konfusion wrote:
I didn't think this thread was worth reading because it's so obviously biased, but it seems to have drawn polar opposites to it, who have made some really disgusting remarks above...
I mean, I get that this source isn't true, but it seems to me like a lot of people have a very, very strong bias towards Israel - more than I thought you guys did.
-kon
My source is just a compilation of reports about the subject. They were professionaly written including sources. I cant see anything more trustable than these reports.
http://www.dci-pal.org/english/doc/repo … /apr03.pdfFACTS
Since the beginning of the second Intifada, Israeli authorities have detained more than 2 500 children. As of December 5, 2004, approximately 373 Palestinian children are still in Israeli prisons and detention facilities. Most of them are held within Israel and far from their places of residence. 3
According to the Israeli organization B“tselem (which use the term Barrier and not the wall), the route of the Barrier was dictated by extraneous considerations, which have little to do with security. Almost no attention was paid to the extensive harm this route will cause Palestinians. The Barrier divides neighborhoods and cuts off access to jobs and schools. The Barrier will be detrimental to 38% of the Palestinian population on the West Bank. 4
During 2004 Israel demolished 181 homes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as a means of punishment and 1 357 homes claiming military necessity. These demolitions left some 11 500 Palestinian homeless. Altogether Israel has demolished 4 100 homes during the Intifada. As a result at least 28 000 Palestinians have been rendered homeless. 5
There are 55 permanent staffed checkpoints in the West Bank. 17 checkpoints deep into the West Bank restrict movements between Palestinian cities. 27 checkpoints control movements between Israel and the West Bank (including 10 around Jerusalem), 13 of which restrict Palestinian movements within the West Bank and not only into Israel. 11 checkpoints are located inside the city of Hebron. In addition, there are currently 17 checkpoints in the West Bank, which are occasionally staffed and hundreds of un‐staffed physical obstacles.6
3 Stastistic