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The way Israel treats Palestinian civilians is a violation of international law
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The way Israel treats Palestinian civilians is a violation of international law
Israel is executing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank
-- According to Ilan Pappe
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>>Israel is executing genocide on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
-- According to Ilan Pappe
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>>Israel is guilty of state-terrorism against Palestinian civilians
>>Terrorism: an indiscriminate attack against civilian population
>>Israel uses reckless indiscriminate fire against Palestinians
>>Israel has tortured tens of thousands of Palestinian detainees
>>In Israel, Shin Bet security service and police severly tortured Palestinian suspects.
-- According to Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. in a report
>>Israel targets ntentionaly Palestinian civilians
>>Israeli forces killed this last year six hundred and sixty citizens in the Palestinian occupied territories.
The number of Palestinians killed by Israel last year tripled in comparison to the previous year (around two hundred).
Most of the dead are from the Gaza Strip
-- According to B'Tselem, Israeli human rights organization, in its annual report
>>Israel Defense Forces personnel in the occupied territories have engaged in the executions, without trial, of wanted persons who were not on their way to launch a terrorist act.
-- According to Michael Ben-Yair, attorney general from 1993-96
>>Israeli forces killed this last year one hundred and forty one children in the Palestinian occupied territories.
The number of Palestinians killed by Israel last year tripled in comparison to the previous year (around two hundred).
Most of the dead are from the Gaza Strip.
-- According to B'Tselem, Israeli human rights organization, in its annual report
>>Israel Defense Forces personnel in the occupied territories have engaged in the killing of little children fleeing for safety.
-- According to Michael Ben-Yair, attorney general from 1993-96
>>"What happened today is a massacre, a slaughter against the Palestinian people.
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Our people cannot keep silent over these massacres. These massacres cannot bring peace."
-- Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president, told reporters in the West Bank town of Ramallah
>>Israel does not target ntentionaly Palestinian civilians; there is collateral damage to civilian population
>>Nations have a right to defend themselves
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