Salam al Maseeh

The first Palestinian above all others is Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Let be accursed any gospel other than that which was preached at the beginning, received not from man but from Christ Jesus, thou alone, in whom we have redemption through thy all holy infinitely pure and undefiled blood, the remission of our sins, who in the future shall recreate the heavens and the earth, called by thine special choice, who before hoped in Christ with all who heard the word of truth and believed, sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise, who is the pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of the possession, for the praise of his glory, in faith in the Lord Jesus, and of love for all the saints in unceasing intercession of all the elect angels and saints of God, virgins, with all thanksgiving, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in deep knowledge of him; the eyes of our minds being enlightened, to know the hope of his calling, the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power wrought in Christ the only first born from the dead in the flesh raised above all things he made subject under his feet, we who hold him the head directly and no other, Christ Jesus our only Lord and Saviour immortal son of the immortal Father in the unity and power and bond of love of the immortal Holy Spirit our Paraclete unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

The Final Trial: Jesus Christ begotten of the Father - not made

A prayer of Isaias the Prophet.

Is. 26: 9-21

(Isaias' prophecy, which is also his prayer.)

O Lord our God, grant us peace. Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God; for Thy commandments are a light upon the earth. Learn righteousness, all ye that dwell upon the earth. For the ungodly man hath come to an end; every one that learneth not righteousness upon the earth shall not be able to do truth; let the ungodly be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord. O Lord, Thine arm is lifted up, and they knew it not; but when they know it, let them be put to shame. Zeal shall lay hold upon an untaught people, and now fire shall devour the adversaries. O Lord our God, bestow Thy peace upon us, for Thou hast given all things unto us. O Lord our God, take us for Thy possession. O Lord, we know no other beside Thee; we call upon Thy name. But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians raise them up; therefore hast Thou brought wrath upon them, and hast slain them, and hast taken every man of them away. Bring more evils upon them, Lord; bring more evils upon them that are glorious upon the earth. O Lord, in trouble we remembered Thee; with small affliction was Thy chastening with us. And as a woman in travail draweth nigh to be delivered, and crieth out in her travail, so have we become in the presence of Thy beloved. We have conceived, O Lord, because of Thy fear, and have suffered pangs, and have brought forth the spirit of Thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth. We shall not fail, but all those that dwell upon the earth shall fail. The dead shall arise, and they that are in the tomb shall awake, and they that are upon the earth shall rejoice. For the dew which Thou sendest is healing unto them; but the land of the ungodly shall perish. Go, my people, enter into thine inner chamber, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season [during the Great Tribulation, hidden in mountains and dens and caves of the earth - there is NO secret rapture which is only an heretical apostate Lurianic Talmudic Judaic doctrine], until the anger of the Lord shall pass away.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

And see: The Abomination of Desolation

Note in the below that this is a description of the evil that precedes the Antichrist who is the Abomination of Desolation. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ then comes after the reign of Antichrist has proceeded for a while. Antichrist, his reign and the False Prophet and all their followers are then destroyed by the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ from heaven with all His elect Angels and sent to hell forever. The saints will then reign with Our Lord Jesus Christ at their head on earth forever.

Palestine, which is properly the Holy Land for in it walked God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, and there He allowed Himself to be sacrificed for the salvation of those who profess Him from the heart and with the mouth, is a miniature of all the evil that has come upon the earth and there will the final evil be concentrated in its fullness and rule from there for a short time.

From: The Abomination of Desolation

Writing in the second century, St. Hippolytus wrote the following about the evil that will abound before the coming of Antichrist:

The temples of God will be like houses, and there will be overturnings of the churches everywhere. The Scriptures will be despised, and everywhere they will sing the songs of the adversary. Fornications, and adulteries, and perjuries will fill the land; sorceries, and incantations, and divinations will follow after these with all force and zeal. And, on the whole, from among those who profess to be Christians will rise up then false prophets, false apostles, impostors, mischief-makers, evil-doers, liars against each other, adulterers, fornicators, robbers, grasping, perjured, mendacious, hating each other. The shepherds will be like wolves; the priests will embrace falsehood; the monks will lust after the things of the world; the rich will assume hardness of heart; the rulers will not help the poor; the powerful will cast off all pity; the judges will remove justice from the just, and, blinded with bribes, they will call in unrighteousness.

St. Hippolytus of Rome, Treatise on the end of the world and on Antichrist

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Baptism

Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

MATTHEW 28

CHAPTER XXVIII.

The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.

1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,

18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

"Consummation of the world," - the end of this age of grace and the beginning of the eternal ages with Christ reigning visibly. This is the end of the eschaton and the beginning of the eternal recreated heavens and the earth and will begin when Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ returns from heaven in the same flesh He rose with and ascended into the third heaven with, seated at the right hand of the Father. His return will be with all of His elect angels. He will raise and judge all men in the flesh and then recreate the heavens and the earth, which in that state will last that way for eternity. There will NOT be any sin in the new heavens and earth, so prepare now by confessing the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and be baptized as commanded above and shown how to baptize below and live Holy and Godly lives in sincerity and humility and meekness waiting for the Lord when He returns so that we are not like the five foolish virgins but are like the five wise virgins.

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1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.

19: Mark xvi. 15.

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Method of Baptism

From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.

Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Totally reject Dajjal and instead Come to Christ and receive the water of life

The Muhammad of the Almighty Triune God of The Final Trial would not stand in the way of Muslims coming to Our Lord Jesus Christ and being baptized in Him as the Injeel commands. The Mohammed of Ahmadiyya is the same as the Mohammot of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah and both are antichrists and contradict the clear commands of God in the Injeel and Taurat and Quran.

