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Issue No : 46 2th June, 2013

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Read In This Report Hamas: only resistance can extract rights and liberate the land

Palestinians lost 92% of their historical lands

P 4Leads to deporting thousands of Jerusalemites

Israeli occupation to demolish 450 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem

P 5Israel ‹to build› new outposts in Jerusalem

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Mass Palestinian grave found in Tel Aviv

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Hamas’s vision for the Palestin-

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CONTENTS

News of Palestine

Israel Insder

Israeli occupation to demolish 450 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem 5Palestinians lost 92% of their historical lands 4Occupation demolishes 9 homes in the Negev 6Israeli settlers uproot 300 fruit bearing olive trees in the West Bank 6 Israel ‹to build› new outposts in Jerusalem 7Israel escalates administrative detention under the pretext of secret file 8

Yesh Atid threatens to dissolve Israeli government 8

Articles & Analyses

Hamas’s vision for the Palestinian issue 10

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Hamas: only resistance can extract rights and liberate the land

Palestinians lost 92% of their historical lands

New data published by the Lands Research Centre (LRC) shows that Palestinians own only eight per cent of historic Palestine. The LRC is affiliated to the Arabic Studies Association in Jerusalem. In a press conference held in Ra-mallah, it announced the publication of its latest Year Book, in which it documents Israeli viola-tions of Palestinian rights concerning lands and houses. The book is published in English and Arabic.

Jamal al-Omla, the director of the center, stated that 2012 had witnessed an Israeli escalation in settlement construction and expansion at the expense of Palestinian lands and houses.

During the conference, al-Omla confirmed through maps and charts that Palestinian con-trolled area has decreased to reach 8% of the whole Palestinian historical territories (27,000 km 2) since the British colonization through successive Israeli governments till now.

During 2012, the Israeli authorities have de-molished 189 houses and 415 facilities. Almost 1215 Palestinians were displaced as a result, the

report noted. In addition, 772 houses and 590 facilities are threatened with demolition while 27,710 dunums were confiscated.

Meanwhile, member of Hamas›s politburo Ez-zat al-Resheq denounced in a press statement on Tuesday «the international silence and inac-tion regarding the settlement activity and Juda-ization projects to which the Palestinian land is being exposed.”

He also condemned the intentions to resume the «futile» negotiations with the occupation, espe-cially in light of the ongoing attacks on the oc-cupied city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli forces and settlers.

«The best way to respond to the Zionist crimes is to adhere to the resistance, to end the divi-sion and to strengthen the steadfastness of our people,» the Hamas official stressed.

He asserted that «the Palestinian people and its resistance are able to extract the rights, to lib-erate the land and to achieve victory over the Zionist enemy.»

Source: Agencies

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Israeli authorities declared their intention to ap-prove a new scheme to demolish a large number of Palestinian buildings and houses in occupied Jerusalem.

The so-called Jerusalem District Committee for Planning and Building declared its plan to de-molish more than 450 Palestinian houses in oc-cupied Jerusalem under various pretexts and to deport thousands of Jerusalemites as a result, Je-rusalem Media center revealed.

The Israeli demolition policy in occupied Jeru-salem reinforces the Israeli systematic scheme to Judaize the holy city, deport its native peo-ple and increase settlers› numbers especially in the Old Town and al-Aqsa mosque surrounding area, aiming to change the city›s demographic reality, the center said.

The Israeli occupation has demolished more than 25,000 Palestinian homes since 1967 when it oc-cupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

New data published by the Islamic-Christian Committee for the Defence of Jerusalem and Holy Places shows that Israel has recently demol-ished 40 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem. About 300 individuals, including 200 children, were made homeless as a result of the demolition.

In a related context, an Israeli court in Jerusalem decided to postpone implementation of demoli-tion order against the Manara building in Tel al-Foul neighborhood in Jerusalem, however, it imposed a fine of one million and 400 thousand shekels on its inhabitants.

Source: Agencies

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Leads to deporting thousands of JerusalemitesIsraeli occupation to demolish 450 Palestinian

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Occupation demolishes 9 homes in the Negev

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Palestinian sources in the Negev in southern 1948-occupied Palestine said the Israel Lands Administration teams demolished on Thursday Palestinian homes in the unrecognized village of Atir in the northern Negev.

The head of the village Khalil Abu Qian told Quds Press that this demolition is the second in two weeks. He noted that the occupation au-thorities demolished 9 houses inhabited by 180 people and a protest tent set up in protest at the demolition of the village›s houses.

