Learn about the history of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, equality and justice by exploring major events in the history of their oppression on this day of the year.
11 March
ISRAEL USES BRITISH COLONIAL LAWS TO CRUSH DEMOCRACY
On this day in 1982, "the only democracy in the Middle East" outlawed the National Guidance Committee on the West Bank, prompting mass demonstrations from Palestinians. Israel then killed 28 demonstrators.The mayors of Al-Bireh, Nablus, Ramallah, and Anabta were dismissed and replaced by Israeli officials enforcing military rule over Palestinians. Over a score of Palestinian mayors suspended work in protest.
إسرائيل تستخدم القوانين الاستعمارية البريطانية لسحق الديمقراطية
11 مارس
في مثل هذا اليوم من عام 1982 ، حظرت إسرائيل لجنة الإرشاد الوطني في الضفة الغربية ، مما أثار مظاهرات حاشدة من الفلسطينيين. قتلت إسرائيل 28 من المتظاهرين. تم إقالة رؤساء بلديات البيرة ونابلس ورام الله وعنابتا واستبدالهم بمسؤولين إسرائيليين يفرضون الحكم العسكري على الفلسطينيين. واحتجاجا على ذلك توقف أكثر من عشرات رؤساء البلديات الفلسطينيين عن العمل.
Under the Emergency Regulations, inherited from the British, a military commander (the Military Governor) could, at his discretion and without judicial review...
- imprison people indefinitely
- prohibit travel within or outside pre-1967 Israel and the territories occupied since 1967
- expel an individual permanently
- restrict any person to his or her home, locality, village or town
- forbid anyone to make use of his or her own property
- order the demolition of homes
- impose police surveillance on any individual and order him or her to report to a police station several times a day
- declare any area closed as a security zone, whether it be a farm owned by a family, an inhabited village, refugee
- camp or tribal lands
- censor all media, requiring all articles, leaflets and books to be approved, and banning their distribution
- raid people’s homes and confiscate entire libraries
- forbid the gathering of ten or more people for the purpose of discussing politics
- forbid membership in an organisation
Military edicts appended to the Defense Emergency Regulations have proliferated to the point where they impinge upon the minutiae of Palestinian existence. Military Orders affecting the West Bank:
- forbid the planting of tomatoes or eggplant without written permission
- forbid the planting of any fruit tree without written permission
- forbid any repairs to a house or structure without written permission
- forbid the sinking of wells for drinking water or irrigation
47-minute video; Debate - Is Zionism compatible with democracy https://youtu.be/nffaa1p3k_I