Noble Quran

003.045 Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (held in honor by the company of the prophets and saints) those nearest to God;

003.046 "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (adhered to by the company) of the righteous."

003.047 She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!

003.048 "And God will teach him [Jesus Christ] the Book [alkitaba = all sacred writing from God Most High] and Wisdom [hikma = sophia = uncreated wisdom of God one with His Holy Spirit], the Law [Taurat fulfilled in the Gospel of Jesus Christ] and the Gospel [of Jesus Christ],"

As the Word of God Jesus Christ willed to learn in His Incarnation what He already possessed and knew prior to His Incarnation as part of His kenosis (emptying out of Himself and taking upon Himself our nature while in no way losing anything of what He already was as God by nature and Son of God as the Second Person of the undivided Trinity) and as an example to us of how we in humility must follow God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Baptism

The Final Trial: Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

MATTHEW 28

CHAPTER XXVIII.

The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.

1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,

18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

"Consummation of the world," - the end of this age of grace and the beginning of the eternal ages with Christ reigning visibly. This is the end of the eschaton and the beginning of the eternal recreated heavens and the earth and will begin when Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ returns from heaven in the same flesh He rose with and ascended into the third heaven with, seated at the right hand of the Father. His return will be with all of His elect angels. He will raise and judge all men in the flesh and then recreate the heavens and the earth, which in that state will last that way for eternity. There will NOT be any sin in the new heavens and earth, so prepare now by confessing the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and be baptized as commanded above and shown how to baptize below and live Holy and Godly lives in sincerity and humility and meekness waiting for the Lord when He returns so that we are not like the five foolish virgins but are like the five wise virgins.

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1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.

19: Mark xvi. 15.

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Method of Baptism

From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.

Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.

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See this for why Jesus Christ must be confessed as the Holy Word and Son of God: The Final Trial: Mary - revered by both Christians and Muslims as the vessel through whom God made the Word, Jesus Christ, Incarnate

The Muslim feast of Eid only commemorates the typological sacrifice by Abraham of Issac. That prefigured the final and only Supreme Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on His Most Holy Cross. It is only by the Sacrifice of Christ on His Cross that we are saved. Jesus Christ commanded, not suggested, that we be baptized; echoing the rest of the Church Fathers, St. Augustine noted that if someone could not be baptized even though they wanted it and did everything they could to be baptized in the water in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, then their confession of faith is enough for their salvation. But no where are we allowed to refuse baptism.

All Muslims and everyone who will, are invited and encouraged to come to the water of life now and be baptized in the water and in the Spirit in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and receive Communion.

For Noah and Abraham as Prophecies of Baptism in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ see:

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Second Prophesy: Genesis 5: 32; 6; 7: 6: 11-14, 18-21, 23-24; 8: 1-3, 6-12, 15-21

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Third Prophesy: Genesis 22: 1-19

There is no evolution, to be baptized in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ one must believe in the truth of literal Creation by God and no pantheistic syncretism with deistic design and the rest of pagan evolutionary theory.

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The First Prophesy: Genesis 1: 1-31; 2: 1-2

And see the rest of the Baptismal Prophecies. They are a must.

For all Jews wishing to convert sincerely from the heart to Jesus Christ now, here is a prayer based on the biblical Hebrew of the prophets of the Old Testament and the Septuagint Greek of the Old Testament and the New Testament and Arabic.

(The Arabic, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, means the same as God Almighty, or 'O Theos 'O Pantocrator, in Septuagint Greek.)

In the below “Dam (Blood) Kadosh (Holy) bet Yeshua ha Maschiach (Jesus Christ) kanawn anawim (have mercy on Your faithful [those who turn to God by the shed Blood of Christ on Calvary])” is asking for God's forgiveness by the shed Holy Blood of Christ – which is the only forgiveness there is from God for sin.

Go here: Jews called in Christ: Begun in 2002, judged illegal 2004, Israel’s apartheid wall goes on regardless | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

And then be baptized in Christ - see above: Baptism.

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Palestine Cry: The Justice of God: Parousia of Jesus Christ Our Lord: The BROAD way to hell - forever.

The Final Trial: The Final Trial: The Truth: The coming of the Antichrist, ad-Dajjal

The Illuminati: Mani and Manichaeism - blasphemous heresy

The Illuminati: Bahai - The Illuminati - Masonic Colonialism of the Holy Land

The Illuminati: Gnosticism, Occult, Masonry, Sabbateanism, Frankist--followers of Jacob Frank, Illuminati, Rosicrucianism and Mormonism are all rooted in and intertwined in the same Diabolic paganism

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: The Holy War - The Review of Religions

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: 18 Temple Benedictions: 6 + 6 + 6 = Temple of the Antichrist

The Illuminati: You'll never think the same way again. . . The Revelation

The Final Trial: No to all Terrorists

Traditional Catholic Prayers and The Justice of God

Reason for the Antichrist's - Dajjal's - war on the Noble Sanctuary

Reason for the Antichrist's - Dajjal's - war on the Noble Sanctuary
Reason for the Antichrist's - Dajjal's - war on the Noble Sanctuary | defilement of the Noble Sanctuary - click on picture

Parousia of Jesus Christ Our Lord

See:





The Promise of His coming. His commands to prepare and be worthy.