Abu Qian added that teams of the Israel Lands Administration (ILA), accompanied and pro-tected by Israeli occupation forces, have also

uprooted a number of planted trees in the village and confiscated power generators and agricultur-al machinery. He asserted that the villagers are determined to rebuild the destroyed houses.

Source: PIC

29/05/2013

Israeli settlers from the Itmar Settlement on Wednesday afternoon uprooted 300 fruit bear-ing olive trees in Awerta village in the north of the occupied West Bank.

A Palestinian official, Ghassan Daglas, has said that the Israeli authorities have affirmed the set-tler attack on the Palestinian farms and the cut-ting down of 300 trees.

Palestinian farmers and other residents have ex-pressed their anger over the aggression against their lands, but could do nothing more than this.

It is worth mentioning that Israeli settlers recent-ly set at least seven Palestinian vehicles on fire in Al-Zubaidat village in Jordan Valley.

Israeli settlers uproot 300 fruit bearing olive trees in the West Bank

Israeli settlers carry out such acts nearly once a week. They either uproot trees or set flour crops on fire.

Source: MEMO

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29/05/2013

Israel is preparing to build more than 1,000 new settler homes in Jerusalem as the United States strives to revive dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, according to an non-governmental organisation.

Danny Seidemann, director of Jerusalem settle-ment watchdog Terrestrial Jerusalem, said on Wednesday that contracts for 300 homes in the northeastern settlement of Ramot were signed and another 797 plots were to be offered for sale in the southern Jerusalem settlement of Gilo, near

Israel ‹to build› new outposts in Jerusalem

the city of Jerusalem. Both are in mainly-Arab areas of the holy city.

Seidemann said that the plans were approved last year before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quietly ordered a settlement freeze, but the latest steps in their implementation were leaked to media by the office of Uri Ariel, the Housing and Construction Minister.

«This does not mean that the freeze is over, it does mean that Netanyahu›s minister of construc-tion is trying to achieve that,» Seidemann said.

Source: Aljazeera

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31/05/2013

Palestinian Statistical data reported that the Is-raeli authorities have recently sentenced to ad-ministrative detention dozens of Palestinian prisoners, under the pretext of «secret file.»

Palestinian Prisoners› Society (PPS) said in a statistical report on Thursday that the occupa-tion has recently moved 50 Palestinian prisoners to administrative detention for different terms that vary between 3 and 6 months that could be renewed.

PPS pointed out that among the administrative detainees there are four Palestinian Hamas MPs.

According to the report, «Israel did not comply with the restrictions placed by the international

Israel escalates administrative detentionunder the pretext of secret file

law regarding the conditions of using the admin-istrative detention ... It is arbitrarily using this type of detention against the Palestinian people.»

Source: PIC

28/5/2013

The Yesh Atid Party in Israel has said that the coalition government is in danger following a freeze in the debate over the recruitment of reli-gious students into the Israeli military. Members of the Perry Committee looking at the Burden Equality Act cannot agree on the issue of sanc-tions for those who avoid the draft.

According to Maariv newspaper, Yesh Atid de-manded the imposition of «criminal penalties» on the draft dodgers in order to create true equal-ity within Israeli society.

Likud ministers regard the demand as contrary to the coalition agreement between the two par-ties. Minister of Defence Moshe Ya›alon said that it had been agreed previously not to take

any steps «which represent a declaration of war against pious Israelis».

A statement by Yesh Atid challenged this inter-pretation: «The actions of Likud Beiteinu min-isters within the commission are a flagrant vio-lation of the agreement of the coalition. They also endanger the historic opportunity to enact a new law for equality in the burden [of mili-tary service].» Yesh Atid threatened that «the absence of compulsory military recruitment for all Israelis puts the present coalition govern-ment at risk.»

Source: MEMO

Yesh Atid threatens to dis-solve Israeli government

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01/06/2013

The remains of dozens of Palestinians killed by Israelis in fighting during the war of 1948 which led to the creation of the state of Israel have been found in a mass grave in Tel Aviv›s Jaffa district.

An official at the Muslim cemetery there told AFP news agency that the grisly find occurred on Wednesday when ground subsided as work-ers carried out renovations, revealing six cham-bers full of skeletons.

