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[ 12/06/2014 - 12:33 PM ]
NABLUS, (PIC)-- Few days ago 30-year-old Alaa Audah was killed by the Israeli soldiers in southern Nablus at Zaatara checkpoint, which has become a place to kill and terrorize Palestinian citizens.
The Zaatara checkpoint is one of dozens inside the occupied Palestinian territories, restricting the movement of people and goods. It's the only passage between the northern and central West Bank areas and has witnessed many crimes of "willful killings" by Israeli forces against Palestinian citizens.
A taxi driver, Walid Obeid, told PIC's correspondent that Zaatara is the worst military checkpoint in the West Bank, being a compulsory passage for the Palestinians and the settlers in the region. It is surrounded by military towers and checkpoints linking four main crossroads, he added.
Lawyer Mohammed Kamanji, coordinator of the Independent Commission for Human Rights in Jenin, said in statements to the PIC that the Israeli forces have executed many Palestinians at the Zaatara checkpoint, based on fabricated and unconvincing stories, which proves that a group of extremist soldiers are controlling the checkpoint.
A report published by the Israeli Walla website on June 5 mentioned that the soldier who killed Alaa Audah at Zaatara checkpoint is the same one who killed Bashir Habanin in November 2013, at the same roadblock.
"A number of Israeli border guards at Zaatara checkpoint claimed that a Palestinian man standing at the bus station near the checkpoint was carrying an improvised weapon and firing it repeatedly and that the soldiers shot him "to prevent causalities". The young man died on the spot and the soldier who committed the crime received a certificate of appreciation from the Israeli police chief Danny Danino," the report said.
Concerning the execution of the martyr Alaa Audah, the Israeli forces claimed that the victim opened fire at them, so one of the soldiers shot and killed him. PCHR said there were no eyewitnesses in the area at the time to deny or confirm that claim, while the soldier's story contradicts with the one told by the spokesman for the Israeli army, which confirms that the story is fabricated.
Human rights activist Kamanji noted that the Zaatara checkpoint has a strategic importance to the occupation, as it separates the northern part of West Bank from the rest of its areas.
There are more than 90 military checkpoints in the West Bank, where the Palestinian citizens are exposed to daily oppression, killing, intimidation and detention, Kamanji stated.
He added that the checkpoints have prevented economic growth, as they affect the transport of goods between the cities, and prevent territorial contiguity between the provinces.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/...Q5QLSjN6nA0Soq0sw71/ZvXKidkQjLz7nDezQ8zn0QnQ=
NABLUS, (PIC)-- Few days ago 30-year-old Alaa Audah was killed by the Israeli soldiers in southern Nablus at Zaatara checkpoint, which has become a place to kill and terrorize Palestinian citizens.
The Zaatara checkpoint is one of dozens inside the occupied Palestinian territories, restricting the movement of people and goods. It's the only passage between the northern and central West Bank areas and has witnessed many crimes of "willful killings" by Israeli forces against Palestinian citizens.
A taxi driver, Walid Obeid, told PIC's correspondent that Zaatara is the worst military checkpoint in the West Bank, being a compulsory passage for the Palestinians and the settlers in the region. It is surrounded by military towers and checkpoints linking four main crossroads, he added.
Lawyer Mohammed Kamanji, coordinator of the Independent Commission for Human Rights in Jenin, said in statements to the PIC that the Israeli forces have executed many Palestinians at the Zaatara checkpoint, based on fabricated and unconvincing stories, which proves that a group of extremist soldiers are controlling the checkpoint.
A report published by the Israeli Walla website on June 5 mentioned that the soldier who killed Alaa Audah at Zaatara checkpoint is the same one who killed Bashir Habanin in November 2013, at the same roadblock.
"A number of Israeli border guards at Zaatara checkpoint claimed that a Palestinian man standing at the bus station near the checkpoint was carrying an improvised weapon and firing it repeatedly and that the soldiers shot him "to prevent causalities". The young man died on the spot and the soldier who committed the crime received a certificate of appreciation from the Israeli police chief Danny Danino," the report said.
Concerning the execution of the martyr Alaa Audah, the Israeli forces claimed that the victim opened fire at them, so one of the soldiers shot and killed him. PCHR said there were no eyewitnesses in the area at the time to deny or confirm that claim, while the soldier's story contradicts with the one told by the spokesman for the Israeli army, which confirms that the story is fabricated.
Human rights activist Kamanji noted that the Zaatara checkpoint has a strategic importance to the occupation, as it separates the northern part of West Bank from the rest of its areas.
There are more than 90 military checkpoints in the West Bank, where the Palestinian citizens are exposed to daily oppression, killing, intimidation and detention, Kamanji stated.
He added that the checkpoints have prevented economic growth, as they affect the transport of goods between the cities, and prevent territorial contiguity between the provinces.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/...Q5QLSjN6nA0Soq0sw71/ZvXKidkQjLz7nDezQ8zn0QnQ=