Statement of what is happening in the world in connection with the Second Coming of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Nuzul i Isa - Qiyamah, the Parousia of Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Rv:22:7 Behold I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

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Zionist Forces Arrest Camel in Bethlehem

CamelThe israeli occupation forces in the district of Bethlehem arrested a camel yesterday under the pretext that it had entered into a “military zone”. The event took place near the Al-Rashaide village east of Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian newspapers reported that Fawaz Rshaide, head of the Palestinian village council of Al- Rashaide, told reporters that the israeli soldiers had arrested a camel belonging to Musallam Younis Rshaaidhe because the camel had supposedly entered a “military zone”.
“Military zones” are arbitrarily declared by the occupation to serve as a pretext to seize by force lands owned by Palestinians. It works like this: a “military zone” is declared over an area which the zionists want to steal, what means that the owners of these lands are not allowed to go to their land (and homes). The lands in question are then “confiscated” as a punishment if the owners enter their lands which are now a “military zone”, or they are declared “abandoned” by the occupation if the owners don’t show up for some time, and then seized and turned over to European or American squatters.
Didk05Mr. Rshaide added that the israeli soldiers stole the camel, which belonged to a Palestinian, and fled the area. The Camel was taken to the military colony “Ma’ale Adumim” near Al – Eizariya in the West Bank, near occupied Jerusalem.
He explained that the Israeli soldiers arrested the owner of the camel too in order to force him to pay a fine of 2,000 shekels to have his animal released from jail. In addition, the israeli soldiers who stole the camel, “asked” it’s owner to pay 600 shekels as “extra fees” for the transportation of the camel, which they stole and brought from the Palestinian land to the zionist colony. 



Al – Eizariya is identified in the Bible as Bethany and in the New Testament it is identified as the home of the siblings Mary and Martha.
Mr. Rshaide commented on this incident of theft by the jewish occupation saying: “This as a way to displace the citizens from there agricultural land east of Bethlehem. It is ethnic cleansing”.
Under the “regulations” which the israeli military laws applies to Palestinians in the occupied territories since 1967, there are no laws which legitimize arresting animals, confiscating the equipments of civilians for military purposes and taking fees and high fines before giving back stolen goods to their rightful owners.
However, the military occupation through it’s so-called “Civil Administration” does exactly this since decades. There troops “arrest” the animals of Palestinian farmers: sheep, herds of goats, cows, chickens and birds, they also “confiscate” their farming equipment under scurrilous pretexts and refuse returned to these animals or equipment to their owners without the payment large sums of money as ransom.
These illegal ransom monies collected by the occupiers is not entered into the budget of the civil administration. No one knows where the money goes, some people assume that the criminals squander these moneys for expanding settlements and making wealth.
The “Civil Administration” claims that money is paid to the so-called patrol for “surveillance and detection” of the civil administration, who one day loot the Palestinian property and next day their money.
The heads of these “monitoring units” at the “Civil Administration” is a well-known settler called David Kishik, son of former prostitute Shula Cohen who received his post as payment because his mother once long ago sold her favours in Lebanon. Mr. Kishik and his team are a bunch of criminal garbage that has made immense wealth on the back of destitute Palestinians in the occupied territories. 

قوات الإحتلال تعتقل جمل ودجاجة ومالكهم في بيت لحم
أعتقلت يوم أمس قوة عسكرية من جيش للإحتلال الصهيوني جملا بحجة دخوله منطقة عسكرية قرب قرية الرشايدة شرق محافظة بيت لحم
وذكرت الصحف الفلسطينية أن رئيس مجلس قروي عرب الرشايدة “فواز رشايدة” صرح للصحفيين قائلا إن جنود الاحتلال اعتقلوا جملا يعود للمواطن “مسلم يونس رشايدة” بحجة دخوله في منطقة عسكرية مغلقة – أي أراضي مملوكة من قبل الفلسطينيين إستولى عليها جيش الأحتلال بالقوة وتحت التهديد في السلاح ومنعوا أصحابها من دخولها
وأضاف الرشايدة إلى أن الجنود نقلوا الجمل إلى مستعمرة “معالي أدوميم” قرب العيزرية
وفي ظل لوائح القوانين العسكرية الإسرائيلية المطبقة على الفلسطينين في الأراضي المحتلة منذ عام 1967, لا توجد قوانين تنص على إعتقال الحيوانات, ومصادرة معدات المزارعين الفلسطينيين من أراضيهم لأغراض عسكرية, وتقلها إلى معسكرات الجيش وفرض غرامة مالية عليها
إلا أن جنود  ما يسمى بالإدارة المدنية الإسرائيلية يقومون بإعتقال الخراف والدجاج, والجمال, ومصادرة معدات زراعة الأراضي المملوكة من قبل الفلسطينيين, ويرفضون أعادتها لأصحابها دون دفع مبالغ مالية كبيرة, لا يتم إدخالها إلى ميزانية الإدارة المدنية, ولا أحد يعلم أين تذهب هذه الأموال
وتدعي الأدارة المدنية أن المخصصات المالية التي تجبى من الفلسطينيين, (وهي تجبى  بشكل غير قانوني), تدفع إلى ما يسمى بدوريات المراقبة والكشف التي تسيرها الإدارة المدنية لتقوم بأعمال نهب ممتلكات الفلسطينيين وإعتقال حيواناتهم وهدم بيوتهم
ويرأس وحدة المراقبة في الإدارة المدنية المستوطن “دافيد كشك” الذي أثرى على حساب نهب ممتلكات الفلسطينيين, واستصدار أوامر هدم منازلهم, وهو إبن الجاسوسة الصهيونية في لبنان, بائعة الهوى شولا كوهين

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Europa & Palestine News « Europa & Middle East News

Europa & Palestine News « Europa & Middle East News



Two Journalists Detained by Palestinian Security Forces

Shadi

Shady Hatem, Pic Credit: Radio Bethlehem
The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), today, denounced the detention of two journalists by Palestinian security forces, during their coverage of the clashes between residents of Jalazoun and Palestinian security forces, north of Ramallah. 

