Summer of Fire - The Truth Behind Israel's Attack On Gaza

ISRAELS 2014 ATTACK ON GAZA
MYTHS VS. FACTS

Israel is just defending itself
Terror tunnels
The Myths
Whats the truth?
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The situation in the West Bank and Gaza must
be viewed within the context of the
and
The
siege
on Gaza
Occupation as the root of the problem
Palestinians endure:
Military occupation
Apartheid
Lack of freedom of
movement
Apartheid Wall
600 checkpoints
Expanding settlements
Settler violence
Home demolitions
90 percent of Palestinians in West
Bank prohibited from Jerusalem
100 percent of people in Gaza
prohibited form leaving
Random arrests and detentions
700 children arrested per year
Israeli Occupation Forces and
settlers killed 1,500 children since
2000
The siege as the root of the problem
Since 2007, Israel has had Gaza under a total siege
Three major attacks since 2007 and several smaller ones
Operation Cast Lead, December 2008-January 2009 1,409 dead
Operation Pillar of Defense, November 2012 169 dead
Operation Protective Edge Summer 2014 at least 2,168 dead
Lack of drinkable water
Lack of fuel
Power outages of up to 18 hours per day
Rampant unemployment at least 45 percent
Buffer zones took 35 percent of arable land
Israeli navy fires on Gaza fishermen, keeping them close to shore
Disengagement and collective punishment
Even after Israel pulled out its troops and settlers from Gaza in
2005, it still controls the air, land and sea.
In other words, Israel still controls every aspect of Palestinian life
in Gaza.
Palestinians in Gaza endure collective punishment, namely for
duly electing Hamas in fair and democratic elections in 2006
and since Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007.
Palestinian resistance was born out of the occupation and the
siege, plain and simple.
What led to Israels attack on Gaza
and whats the impact?
April 24, more than 100 Palestinian political prisoners waged a
hunger strike that lasted three months to administrative detention. It
was the longest lasting hunger strike in Palestinian prisoner history.
May 15 - Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians between May and June.
Two of them were youth walking peacefully down the street on
Nakba Day. CNN caught the shooting on video.
June 2, Hamas and Fatah created a Unity Government. This was
roundly condemned in Israel because it has a vested interest in
keeping Palestinians
June 1-10, Israeli Occupation Forces kidnap 17 Palestinian children,
many from their beds in the middle of the night.
Timeline leading to Israels assault on Gaza
June 12 - three Israeli settlers go missing. Prime Minister Benyamin
Netanyahu blames Hamas and uses this as a pretext to invade the
West Bank.
June 12 Israel launches Operation Brothers Keeper, an incursion
into the West Bank
Thousands of homes raided; many homes demolished, at least 1,000
arrested; and 19 Palestinians killed
June 12 Israel begins random airstrikes on Gaza, launching at
least one nearly every day until military operation begins on July 8
(source: Jerusalem Fund)
June 13 Israeli officials know the settlers are dead but Prime
Minister Benyamin Netanyahu issues a gag order, preventing the
release of this information.
June 29 Israel kills a Hamas government employee, tasked with
enforcing the truce.
June 30 Hamas fires rockets into Israel for the first time since
2012, according to Israeli military officials (Source: Times of Israel)
July 1 - Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 17, is kidnapped and burned
alive.
July 3 American high school student Tarek Abu Kdheir, 15, is
brutally beaten and arrested by Israeli police.
July 8 Israel launches Operation Protective Edge.
Summer of fire Impact of Israels assault on Gaza
Israeli strikes killed more than 2,000 Palestinians, including
More than
520 children
Nearly
300 women
78% were non-
combatants
1,000 were
killed inside
their homes
(Source: Al Mezan)
Israel wiped out entire
families. By mid-August, 352
families had lost multiple
members, including the Abu
Jame family. One airstrike
killed 26 members of their
family, including 19 children.
(Source: BTselem)
The Israeli navy shelled the Bakr cousins playing soccer on Gaza Beach
Mohamed, 11
Atef, 10
Zakariya, 10
Ismael, 9
~ Israeli Major Gen. (res.) Oren Shachor, as quoted in Haaretz
More than 370,000
children are in
need of
psychosocial
treatment
~ UNRWA
Israel destroyed 2,836 homes and damaged nearly 11,000
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced
At the height of the attack 25% of the population was displaced the
largest amount since the Six Day War in 1967 (UNRWA)
98 schools were destroyed or damaged
Kids will not be starting school on time
Israel targeted
infrastructure
Occupation
Forces targeted
hospitals,
mosques,
churches,
universities
Israel bombed
the main power
plant and
Summer of fire Impact of Israels assault on Gaza
Israel shelled 70% of the Strips water wells
People around the world protested Israels crimes
Interest in Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions grew by leaps
and bounds
Consumer boycotts are great but
its important to partner with
others to pressure institutions,
unions, and companies to join the
boycott and to isolate Israel
academically, culturally,
economically and militarily. Join a
campaign against Soda Stream,
Ahava or Hewlett Packard, for
instance.
www.bdsmovement.net
Block the Boat in California,
organized by Arab Organizing &
Resource Center, AMP and other
groups, successfully kept an Israel
Zimship from docking at different
ports for several days.
Engage in media and legislative work.
And check out AMPs resources for students at
www.ampalestine.org

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MYTHS VS. FACTS

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