הפגנה נגד הגדר בג'יוס שישי 20.2Mass arrests & repression in Jayyous-Demonstration to be held on Friday 20/02
Yafit Gamila
כבכול יום שישי תתקיים גם מחר ההפגנה הקבועה נגד הגדר בכפר ג'יוס.
אתמול, יום רביעי, 18.2, הצבא הטיל עוצר על הכפר וחיילים עברו
מבית לבית עצרו עשרות תושבים, בעיקר צעירים שרוכזו בבית הספר.
כל ראש משפחה צולם בפתח ביתו על ידי החיילים.
העצורים הובלו למקום הריכוז כשעיניהם מכוסות במטליות.
בשעה 19.00 רוב העצורים שוחררו, כ- 20 מהם נלקחו מהכפר
למעצר צבאי ועד לרגע זה טרם שוחררו.
אתמול בשעה 19.00 העוצר הוסר והתושבים הורשו לצאת מבתיהם.
היום החיים בכפר חזרו לקדמותם והחקלאים אף הורשו לעבור בשערי
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Media Release:
Mass arrests & repression in Jayyous
Demonstration to be held on Friday
Date:
February 18th & 20th
Time:
1:00 PM
Description:
Mass Arrests & Repression in Jayyous
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In the early hours of the morning on Wednesday, Occupation forces raided the village of Jayyous and arrested at least 45 people. Both entrances to the village have since been blocked off with mounds of dirt and stones, and an indefinite curfew has been imposed. Soldiers have also occupied 10 homes throughout Jayyous, and have erected Israeli flags on each of these houses.
Just after midnight, 25 Jeeps and 75 soldiers on foot entered the village and began conducting house-to-house raids, forcing their way into homes at gunpoint and arresting dozens of youth, including the son of the mayor of Jayyous. The soldiers beat whoever tried to prevent them from breaking into the houses, including at least one elderly woman.
After conducting the raids, the Occupation forces brought a bulldozer into the village to seal off the two entrances to the village with mounds of dirt and stone. They then began shouting in loudspeakers throughout the village that Jayyous had been placed under curfew, and they proceeded to occupy 10 houses, enabling them to control the village from strategic rooftops.
For several weeks now, Jayyous has been the site of intense repression at the hands of Occupation forces, who have not hesitated to enter the village and indiscriminately fire live bullets and tear gas. However, this operation conducted by the soldiers is the most large-scale crackdown to date. On Sunday evening, soldiers entered the village and destroyed a newly-painted mural on the Jayyous municipality building, for no other reason than to harrass and anger the people. The aim of the Occupation forces is to threaten and intimidate the entire village, in order to stop the strong weekly demonstrations that have been held in Jayyous for the past several months.
Despite this repression, however, the people of Jayyous refuse to end their resistance. On Friday, Jayyous will hold its demonstration as usual, and activists from surrounding areas will come to the village as well to join in the protest, making it even larger and stronger than in past weeks.
The people of Jayyous urge you to come to the village today to see the occupied homes, the ongoing intense repression, and the massive military presence. The media is also urged to come to the village on Friday to cover the demonstration, as well as the repression and clashes that are sure to take place.
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