Palestinian security forces detained, last Sunday January 12, “Samer Nazzal” and “Shady Hatem”, photographers of “Raya Media Network”, while they were covering the security forces’ assault on refugees of Jalazoun camp; following the latter closed all the streets leading to Ramallah, in protest against the neglect of UNRWA -United Nation Relief and Works Agency- to the strike of their workers, which has started since 40 days.
The conditions of services in the camp, consequently, were deteriorated. A number of refugees had been wounded and transferred to the hospitals in order to receive treatment, after security fores dispersed them by batons. Following a short period of time, the photographers were released after the contents of their cameras had been deleted. They were also prevented from continuing their press coverage. Moreover, the photographers were being negotiated on not to ever again shoot assaults on citizens, and to focus, instead, on citizens’ reactions towards the police. They, however, refused to do so.
“Palestinian security forces’ detention of two journalists while they were doing their work is considered a clear violation of press freedoms, and an attempt from authorities to muzzle mouths and the opposition; in the light of violations committed by the authorities against demonstrators in order not to expose such violations to the public opinion. The detention is also considered as a continuation to the violations committed by Palestinian security forces against journalists and media professionals, for example, during their coverage of protests in Al-Bireh city in West Bank; in response to calls by Hamas movement last August”, ANHRI said.
ANHRI added that Palestinian authorities shouldrespect the Palestinian Basic Law, which affirmed, in Article 19, on the freedom of opinion, expression and peaceful protest.
ANHRI demanded from Palestinian authorities to open an immediate investigation into the detention of two journalists, who were prevented from doing their work. It also calls for bringing the security personnel, who are responsible for such a violation, to a fair trial.
IMG_0994It should be noted that the European police unit COPPS has been stationed since years in Ramallah and trains the Palestinian Police in the suppression of the Palestinian civilian society and of any citizen who would express views against the occupation.
The EU COPPS is garrisoned in Ramallah and works in occupied Palestine according to supplemental political protocols imposed on the Palestinian people. Their presence has resulted in a great increase in the brutality of Palestinian police. They are fully responsible for mass arrests, torture, deaths and continued violations of human rights perpetrated by the Palestinian police.
The European COPPS forces train the Palestinian police to do their dirty work which simply can be described as methodical violations of the international humanitarian law, as repressive dictatorship gangs whose tasks are defined simply as suppressing Palestinian opposition to the occupation and to turn Palestine into a bigger Guantanamo.

قوات الأمن الفلسطينية تحتجز مصورين بالقرب من مخيم الجلزون أثناء تصويرهما إعتداءاتها على المواطنين
مدى – المركز الفلسطيني للتنمية والحريات الإعلامية – رام الله
استنكر المركز الفلسطيني للتنمية والحريات الإعلامية “مدى” احتجاز أفراد من الأمن الوطني والشرطة الفلسطينية لمصوري وكالة راية للإعلام سامر نزال وشادي حاتم أثناء قيامهما بتصوير مواجهات اندلعت بين قوات الأمن الفلسطيني وأهالي مخيم الجلزون بسبب قيامهم بإغلاق الشارع المؤدي إلى مدينة رام الله احتجاجاً على إضراب موظفي وكالة الأونروا منذ أكثر من 40 يوماً
ووفقا للبيان الصادر عن المؤسسة, فقد قام أفراد من الأمن الوطني والشرطة اليوم باحتجاز مصوري وكالة راية للإعلام سامر نزال وشادي حاتم أثناء قيامهما بتصوير مواجهات اندلعت بين قوات الأمن وأهالي مخيم الجلزون بسبب قيامهم بإغلاق الشارع المؤدي إلى مدينة رام الله احتجاجاً على إضراب موظفي وكالة الأونروا منذ أكثر من 40 يوماً
وأفاد نزال لمركز مدى بأنه كان يقوم بتصوير الأحداث مع زميله شادي حاتم، وأثناء ذلك اقترب منهما رجال الأمن والشرطة وقاموا بمصادرة كاميرتيهما. وأضاف نزال: “بعد حوالي ربع ساعة أعادوا لنا الكاميرات ولكنهم قاموا بحذف الصور وأمرونا بعدم تصوير وجوه رجال الأمن أو تصويرهم وهم يعتدون على أهالي المخيم
إن المركز الفلسطيني للتنمية والحريات الإعلامية مدى يستنكر هذا الانتهاك الذي يتنافى مع القانون الأساس الفلسطيني الذي كفل حرية الرأي والتعبير. ويطالب الجهات المختصة بتمكين الصحفيين من أداء واجبهم المهني بحرية
ووفقا لما ذكره راديو بيت لحم في تقرير نشره على موقعه - قام أفراد من الشرطة الخاصة (شرطة مكافحة الشغب) مساء اليوم الجمعة، بالإعتداء على مصور “شبكة راية الإعلامية” الصحفي شادي حاتم وتمزيق قميصه، بالاضافة إلى مصادرة الكاميرا الخاصة بالزميل منذر زهران وحذف الصور منها بالقوة، وذلك اثناء تغطيتهم لمباراة لكرة الطائرة في ملعب ماجد اسعد برام الله بين فريقي جيوس وسنجل
و حول تفاصيل الحادثه قال الصحفي شادي حاتم” أثناء تغطيتي للمباراه وفور انتهائها وقع شجار بين مشجعي الفريقين مما استدعى تدخل شرطة مكافحة الشغب، لذا ابتعدت عن مكان الشجار نحو احدى الزوايا، لكن على الرغم من ذلك تقدم أحد أفراد الشرطة نحوي و امسكني واقتادني خلفه، وسألني اذا قمت بالتقاط أي صور لما يجري، رغم افصاحي بشكل واضح بأنني أعمل كصحفي، لكنه لم يقتنع بذلك و قام بالاعتداء علي و تمزيق قميصي
من جانبها ادانت إدارة راية أف إم وشبكة راية الإعلامية هذا الإعتداء غير المبرر على مصورها شادي حاتم، و الزميل منذر زهران، وطالبت الشرطة الفلسطينية بالتحقيق بالحادثة وباعادة الاعتبار للزميلين المصورين شادي حاتم ومنذر زهران وتقديم الفاعلين من الشرطة للقصاص الذي يستحقونه وفقا للقانون واجراءات الشرطة في مثل هذه الأحداث.
جدير بالذكر بأن قوات الأمن الفلسطينية تواصل إستخدام القوة المفرطة حيال الصحفيين والمصوريين الذين يقومون بتصوير وتوثيق الجرائم التي ترتكبها أثناء أقتحامها للمخيمات الفلسطينية لإعتقال المواطنين إستجابة لمطالب إسرائيلية, وخلال مواجهتها للمسيرات السلمية
وتستخدم السلطة الفلسطينية نظام القبضة الحديدية للأنظمة الديكتاتورية في مواجهة الشعب الفلسطيني, وهي تتلقى تدريباتها على أيدي قوات الشرطة الأوروبية “كوبس”,  التي تتواطأ بشكل مباشر مع أنتهاكها لحقوق الإنسان وذلك خلافا لنصوص القوانين والدساتير الأوروبية المعمول بها في بلاد الإتحاد ألأوروبي

