{"id":1097,"date":"2005-10-05T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2005-10-05T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2005-10-05T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2005-10-05T15:12:45","slug":"israeli-pamphlets-dropped-on-gaza-threaten-attack-expulsion-of-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=1097","title":{"rendered":"Israeli pamphlets dropped on Gaza threaten attack, expulsion of civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palestine Monitor<\/strong>
\nOctober 4, 2005<\/a><\/p>\n

Israeli planes dropped pamphlets on the Gaza Strip recently, warning residents that if home-made rocket attacks by Palestinian militants continue, the immeasurably more damaging and dangerous Israeli attacks by F-16 fighter jets against Palestinian civilian areas would also continue. Most of Israel?s bombings have targeted people and buildings that have nothing whatsoever to do with militant attacks.<\/p>\n

A state actor threatening and carrying out gratuitously disproportionate attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure is a form of terrorism and is illegal under the Geneva Conventions, to which Israeli is a signatory. The pamphlets themselves, a terrifying bullying tactic aimed at innocent civilians backed up by credible threats and deadly actions, constitute an act of terrorism. The population of Gaza has also been terrorized of late by high-decibel sound attacks and illegal extrajudicial assassinations, which regularly injure and kill civilian bystanders.<\/p>\n

The pamphlet reads:<\/p>\n

To people who live in the northern Gaza Strip:<\/p>\n

The terrorist actions from your area compel the Israeli Defense Forces to take severe actions against those who threaten the peace of Israel and its citizens.<\/p>\n

We urge the Palestinian Authority to take responsibility by stopping these criminal actions.<\/p>\n

We warn you that it is dangerous to stay in areas from which terrorist activities originate, and we advise you to begin preparations to leave your homes.<\/p>\n

[Signed]<\/p>\n

Israeli Defense Forces<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jon Elmer’s Air Raids Terrorize Gaza Residents, Target Key Infrastructure<\/strong><\/a> provides more information.<\/p>\n

Key Events: Post-‘disengagement’ sonic booms over Gaza<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

During the early hours of 24 September 2005, Gazans awoke to the deafening sonic booms created by Israeli jetfighters soaring above the Strip. This form of collective punishment and intimidation of the Gaza population has continued, causing one Gaza resident to question, “Suppose the Israeli settlers were not evacuated. Would Israeli warplanes rip through the Gazan airspace so repeatedly and at the most sensitive times, when every man, women and child happens to be sleeping deeply?” Such Israeli measures violate Article 33 of the Geneva Convention which states, “No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited… Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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