Israeli Army violence – stun grenades and tear gas fired: Bethlehem – 21:05, Israeli forces fired stun grenades at people as well as tear-gassing them, near the entrance to the village of Husan.
Israeli Army – robbery: Bethlehem – the Israeli Army seized an agricultural tractor, in the village of al-Minya.
Israeli Army – population–control: Hebron – 08:50, Israeli troops closed the northern entrance to the city.
Occupation settler violence – injury and hospitalisation: Jerusalem – 00:15, Israeli Occupation settlers, in the Khan al-Ahmar area, severely beat–up and hospitalised a 61-year-old man:Mahmoud Atta Muhammad Jafal.
Occupation settler threat: Tubas – 09:20, Israeli Occupation settlers raised Israeli flags in front of Palestinian homes in the Khirbet Samra area of the North Jordan Valley.
Occupation settler olive harvest plunder: Nablus – 12:05, Israeli settlers invaded the Khirbet Yanun area of Beit Furik and plundered the olive harvest.
Occupation settler vandalism: Nablus – 15:40–16:50, hostile settlers, in the Khallet Rajeh area of Rujeib village, assaulted local residents and smashed a window of a motor vehicle.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 11:00, Occupation settlers invaded agricultural land, near Deir Istiya, and cut off branches from citrus trees.
Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Bethlehem – 11:15–13:30, Israeli settlers, accompanied by Occupation troops, bulldozed olive trees on Khalayel al-Loz village land.
Occupation settler vandalism of homes: Hebron – 19:30, Israeli settlers invaded Shuhada Street in the Old City and stoned houses, smashing the windows of one home.
Occupation settler vandalism of homes: Hebron – 20:45, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned homes in the Old City Jaber neighbourhood.
Occupation settler racist violence: Hebron – evening, Israeli settlers assaulted and abused people in Masafer Yatta.
Israeli Occupation mosque violation: Hebron – afternoon, Occupation settlers, led by the Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, invaded the Ibrahimi Mosque, forced employees and the Waqf to leave and closed the mosque to residents, as a way of celebrating Jewish holidays.
Raids: Tulkarem – 16:15–17:55, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Kafr al-Labad as well as Shufa village.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 00:55, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Kafr Abbush, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Tulkarem – 01:10–05:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Sur.
Raid: Tulkarem – 07:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Quffin.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Qalqiliya – 10:45-15:50, the Israeli Army, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the village of Kafr Qaddum.
Raids: Qalqiliya – 12:30–15:35, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Hablat as well as the villages of Ras Atiya and Izbit Salman.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 00:35–06:45, the Israeli military raided the city.
Raid: Nablus – 11:05-14:50, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Asira al-Shamaliya.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Nablus – 11:25, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the town of Beita.
Raid: Nablus – 13:40-15:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Iraq Burin.
Raid – stun grenades fired: Nablus – 14:40-16:10, the Israeli Army, firing stun grenades, raided the village of Yatma.
Raid: Nablus – 15:20-17:05, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Einabus.
Raid: Nablus – 15:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Qusra.
Raid – stun grenades fired – ambulance interference and control of crew: Nablus – 17:05, Israeli soldiers, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the village of Osirin, stopping an ambulance and interrogating its crew.
Raid: Nablus – 21:15–23:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Qaryut.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired in refugee camp: Nablus – 00:35, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the city as well as the Askar refugeecamp.
Raid – stun grenades fired: Nablus – 00:35, the Israeli Army, firing stun grenades, raided the village of Beit Dajan.
Raid: Nablus – 00:55–04:10, Israeli troops raided the village of Osirin.
Raid: Salfit – 19:30–23:50, the Israeli military raided Kafr Haris.
Raid – population surveillance: Salfit – 19:30–23:50, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Haris, invading shops and examining surveillance-camera recordings.
Raid – refugee camp: Jericho – 09:30-12:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the city and the Aqbat Jabir refugee camp.
Raid: Bethlehem – 10:25-17:30, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Harmalah.
Raid – population surveillance: Bethlehem – 19:20–01:00, the Israeli Army raided al-Ubeidiya as well as the village of Rafidia, ordering two people to report for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 10:50, Israeli troops raided the village of al-Majd, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – 11:55, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of al-Samou.
Raid: Hebron – 13:20, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the Hanina area of Dura.
Raid: Hebron – 15:15-17:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled an area of Yatta.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 15:50, Israeli forces raided the village of Wadi al-Shajneh, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – 18:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Idhna.
Raid: Hebron – 20:45–22:30, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Hebron – 21:30, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Yatta.