Monday, January 20, 2014

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Torture And Brutal Aggression At PA Jails

palesA report about the aggressions of the PA’s security agencies – AOHR UK – At the time when Palestinians are living disastrous circumstances caused by the aggressions of the Israeli occupation which affected everything including holy places, security agencies of the Palestinian Authority practice arbitrary actions against Palestinian citizens in the West Bank. It carries out organized detentions and interrogations. It also sacks citizens from their jobs.
These actions undermine the rights of the Palestinians and strike their immunity in front of the continuous aggressions of the Israeli occupation and its sellers.
Beside the already corrupted administrations of the Palestinian Authority, such actions have swamped the Palestinians in dire economic circumstances. Thus they became busy in protests and demonstrations against prices’ hikes in order to improve standards of their livelihood. Looking after their economic problems, less attention is being given to the Israeli harms on the Palestinian issue. This strange situation has never existed during the time of the Israeli occupation before Oslo agreement.
To shed the light on the sufferings of the Palestinians, the Arab Organization for Human Rights in UK issued this report. It exposes to the public the inhumane practices of the security agencies of the Palestinian Authority which keep up with the Israeli aggressions. This is also to contribute to strengthening the human rights front in the Palestinian territories and to enable the Palestinians to encounter the Israeli violations throughout holding inciters against their rights accountability for their actions.
This report covers the period January to July 2012 during which AOHR monitored political detentions, summonses, torture, degrading treatment and employment dismissals affecting men and women. The research was based on information derived from the victims who were detained, their families, eye-witnesses and some NGOs. It also relied on reports issued by the US Congress and documents issued by the European Union Police Mission which show the amount of financial aid provided to Palestinian Authority security agencies. A sample of 300 detainees was asked questions about their detention by the PA as well as by the Israelis; the impact of detention on their lives; and the impact on the Palestinian issue. In order to reveal the extent of the catastrophe, it was necessary to place research outcomes in the context of violations by Palestinian Authority security bodies over the past five years.