Jaffa fisherman Atar Zeinab, 80, says that as a teenager during the final months of fighting in 1948, he helped to collect the Arab dead in the area south of Jaffa and bring them for hasty burial in the cemetery, the area›s main grave-yard.

«I carried to the cemetery 60 bodies during a pe-riod of three or four months,» he told AFP. «We used to find the people in the street and most of the time we didn›t know who they were.»

He said that the danger of being hit by flying bul-lets or grenade fragments was such that bodies were dumped one on top of the other in existing family crypts in the cemetery, contrary to Muslim custom.

«We carried them early in the morning or in the night,» he added. «We put women, children and men in the same place...nobody prayed for these people.»

Jaffa was at the time a Palestinian town, but there was a forced exodus of most of its Arab population when it fell to the fledgling Israeli army and righ-twing Jewish armed gangs.

In 1950 it was incorporated into the city of Tel Aviv which was renamed Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

Around 760,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes in what they call the «Nakba» or «catastrophe» of 1948.

Source: Aljazeera

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Articles & Analyses

1. Palestine, from its river to its sea, from its north to its south, is the land of the Palestin-ians; their homeland, and their legitimate right. We will not relinquish an inch or any part of it -for any reason or under any circumstances and pressures.

2. Palestine, in its entirety, is an Arab and Islamic land. It has Islamic and Arab affiliations and is considered a blessed and sacred land. Moreover, it has a special place in the heart of every Arab and Muslim, as well as standing and respect in all religions.

3. We will not, in any way, recognize the le-gitimacy of the occupation. This is a principled, political, and moral position. We do not recog-nize the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, nor do we acknowledge “Israel” or the legality of its presence on any part of Palestine no matter how long it remains, and Allah will-ing, this will not be long. All that has occurred in Palestine, including its occupation, settlements, Judaization, the changing of its landmarks and

Hamas’s vision for the Palestinian issue

By: khalid Meshal *

Perhaps what will be stated below is closer to being the fundamentals and declarations that are well known and recognized, but as reminders of the principles, basics and fundamentals, at this and at any time, are a very impor-tant matter. When we speak in this context, we do not only speak of Hamas as being simply an Islamic move-ment, but also as a national liberation movement, as well as an Islamic movement. Some of what we will put forth would fall under the category of fundamentals and prin-ciples, and some under policies and positions. These are summed up as follows:

the falsification of facts in its regard is wrong and must end, Allah willing.

4. The liberation of Palestine is a national, domestic, and legitimate duty. It is the responsi-bility of the Palestinians, the Arabs, and the Is-lamic nation. It is also a humanitarian responsi-bility in accordance with the conditions of truth and justice.

5. Jihad and armed resistance is the correct and authentic means for the liberation of Pales-tine and the restoration of all rights. This battle must, of course, be accompanied by all forms of political, diplomatic, media, national, and legal resistance, as well as the investment of the entire nation’s energies and the summoning of all the elements of strength we possess.

6. Resistance is a means and not an end. If we had any other way to liberate the land, end the occupation, and regain our rights without the shedding of blood and other painful sacrifices, we would have taken it. However, the experi-ences of nations throughout history have proved

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Articles & Analysesthat the only option available in expelling the oc-cupiers, countering the aggression and restoring the land and rights of the people is resistance in all its forms, starting with armed resistance.

7. We are not fighting the Jewish people merely because they are Jewish. We are, however, fighting those who are Zionist occupiers and ag-gressors. We will fight anyone who tries to attack us, seize our rights or occupy our land regardless of their religion, affiliations, race or nationality.

8. The Zionist project is a racist, hostile, and expansionist project based on murder and ter-rorism. Hence, it is the enemy of the Palestinian people and nation and poses a real threat to them, as well as to their security and interests. Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is a danger to the security of the humanitarian com-munity, its interests and its stability.

9. We hold on to Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian sanctities. We will not give them up, nor will we relinquish any part of them. They are our right, our essence, our history, our present and our future. Jerusalem is the capital of Pales-tine and is cherished in the hearts of Arabs and Muslims as a sign of their status and pride. “Isra-el” has no legitimacy or right to Jerusalem at all, nor do they have any legitimacy or right to any part of Palestine. All Israeli actions in Jerusalem, such as Judaization, settlements, the falsification of facts and attempts to steal out history are unac-ceptable.

