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Gaza: Israel deliberately militarizes civilian objects, turns schools into military bases (euromedmonitor.org)
from Linkerbaan@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 21:40
https://lemmy.world/post/14922329

Palestinian Territory - As part of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, ongoing for the seventh month now, the Israeli army has militarized civilian objects, including schools and educational facilities. Israel’s turning of these facilities into military bases is in flagrant violation of international law and the rules of war.

The Israeli army was not satisfied with its systematic and widespread bombing and massive destruction of schools, committing of serious crimes against civilians who were sheltering inside them, and deliberate targeting of these vulnerable people with air and ground military operations, killings, and direct unlawful executions.

Instead, it converted a number of schools into military bases, gathering places for its forces and vehicles, detention and interrogation centres, and torture facilities. This is in violation of both international humanitarian law, which was established to protect civilian objects from the danger of military operations, and the obligations placed on Israel as an occupying power under the Fourth Geneva Convention, which require taking the necessary measures to ensure that children who are orphaned or separated from their families as a result of a war are able to exercise their right to education.

During its field invasion of most of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army converted a number of schools into military bases and detention facilities. One such facility was the Salah al-Din Preparatory School in Gaza City, which in February was used as a detention and interrogation centre for hundreds of locals.

Israeli journalist Amir Bohbut released a video clip on 30 April in which he documents an Israeli military base located inside a Gaza Strip school, which Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reiterates is a war crime. In the video, he states, “We are in a forward operations base belonging to the 162nd Division in the heart of the Gaza Strip. The video proceeds to display several large containers set up in the centre of the schoolyard, which he says are being used as offices and bedrooms. Bohbut adds: “Raids, ambushes, and other operations will start from here.”

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Linkerbaan@lemmy.world on 01 May 2024 21:44 next collapse

Smile for the Nazi history book picture!

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 02 May 2024 00:46 collapse

Being reported as an unreliable source without supporting documents, and I have to admit being conflicted here.

On the one hand:

ngo-monitor.org/…/euro-med-human-rights-monitor/

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) consistently spreads blood libels and conspiracy theories about Israel, and accuses Israel of “apartheid,” genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” “collective punishment,” and “war crimes.”

On the OTHER hand:

mediabiasfactcheck.com/ngo-monitor-bias/

“NGO Monitor has faced criticism and has been labeled a right-wing pro-Israeli group. For example, in 2013, a member of NGO Monitor was caught editing their own Wikipedia page, which is not allowed. Wikipedia then banned him as an editor. Further, the founder Gerald Steinburg worked for the Israeli government after the formation of the NGO, a seemingly obvious conflict of interest.”

I’m tempted to remove it pending a less biased source, however in this case I’ll leave it for now with the “pillar of salt” warning and a note that everyone sucks here.

Linkerbaan@lemmy.world on 02 May 2024 06:53 collapse

Euro-Med Monitor is an internationally recognized and reliable NGO that has been extremely accurate over the entire Genocide. They are a primary source cited by many newspapers which base their news solely of their articles

Meanwhile NGO-Monitor is an israeli propaganda site just like UN-Watch. Not in the conspiracy sense but in the “anyone that reads their front page can see these guys are pushing a 100% Zionist agenda” sense. I have already sent evidence of this before. In case you missed it, here’s NGO-Watch pushing UNRWA = Hamas propaganda that now know is a full on Zionist lie.

The UNRWA Constellation: Partnerships with UN Agencies and Terror-Linked NGOs

However, beyond its core role in fueling the conflict for the past 74 years, as well as severe problems with terror links, antisemitism (discussed briefly below) and corruption, UNRWA also engages in extensive politicized anti-Israel “advocacy work in response to the needs of Palestine refugees affected by the Israeli occupation,” such as “in-person protection briefings to external partners including the donor and diplomatic community.” This activity often involves partnerships with international and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as other UN agencies.

In this regard, UNRWA is part of the UN-NGO network dedicated to campaigns to demonize and delegitimize Israel, in contrast to humanitarian principles and promoting peace. Post-October 7, this entire system must be reviewed and reconsidered.

UNWRA, as part of the UN system, does not consider Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) to be terror groups. As such, it does not hesitate to partner with these groups, which are proscribed by UNRWA’s main donors. Nor does it screen employees for ties to Hamas et al, which is particularly concerning as, according to UNRWA’s 2022 Annual Report, 99.77% of staff in Gaza and the West Bank – 15,589 out of 15,624 – were local Palestinians.

The screening Hamas part is a massive and proven lie, as is most other stuff in this poorly written slander tabloid.

And notice the second language of the funding reports.