The data collected from June 2007 to the end of 2011 indicates that PA security forces detained 13,271 Palestinian citizens, 96 per cent of whom were subjected to various methods of torture resulting in the killing of six detainees and causing chronic illness in others. Ninety-nine per cent of the detainees had experienced detention by the Israelis after which they were also detained by the PA on the same charges. In the same period the Israeli army carried out detention campaigns and raids resulting in thousands of Palestinians being detained; 9,765 according to official statistics, most of whom had also been detained by the PA in the past. They were generally charged based on confessions extracted under torture by PA security officers.
Since the beginning of 2011 the PA is supposed to have eased political detentions and ended systematic torture, but the data collected in 2012 suggests that that has not been the case. A campaign of summons and detentions has taken place. Most of the detainees had already been detained by PA and Israeli security agencies for prolonged periods. The detainees complain that these moves paralyse their lives, disrupt family life and create great psychological suffering. This, they say, amounts to systematic torture.
Between January and July 2012, PA security agencies detained 572 citizens and summonsed 770 more, among them women and old people, who were often forced to wait from early morning to the evening before being “interviewed”. Some were “summonsed” daily for weeks on end, while others were kept under virtual house arrest. The period also witnessed raids against universities, hospitals and houses in order to arrest people wanted for protesting against the Israeli occupation. The PA officers confiscated equipment and personal cash, which often went missing after the searches.
There were also cases of severe torture, and instances where victims were kicked, punched, sworn at and subjected to other degrading treatment. This suggests that systematic torture may have ceased only because there is no one left to do it to.
The exact number of detainees in PA prisons is unknown; it fluctuates between 40 and 85 detainee, depending on the campaign. The various PA security agencies have about 43 centres at their disposal, ranging from the Central Prison to detention stations.
Security tactics include the dismissal of employees from their jobs as a form of harassment. At least 73 people were made unemployed in the period under review, and it is estimated that around 3,200 have faced the same injustice since 2005. Harassment also includes students with “security records” being unable to find employment, acquire a driving licence or open a business.
Naturally, the Israelis are not entirely absent from this scenario, as the PA’s activities are routinely carried out following full coordination with the occupation authorities. In the same period, the Israelis detained about 1,300 Palestinians, 30 per cent of them children. Jerusalem and Hebron saw the most detention operations, with 550 citizens detained in Hebron and 80 children in Jerusalem. It’s worth noting that detentions and summons executed by the PA security agencies surpassed those by the Israelis.
The sample study from our research clarifies the extent of violations against Palestinian citizens and highlights the scale of suffering caused interchangeably by security agencies affiliated to the PA and the Israeli occupation forces. In response to the question, “Have you been detained before by the occupation?” 98 per cent answered yes; 59.7 per cent of the sample clarified that Israeli courts charged them based on information provided by PA security agencies, while 99.7 per cent believed that their detention was carried out in coordination with the occupation authorities.
The data collected also shows that 51 per cent of the detainees or those who were summonsed fall within the 25-59 age range. The security agencies appear to have no concern for the age or gender of those who are being detained or summonsed. A significant number of the detainees are elderly people aged 60 and above, representing 11.3 per cent of the total; women made up 15.3 per cent. Of the sample, 39.3 per cent are students, 38 per cent of whom confirmed that their studies were interrupted as a result of detention.
The sample revealed a decrease in the percentage of employed people, with 34.7 per cent saying that they still work in private employment, while 12.7 per cent of those surveyed said they lost their jobs on account of decisions taken by the security agencies.
Some of those surveyed indicated that they were detained during the research period for periods of one day to a week; they represent 71 per cent. Regarding respect for judicial decisions, 9 per cent of the detainees affirmed that the security agencies refused to implement court rulings ordering their discharge. Despite the decision of judges not to refer them to military courts, the statistics show that 5.3 per cent of those surveyed were eventually brought before such courts.
In the same vein, it was revealed that the PA security agencies practice systematic torture of all kinds, with 99.7 per cent of those questioned claiming that they were exposed to degrading treatment; 18.7 per cent experienced severe torture compared to 99 per cent of the sample who stated that they were tortured in previous years by the Palestinian Authority.
With regards to the effect of detention on the lives of the detainees, 60 per cent of those in the study explained that they now suffer from chronic diseases due to torture and the poor conditions in which they were held in detention. On another level, 60 per cent confirmed that repeated or extensive detention reduced them to a state of acute poverty.
Despite the grave human rights violations by the PA security agencies, they continue to enjoyed enormous support from the US and EU.
According to the documents which were obtained, the US has since 2007 provided generous assistance estimated at $658.4 million. For the coming financial year of 2013, the Obama administration has demanded an additional $70 million. The US also undertook to train 6,000 personnel. Thus far, eight battalions have been trained, each one consisting of 500 officers. As for the EU, it has allocated through the European Union Police Mission an estimated $9 million for training the PA police and development of the criminal justice department. Around 7,500 police officers have already been trained.
It is staggering that the PA should, in the shadow of the Arab Spring, cultivate its own system of impunity, in total defiance of its people’s demands for freedom and dignity. They seem to be oblivious of the factors which led to the downfall of the tyrannical regimes across the region. There is absolutely no justification for its acceptance of becoming a sub-contracted security instrument of the Israeli occupation,
crushing at every opportunity the legitimate aspirations of their people for freedom and self-determination.
The PA’s human rights violations against the Palestinian people have amplified their suffering under the Israelis and undermined their national immunity and struggle for self-determination. It is clearly obvious that the PA hasn’t learnt from its experiences with the Israelis or from the uprisings in the Arab lands. On the contrary, it remains firmly committed to its campaign of detention and destroying national solidarity while serving foreign agendas which strike the Palestinian national freedom project at its core.
As the Palestinian Authority has got an observer status in the UN, it is necessary for its leaders to be obligated by the international laws and conventions which protect human rights in the times of war and peace. The state which comes out from under the occupation must be set up on true bases built on the rights of the Palestinian citizen to life and freedom.
After the latest aggressive war against the Gaza strip, the Arabic Organisation for Human Rights in UK expected that all forms of security cooperation between the PA and the Israelis to be stopped. It also expected that political detention and summons to be halted, too. Unfortunately, this has not happen as during the war many Palestinians were detained despite the wide scale solidarity action against the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
AOHR blames complete responsibility for these human rights violations on the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. However, such violations are classified as dangerous breaches for the Fourth Geneva Convention which protects the rights of citizens under the occupation.
For an urgent action, AOHR call for the Secretary Generals of the UN, Arab League and the Islamic Cooperation Organisation to practice pressure in Mahmoud Abbas in order to stop all kinds of political detention as that it harms the interests of the whole Palestinians.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

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Frohe Weihnachten und ein Glückliches Neues Jahr!

