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By +972 Resources <http://972mag.com/author/927resources/> |Published May 11, 2013Resource: Over half of Palestinians killed in 'Pillar of Defense' were civilians *Human rights organization B’Tselem published a report reviewing harm to civilians in Operation Pillar of Defense. The report provides statistics on the numbers of Palestinians and Israelis killed over the course of the operation, which lasted from November 14 to 21, 2012. The report challenges the common perception in the Israeli public and media that the operation was ‘surgical’ and caused practically no fatalities among uninvolved Palestinian civilians. Furthermore, the report finds that there was a significant difference between the first and the final days of the operation: of the uninvolved Palestinian fatalities, 80 percent were killed in the last four days of the operation.* According to B’Tselem’s investigation, 167 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military during the operation. This number includes 62 Palestinians who took part in the hostilities and seven other who were targets of assassination. Of the remaining fatalities, 87 did not take part in the hostilities. With regard to 11 fatalities B’Tselem was unable to determine whether or not they had taken part in the hostilities. *B’TSELEM <http://www.btselem.org/> – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel.* *---------------------------------------------------* * http://972mag.com/masses-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-in-israel/71246/ * ** *By Haggai Matar <http://972mag.com/author/haggaim/>** |Published May 12, 2013Masses demonstrate against austerity measures in Israel* *Over 12,000 Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv and other cities to protest against proposed tax hikes and spending cuts in the state’s new budget. But will the latest iteration of Israel’s social justice protest movement continue? The anger in the streets Saturday may be an indication that the movement will continue and possibly grow.* *[image: Thousands on the streets of Tel Aviv last night (Oren Ziv / Activestills)]<http://972mag.com/masses-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-in-israel/71246/view-%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%a7/> Thousands on the streets of Tel Aviv last night (Oren Ziv / Activestills) * *Back on the streets. It was probably the largest demonstration for social justice and against austerity in the past year, if not since the Israeli ‘Summer of 2011.’ More than 12,000 protestors blocked the streets of central Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest against the government’s proposed new budget. Hundreds also took to the streets in Haifa, Modi’in and Jerusalem, while about 250 others demonstrated outside the Ramat Gan home of Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom, demanding that the natural gas found off Israeli shores remains here for local use, and not sold off abroad.* *The central demonstration started out on Rothschild Boulevard, the birthplace of 2011′s #J14 movement, and proceeded with great energy through much of central Tel Aviv, ending up back at the same location. There was a feeling of anger in the air, much greater than in 2011, which might indicate that this will not be a one-time event.* *[image: Demonstrators in central Tel Aviv (Oren Ziv / Activestills)]<http://972mag.com/masses-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-in-israel/71246/ore/> Demonstrators in central Tel Aviv (Oren Ziv / Activestills) * *Meanwhile in Ramat Gan, protestors clashed with police and one person was arrested – and then de-arrested by activists. While marching toward the central demonstration, activists also shortly blocked the Ayalon Highway, where police reportedly utilized more violence and used pepper spray on demonstrators. After the two demonstrations were united and the masses began heading home, a group of about 200 people went on to block another road, and were dispersed by police. InHaifa, the windows of a Yesh Atid party branch were smashed. No other irregular events were reported.* *[image: Police arresting activist outside Silvan Shalom's house (Yotam Ronen / Activestills)]<http://972mag.com/masses-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-in-israel/71246/yot-2/> Police arresting activist outside Silvan Shalom’s house (Yotam Ronen / Activestills) * *Pushed forward by Finance Minister Yair Lapid, the planned budget carries with an across the board income tax hike for all workers, a cut in child support credits, subsidies, other government expenditures, a postponement of promised salary benefits for public employees (in coordination with the Histadrut labor federation), a new tax on fruits and vegetables and more. While corporate and business taxes are also expected to rise, demonstrators are claiming Lapid has not done enough to take the burden off the middle and lower classes and assert the government should tax the rich more intensely by introducing an inheritance tax, cutting tax benefits to international corporations and other measures.* *[image: Not liking Lapid's new budget (Oren Ziv / Activestills)]<http://972mag.com/masses-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-in-israel/71246/unl/> Not liking Lapid’s new budget (Oren Ziv / Activestills) * *The demonstrations yesterday were attended by several opposition MKs, but while party flags of Hadash, Da’am, Meretz and Labor were visible in the crowd – the large mass of protesters showed up without any demonstrated political alignment. It will be interesting to see what happens next with the #J14 movement: what forms of action it will take (more demonstrations, renewed tent encampments or something completely new), how it will be organized, and if it dares take on the occupation and the regime’s inherent racism – or limit its focus on the social justice struggle for (mainly Jewish) citizens.* *-----------------------------------------------------* * http://972mag.com/idf-forbidden-zone-in-gaza-three-times-larger-than-previously-stated/71282/ * *By Noam Sheizaf <http://972mag.com/author/noams/>** |Published May 12, 2013IDF: 'Forbidden zone' in Gaza three times larger than previously stated* *The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories has clarified that the “forbidden” buffer zone in Gaza strip stretches 300 meters from the fence (the Israeli border), and not 100 meters as it previously announced.* *Civilians who enter the area risk being shot by the army. In the past, the killing of Palestinians who wandered into the forbidden zone has led to retaliatory rocket launching from the Strip into Israeli territory.* *The clarification was made following a request by the human rights organization Gisha <http://www.gisha.org/>. Gisha had noticed that the IDF Spokesperson’s messages stated a different distance than did the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, which claimed that Gazans are not allowed into an area stretching only 100 meters from the fence. Recently, the army notified Gisha that the forbidden zone is indeed three times larger than previously reported.* *The army has refused to fully detail the methods it uses to warn farmers and other civilians from wandering into the forbidden zone it declared. A spokesperson for the army has told Gisha that such methods are part of “the opening fire procedures, and cannot be disclosed.”* *There are over 1.5 million Palestinians living in 141 square miles in Gaza, including the buffer zone, which represents a population density of 11,267 people per square mile. Below you can see a map of the Gaza Strip (click on map for larger scale). The dark green strip represents 500 meters from the Gaza-Israel fence. For the full scale map in PDF format, click here<http://www.gisha.org/UserFiles/File/English%20GazaMapGisha70x100.pdf> .* *<http://972mag.com/idf-forbidden-zone-in-gaza-three-times-larger-than-previously-stated/71282/english-gazamapgisha70x100-page-001/> Gaza map and IDF imposed “forbidden zones” (by Gisha) * * * *Israel recently reduced the area off the Gaza coastline which it allows for fishing to 3 miles (it increased it to 6 miles as part of the cease fire agreement ending Operation Pillar of Defense late last year). 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