10. We stand firm on the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees and displaced individuals; their right to their homes from which they were expelled or were prevented from returning to, including in the occupied territories of 1948 or 1967, i.e., to all of Palestine. We refuse to com-promise on this right in any way. At the same time, we reject all land resettlement and alterna-tive homeland projects.

Brothers and sisters, this is an opportunity to pause at the “symphony» that plays from time to time; once there was a fear of resettlement in Lebanon, once there was a fear of resettlement in Jordan or an alternative homeland, and nowa-days it is the Sinai. Oh brothers, to the Palestin-ian, there are no compensations for Palestine but Palestine. The actions of our people in the recent Gaza War and wars of the past, as well as in the on-going Intifadahs and revolutions is proof of this great nation’s insistence on, and attachment to, their land.

11. The unity of the Palestinian land: The West Bank (including Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip, and the occupied lands of 1948 is one land comprising of all its geography; it is one unit, no part is separated from the other. It is, as a whole, the homeland of the Palestinian people. The cur-rent situation in Gaza, which some fear, is an ex-ceptional case that has been imposed upon us, and not a normal situation. We cannot accept for Gaza to be separate from the West Bank, for they are one, and together they are a part of the Pales-tinian homeland.

12. We stand firm on the unity of the Pales-tinian people, both Muslims and Christians, and all its intellectual, political and ideological ele-ments, as well as its resistance, militant, and po-litical forces and factions.

13. The unity of the Palestinian political sys-tem and its institutions and the unity of its na-tional authority through the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which needs to be rebuilt on valid grounds to include all Palestinian forces and components. The current division does not reflect our origin, nor does it reflect reality. This division has been imposed upon us after the in-ternational and regional forces rejected the re-sults of the 2006 Palestinian elections in which Hamas was victorious. However, the unity of

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the Palestinian political system is key and we are sparing no efforts to achieve this, Allah willing.

14. Liberty first and then the state: a true state is the fruit of liberation, but a state that is the fruit of an agreement is merely an entity or a self-gov-erning authority. Call it what you will, but a real state is the fruit of liberation first, and there is no alternative to establishing a Palestinian state with true sovereignty over the entire territory. On the other hand, the Palestinian Authority is a reality we want to manage through a national partner-ship with others to serve our people, their rights, and their liberation project; in a manner that is consistent with their national fundamentals.

15. Independent Palestinian national deci-sion: This is a principle that is based on non-dependency or reliance on any other country or party in the world, whether it be a friend, ally, en-emy, or opponent. However, this does not mean, nor can we accept it in the context of limiting the Palestinian issue to the Palestinians and terminat-ing or weakening the Arab and Islamic roles. The issue of Palestine was, and will remain, not only an Arab and Islamic issue, but also a humanitar-ian issue.

16. The establishment of national Palestin-ian institutions and authorities should always be based on democracy, starting with free and fair elections with equal opportunities. Moreover, the principle of partnership and national coalition work should be present in every phase, regard-less of the chances of success, with emphasis on the fact that opposition is a legitimate right for everyone, provided that the opposition is con-structive. In addition to this, everyone must refer to the results of the ballot boxes and respect the will of the people, as well as accept the peaceful exchange of authority. We must also be reminded

that we are a special and unusual case since we are still living under occupation.

17. We will not intervene in the affairs of other countries, and we will not to engage in discussions, conflicts or alliances with other na-tions. We have adopted the policy of opening up to the different countries of the world, especially Arab and Islamic countries. We certainly strive to have balanced relations, the scale and standards of which will be in the interest and service of Pal-estine and its people and will support their stead-fastness and determination. The criteria for these relations are, of course, the nation›s interests and security and the rejection of dependency on any country or party in the world.

18. The unity of the nation, including all its ethnic, religious, and denominational elements. It is one nation in its interest and history; present, past and future, and we deal with it accordingly. As we acknowledge the diversity and variety in our nation, we realize the need for everyone in our nation to distance themselves from incite-ment and conflict, as well as to avoid taking sides on this basis. Instead, we must co-exist as we have in past centuries. Moreover, everyone in this nation must know their limits and claim their rights without violating the rights of others. The greater good of the nation must outweigh any sectarian or factional interests.

19. Any progressive tactical or detailed po-litical program must be in line with the national Palestinian fundamentals that we have mentioned and may not go against or contradict them. More-over, every partial or full judgement must be sub-ject to this principle, and therefore, we reject any projects, agreements or peace settlements that diminish these fundamentals and principles and affects national Palestinian rights.

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