520 Israeli assaults on medics and ambulances in 2007
Nablus – Ma'an – Palestinian medical staff were subject to 520 assaults by Israeli forces and settlers during 2007, the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Saturday.
They said in a statement that the assaults ranged from being shot to verbal abuse. The Red Crescent Society also reported numerous incidents of Israeli soldiers preventing Palestinian medical staff from evacuating injured Palestinians.
The statement said that all 520 assaults were violations of international law.
36 incidents of direct shooting and physical attacks on medics and ambulances in cities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, resulted in the injury of 13 medics. A Palestinian citizen died at the Tunnels checkpoint near Bethlehem in the southern West Bank on June 29th after the Israeli soldiers manning the checkpoint denied him entry to hospital in Jerusalem. Sixteen ambulances were damaged in 2007 and one was completely destroyed.
The overall number of assaults on medics and ambulances in 2007 has almost doubled compared with 2005 and 2006.
The number of assaults has doubled from 2005-06? Well of course, since the Israeli's realize they can get away with murder--literally.
Who will call them to task for their crimes? Certainly not the craven, corrupt and immoral cowards in the U.S. Congress.
Nor the Neocon War Pigs that stole the White House in 2000 and 2004.
And certainly not the American MSM, who are too busy reporting REAL news, like Britney's latest flair-up or some man bites dog story that's always good for a few chuckles.
There will be NO peace in the ME until Israel is made to own up to and pay for its numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity it commits on a daily basis against the indigenous Palestinians.
Until Israel comes to it senses, the U.S. should cut off ALL forms of aid, including military, financial and especially, the political backing that has allowed Israel to get away with murder.
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