DSC_3840Bei den Gelegenheiten der Weihnachtszeit und des Neuen Jahres 2013, wünschen wir Ihnen und Ihrer Familie ein frohes und gesegnetes Weihnachtsfest und ein schönes und friedliches neues Jahr. Frieden und Liebe für die gesamte Menschheit. Editor
Das Friedenslicht aus dem belagerten Bethlehem
In Österreich ist es unter den Christen Tradition, ein Licht des Friedens aus Bethlehem zu bringen, weil, wie es heisst, dieses “aus Bethlehem in der Geburtskirche Jesu entzündete Licht den Frieden Christi in unsere Familien und Nachbarschaften bringt”. Weiter heisst es, “das Symbol des Friedenslichtes solle den Vorsatz der Menschen stärken, Licht der Welt zu sein, das Vertrauen und die Hoffnung als authentische Kinder Gottes ausstrahlen zu lassen. Frohe Weihnachten für alle”.
Selbstverständlich schliesse ich mich dem Wunsch eines gesegneten Weihachtsfestes für alle ÖsterreicherInnen an. Als Palästinenserin wäre es mir ein Wunsch, dass alle Österreicherinnen und Österreicher, die sich durch das Licht des Friedens aus Bethlehem in ihrem Glauben verstärkt fühlen, dass sie und ihre Familien während ihrer Weihnachtlichen Besinnung auch an Bethlehem und Palästina denken, das Land wo ihr Licht des Friedens her stammt. Palästina ist seit über 65 Jahren kein “gelobtes Land” mehr, denn so lange is es unter einer brutalen Besatzung die uns Palästinensern wenig Anlass gibt, in dieser Zeit zu feiern.
Aus der Aussendung des Wiener Rathauses: “Für uns ist es eine große Freude, Ihnen Weihnachtsgrüße aus dem Ort zu übermitteln, in dem das Wunder der Menschwerdung stattfand, aus dem Ort, an dem das Wort Fleisch geworden ist: „Er, das Wort, wurde ein Mensch, ein wirklicher Mensch von Fleisch und Blut, und nahm Wohnung unter uns. Wir sahen seine Macht und Hoheit, die göttliche Hoheit des einzigen Sohnes, die ihm der Vater gegeben hat. Gottes ganze Güte und Treue ist uns in ihm begegnet.“ (Joh. 1, 14).

Friday, December 6, 2013

Palestine Cry: Mayor of Bethlehem: Christmas Message with a Female Touch « Kawther Salam

Palestine Cry: Mayor of Bethlehem: Christmas Message with a Female Touch « Kawther Salam

Mayor of Bethlehem: Christmas Message with a Female Touch « Kawther Salam


Mayor of Bethlehem: Christmas Message with a Female Touch

Ms.Vera George Mousa Baboun, a university lecturer, is the first female mayor of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, where Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) was born. On last 20 October 2012, Baboun was elected as a mayor of Bethlehem after attaining the first list place of the electoral list for Fatah in the city of peace, Bethlehem.
    
For the first time in history the Christmas celebration of 2012 will be headed by a female Mayor. Ms. Baboun is a beautiful lady with shining short and black hair, and dreamy green eyes. The Streets of Bethlehem city have been decorated with Christmas ornaments and the Palestinians are prepared to welcome the holydays. Palestinians expect that the Christmas celebration with their new female Mayor will leave a special memory this year.
Today, Mayor Baboun sent her first message to the Christian Pilgrims. In her message, she stated that the Palestinians will not only celebrate the birth of the Jesus Christ this year, but also the birth of the state of Palestine after obtaining the non-member state status at the UN General Assembly on last November 29.
Today, Dec. 15 2012, the Mayor Baboun wrote:
In a silent and unique night that held the tidings of a glorious event, Jesus Christ was born in the manger of a humble grotto in the town of Bethlehem.
The prophecy was fulfilled “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means “God is with us.”
In the Christmas season we unite our prayers for peace and justice in Palestine and in the whole world. This year we pray for our brothers in Gaza who suffer from humiliation, hunger, sickness and homelessness as a result of the continuous Israeli aggression on their houses and lands.
This month we commemorate our Lord’s Nativity, and the international recognition of our long awaited state of Palestine in the historical voting at the General Assembly of the United Nations. This victory, of obtaining a birth certificate for our state, represents an earnest step towards achieving peace in the Middle East and international legitimacy.
And we proudly celebrate UNESCO’s decision of inscribing the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrim’s Route on the World Heritage List, which is a source of pride and celebration for every Bethlehemite and Palestinian alike, and a confirmation of our national Palestinian identity.
I seize this opportunity to extend a sincere invitation for all people of good will to visit Bethlehem, and I warmly welcome visitors from all corners of the world, who came this year to share with us the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ in the heart of our holy town.
I hope they would sense the holiness and authenticity of Bethlehem while wandering in its streets and corners, and experience the warmth of its citizens’ hospitality. I urge our families in the Arab world to visit our holy places in solidarity with the people and against the Israeli occupation.

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

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Man Arrested for Decorating Christmas Tree

