Tuesday, January 10, 2012

5 Palestinian arrested during car protest against Apartheid roads / 5 Palestiniens arrêtés pendant une manifestation en voitures contre l'apartheid


(c) Anne Paq/Activestills.org, archive photo of Mahmoud Zwahre being arrested, Mahmoud was arrested today for being part of a protest against the apartheid road system in place in the West Bank./ Photo d'archive de Mahmoud Zwahre lors d'une précédent arrestation, Mahmoud a été arrêté aujourd'hui pour sa participation à une protestation contre le système routier d'apartheid mis en place en Cisjordanie.

5 Palestinians were arrested today during a car protest against the Apartheid road system which is in place in the West bank, whereby there is a whole system of settlers-only roads connecting settlements to Jerusalem, grabbing more Palestinian lands.
Among the 5 is Mahmoud Zwahre, from Al-Masara, a prominent Palestinian activist member of the popular struugle coordination committee. Mahmoud was arrested after he was ordered by the Shin Bet ny phone to surrender himself in a military base for participating in the car protest. His car was confiscated.
They are also two Palestinians from Nabi Saleh, Omar and Khaled Tamimi. One of them Omar just got released two weeks ago, Anwar a Palestinian young woman and Azmi Shyukhi, a Palestinian from Hebron.
The car protest did not manage at the end to even go out of Jericho as the Israeli soldiers erected a checkpoint to prevent them to head to the settlers roads. One cameraman was assaulted by the soldiers.
This is showing once again that any type of protest is suppressed Israel.
At the time of writing the five Palestinians are still being interrogated in the police station in Male Adumim; one of the biggest settlement.

Follow up updates and call for action to demand immediate release of the Palestinians arrested for standing up for their rights.

UPDATES: All 5 are being transferred to Ofer prison; Mahmoud is charged with fleeing "legal detention" and the others with assault.



Maan news article:

Drivers protest Israeli-only roads in West Bank
Published today (updated) 10/01/2012 19:34
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A protester sits next to Israeli soldiers and border police officers as they block
the way outside Jericho Jan. 10. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)

JERICHO (Ma'an) -- Around 60 people from across the West Bank on Tuesday tried to drive from Jericho to Ramallah on an Israeli-only road to protest Israel's restrictions on Palestinian movement.

Popular resistance committees organized the motorcade of around 50 cars to protest the network of roads in the West Bank designated for the exclusive use of Jewish settlers.

Committee spokesman Bashir Tamimi told Ma'an the protest aimed to send a message that the roads were built on Palestinian land and to protest settler attacks on Palestinians and holy places.

Protesters drove to the Jericho checkpoint with Palestinian flags on their cars, where they were met by dozens of Israeli soldiers who refused to let them pass.

Tamimi said forces detained five people, including a 15-year-old girl.

An Israeli military spokesman said the protesters were "behaving violently." Asked to elaborate, the army official said they were "acting in a manner that they needed to be detained."

Around 43 percent of the West Bank is off-limits to Palestinians because Israel has allocated it to settlers. Israel has erected over 500 checkpoints and roadblocks in the West Bank, impeding Palestinians' movement in order to ease travel for settlers, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says.

In 2011, five Palestinians were killed -- including two children -- and 1,000 injured by settlers or security forces in incidents related to the settlements, the UN agency said in a report released Tuesday.

Settlements are illegal under international law.



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5 Palestiniens ont été arrêtés aujourd'hui lors d'une protestation en voitures contre le système d'apartheid en place en Cisjordanie, où il y a tout un réseau de routes réservées aux colons, reliant les colonies à Jérusalem,annexant toujours au passage toujours plus de terres palestiniennes.
Parmi les 5 arrêtés se trouve Mahmoud Zwahre, d'Al-Masara, un membre important du comité de coordination de la résistance populaire. Mahmoud a été arrêté après que le Shin Bet lui ait ordonné par télephone de se rendre pour sa participation à l'action. Sa voiture a été confisquée.
Deux Palestiniens de Nabi Saleh, Omar et Khaled Tamimi, ont aussi été arrêté. L'un des deux Omar vient de sortir il ya deux semaines de prison. Anwar une
jeune femme palestinienne et Azmi Shyukhi, un Palestinien de Hébron ont également été appréhendés.
Le cortège de voitures n'a même pas réussi à sortir de Jéricho où les soldats israéliens avaient installé un checkpoint pour les empêcher de se rendre vers les routes des colons. Un cameraman a été agressé par des soldats israéliens.
Cela montre une nouvelle fois que tout type de manifestation et de contestation du système d'oopression qu'il impose aux Palestiniens est réprimée par Israël.
Au moment d'écrire les cinq Palestiniens sont toujours interrogés dans le poste de police de Male Adumim , l'une des plus grandes colonies se trouvant près de Jérusalem.

Suivez les mises à jour et les appels pour exiger la libération immédiate des Palestiniens arrêtés pour avoir défendu leurs droits légitimes.


43% de la Cisjordanie n'est plus accessible aux Palestiniens à cause des colonies et des routes qui les relient!

MISE A JOUR; tous les 5 sont sur le point ou ont été transférés dans la prison de Ofer. Mahmoud est accusé d'avoir fui une "détention légale" et les autres sont accusés d'avoir agressé les soldats.

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