Inside Israel’s Last Mental Health Clinic For Refugees
The #Gesher_Clinic in #Jaffa is down to opening nine hours a week despite the overwhelming need for mental healthcare. Its patients, many of whom survived Sinai torture camps, face an uncertain future.
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#santé_mentale #soins #accès_aux_soins #réfugiés #asile #migrations #Israël #clinique #hôpital #santé #torture #désert_du_Sinaï #Sinaï
Palestinians clash with Israeli forces in Jaffa after local shot dead by police
July 29, 2017 9:32 P.M. (Updated: July 29, 2017 9:35 P.M.)
▻http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?ID=778431
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian citizens of Israel took to the streets in the Palestinian-majority city of Jaffa in Israel to protest against police brutality and racial profiling, after a man was shot dead in a police chase early Saturday morning, according to Israeli media reports.
Another man was reportedly moderately wounded by gunfire during the police chase. According to Israeli police, the two fled the scene of a criminally-motivated shooting on Yefet Street in Jaffa on motorcycles and were shot while being pursued.
Arab48 news reported that clashes broke out Saturday afternoon between outraged local protesters and Israeli police.
Demonstrators denounced Israeli police for using excessive force with impunity, and vowed not to remain silent to prevent unjustified police killings from becoming normalized.
A family member of the slain man, who was identified by Arab48 as 22-year-old Mahdi al-Saadi from Jaffa, told the news site that al-Saadi was killed “in cold blood” and posed no threat to police when he was shot dead. “They could have shot him in the foot and arrested him,” they said.
Masked protesters reportedly closed the main road in Jaffa with burning tires and garbage containers and smashed a police car windshield, according to Israeli news site Ynet.
Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri wrote in a statement that a group of young men threw stones at police officers, and that two suspected stone throwers were detained.
She said that as of Saturday evening, police continued to deploy heavily on Yefet street and the surrounding area to “maintain security and to respond to any possible scenario.”
Clashes Erupt After Israel Police Shoots, Kills Jaffa Youth
Jaffa residents burn tires in street clashes with police after shooting. Local lawyer accuses police of ’cold-blooded murder’ out of ’grudge against Arab minority’
Ilan Lior Jul 29, 2017 11:51 PM
▻http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.804064
Israeli police assault journalists, detain 8 Palestinians at funeral in Jaffa
July 30, 2017 10:50 A.M. (Updated: July 30, 2017 10:50 A.M.)
▻http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=778433
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli police assaulted Israeli journalists and detained eight Palestinian citizens of Israel, six of them minors, as hundreds participated in a funeral march Saturday night in Jaffa city in southern Israel for 22-year-old Mahdi al-Saadi who was shot dead by police early Saturday morning.
Mourners in the Palestinian-majority town condemned what they said was an unjustified killing. According to Israeli police, the man was suspected of taking part in a criminally-motivated shooting and was shot dead, alongside another who was shot and injured, in a police chase as the two allegedly fled on motorcycles.
However, locals argued that al-Saadi posed no threat to Israeli police when he was fatally shot and that he could have been detained without using lethal force.
#Jaffa est un pays...
Au marché ou dans les épiceries de mon quartier, les #clémentines originaires de « Jaffa » sont en vente. Pour tous les autres #fruits ou #légumes, la mention du pays apparait. Tout le monde ne peut pas être bon en géographie...
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#bds, #colonisation, #Palestine, #Israel
#Nakba stories : Reminiscing, regrets, and return
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/nakba-stories-reminiscing-regrets-and-return
Palestinian protesters hold a large version of their national flag during a rally the day before the 66th anniversary of the “Nakba” on May 14, 2014 in #Gaza city. (Photo: Mohammed Abed-AFP) Palestinian protesters hold a large version of their national flag during a rally the day before the 66th anniversary of the “Nakba” on May 14, 2014 in Gaza city. (Photo: Mohammed Abed-AFP)
On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion declared the State of #Israel. By then, the Zionist forces - vastly superior to Palestinian and Arab military capabilities - had already expelled the Palestinian inhabitants of 220 villages and conquered about 13 percent of #Palestine. This event is known as the Nakba, meaning the “Catastrophe” in Arabic. (...)
#Articles #Catastrophe #ethnic_cleansing #Haifa #Jaffa #Lebanon #Palestine