145According to a report from Maan newspaper, kast Tuesday Mustafa al-Arraj, a Palestinian man from Bethlehem, was detained and tortured by the goons of the most excellent Mahmoud Abbas, the protector of zionist criminals, the self-appointed dictator for life, the thieving dwarf. The “crime” of Al-Arraj was that he replaced the decorations of the traditional Christmas tree on Manger square in Bethlehem with the used spent casings of bullets, flash-bangs, used tear gas grenades and other ammunitions which are gifted by the US regime to the zionists and are used to suppress the widespread dissent against the never-ending crime spree of the zionist invaders.
Al-Arraj replaced the decorations on the Christmas tree in protest against USAID, a CIA front which has all but taken over the Bethlehem municipality, which has allowed itself to abuse the Christmas tree and the traditional Christmas decoration of Manger square to promote USAID.
During the last several decades it has been documented by activists around the world that USAID operatives have been involved in a vast array of unsavory activities, among them recruiting subversives, recruiting mercenaries, infiltrating political movements, torturing people, disappearing people, spying, trafficking children and women for prostitution, smuggling drugs, etc.
Al-Arraj was right in what he did. The true “gift” of the Americans to Palestine consists of bullets, grenades of all kinds, artillery shells etc. by the shipload, used by the jewish occupiers to perpetrate crimes against humanity and to further their genocide against us. Al-Arraj was right to protest the presence of USAID in Palestine. Disgusting criminal organizations such as USAID which front for the CIA and other crime syndicates under the pretense of “humanitarian aid” should not only be expelled from all countries where they operate, their operatives should be drowned in cesspit for the crimes they have helped perpetrate against many peoples around the world.
Mustafa Al-Arraj should be freed at once, the PA should apologize to him publicly and pay him compensation for the damage perpetrated against him, and Abbas and his coterie of israel-friendly cronies should resign.
According to Maan, a Bethlehem man was detained on Tuesday by Palestinian police for helping decorate a tree with used American-made tear gas canisters, stun grenades, and ammunition that had been previously fired at Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces.
Mustafa al-Arraj was detained on Tuesday morning by Palestinian police while on his way to work over his suspected involvement in the protest the day before.
Mr. al-Arraj said that the police told him he was being detained for vandalism with the “goal of destroying Christmas,” and forcibly brought him for interrogation to a Bethlehem police station. They also destroyed the decorations that had been put up the day before.

“They thought people sent us to destroy the Christmas season,” he said, pointing out that the police who interrogated him thought the tree decoration was an act of overnight vandalism.
Al-Arraj suspects that someone was unhappy about the protest and wanted to ensure that no public criticism of USAID was tolerated in Manger Square during the Christmas season. They accomplished this by spreading the rumor to police that activists were attempting to disrupt the celebrations, he believes.
001-palestine-0063On the same day that Bethlehem’s minister of tourism noted that the US government provided $400,000 to decorate the city for Christmas, local activists brought a few more US-sponsored ornaments to show to visitors in this West Bank town at the height of its tourist season. The activists delivered used tear gas grenades that had been fired by Israeli forces at Palestinian youth less than two kilometers away in Aida Refugee Camp that same day and hung them on a tree in Manger Square. One activist from Aida Camp was arrested for his participation in the action by Palestinian police, but released after a few hours.
Most of the crowd control weapons deployed by the Israeli military against Palestinians are part of the Combined Tactical Systems (CTS) product line made by a US company, Combined Systems Inc. (CSI). Pick up a used tear gas cartridge or concussion grenade at any demonstration, and you’re likely to find the initials “CTS” stamped on them somewhere (though the rest of the labeling is typically in Hebrew). But during recent clashes in Aida Camp, Israeli forces have been leaving behind cartridges labeled completely in English. These labels contain complete CTS contact information, including the Pennsylvania mailing address, telephone, and fax numbers. They also bear that proud slogan, “Made in U.S.A.”
003The youth who clash with Israeli soldiers stationed at the separation wall which divides Bethlehem’s land don’t need to be told that the U.S. arms Israel. Most of them know that the silenced Ruger .22 caliber rifle that was used by an Israeli sniper atop the wall to shoot two Palestinian youth last Friday is also made in the US. But because many of those not on the receiving end of such weapons are less familiar with their origins, the activists, led by members of the local Popular Resistance Committees, sought to raise broader awareness among the throngs visiting Bethlehem at Christmastime. In addition to the used grenades, the activists hung signs reading, “This is the USAid to the Palestinians,” and “US military industrial complex, stop making our Christmas hell by sending us your aid and sending Israel your guns.”
But US-made crowd control weapons used by Israel can be just as dangerous as live ammunition. The labeling on the tear gas cartridges even includes the following warning: “Danger: Do not fire directly at person(s). Serious injury or death may result.” Yet there is extensive video evidence of Israeli soldiers firing directly at people, which led to the deaths of Bassem Abu Rahmah in Bil’in and Mustafa Tamimi in Nabi Saleh. As recently as last week, dramatic target’s-eye-view footage showed an Israeli soldier firing directly at a B’Tselem photographer.
But despite such misuse of military aid —amplified on a far greater scale with more powerful hardware used in Gaza in recent years — the US government has shown little desire to hold Israel’s use of its weapons accountable to human rights standards, as required by American law. The US government now gives Israel $3.1 billion in aid every year — more aid than it gives any other country in the world — and most of it is military. Since 1948, the US has provided Israel with at total of $233.7 billion in aid, after adjusting for inflation‏.
001Moreover, the US also provides aid to the Palestinian Authority, though with far more conditions and as a proxy force for preserving Israeli security. US aid to the Palestinian Authority has averaged $500 million, including approximately $100 million in non-lethal security assistance. Indeed, the youth from Aida Camp often face PA riot police guarding the separation wall, sometimes even standing between camp youth and Israeli soldiers.
Unlike US aid to Israel, according to the Congressional Research Service, the PA’s “aid is subject to a host of vetting and oversight requirements and legislative restrictions.” Congress also frequently punishes the PA by withholding aid. In 2011 the government withheld as $200 million after the PA first sought statehood recognition at the UN, and again in 2012, when Palestine successfully achieved UN “non-member state” status. Yet despite Israel’s repeated violations of UN resolutions, international law, and US policy, its military aid continues uninterrupted, and has even increased under President Obama.