Democratic Palestine : 27 (ص 19)
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Military Operations
SEPTEMBER
In September, there were 51 military
operations, covering all parts of oc-
cupied Palestine. There were nine anti-
occupation attacks in Jerusalem, twen-
ty in the West Bank, eight in the Gaza
Strip and fourteen in the part of
Palestine occupied in 1948. The Zionist
enemy claimed that their losses in
Jerusalem were only one injured, with
31 vehicles and a.bus station destroyed.
The enemy admitted to three injured
and two burned vehicles in the West
Bank, and one injured and three
vehicles destroyed in the Gaza Strip. In
the 1948 occupied area, the Zionists
admitted three killed, nine injured and
fires in four factories, causing $8
million in damages, in addition to the
partial destruction of the Israeli in-
telligence building in Naharia, and six
vehicles burned.
Of the 51 operations, there were
twenty using molotov cocktails, eleven
explosions, four using hand grenades,
five burnings of Israeli vehicles and in-
stitutions, and five stabbings. In addi-
tion, there were two attempts to li-
quidate collaborators, causing the in-
jury of one of them. In two cases,
Israeli soldiers were kidnapped, and
one of them was killed. In another in-
cident, a Palestinian tried to strip a
Zionist soldier of his weapon, but the
Israeli patrol opened fire and killed
him. Another Palestinian rammed his
car into the car of the military governor
of the occupied West Bank, injuring
him.
Compared to past months, the
number of military operations in
September was the highest. There were
43 anti-occupation attacks in January,
37 in February, 16 in March, 33 in
April, 44 in May, 38 in June, 38 in July
and 39 in August. Molotov cocktails
continued to be the weapon most fre-
quently employed by the Palestinians
confronting occupation. The Israeli
authorities have pointed out that there
has emerged «a new form of opera-
tions, executed by children between the
ages of eight and ten years old, who
have great ability to prepare and utilize
molotov cocktails precisely and
courageously» (quoted in Al Watan,
September 2nd).
The number of military operations in
the part of Palestine occupied in 1948
continues to rise. The most prominent
operation there in September was in
Naharia. Palestinian freedom fighters
penetrated numerous barriers to plant
explosives in the Israeli intelligence
center. The resulting explosion injured
four Israeli agents, burned six vehicles
and detroyed part of the building.
OCTOBER
The great, overall uprising of the
masses in October makes it difficult to
single out specific military operations.
In addition, the occupation authorities
frequently imposed a news blackout on
the escalating events. Yet despite the
Israeli army’s state of alert and inten-
sive security measures for confronting
the uprising and armed struggle, the
Palestinian masses expressed their
anti-occupation feelings with whatever
means were available.
The number of military operations
carried out in October totalled thirty.
According to the Zionists’ acknowled-
gements, four Israeli soldiers and sett-
lers were killed, and nine were injured,
in addition to the destruction of several
vehicles, buildings and bus stations.
Palestinian freedom fighters were in
action in all parts of the occupied land
of Palestine - in the West Bank, Gaza
Strip and the 1948 occupied territories.
The most prominent operation was
on October 6th in the center of Gaza
city. A Palestinian commando group
clashed with Israeli forces in what the
Associated Press called a «bloody
shoot-out.» Four Palestinian fighters
were martyred and an Israeli secret
service (Shin Bet) officer was killed.
Two of the Palestinian martyrs were
among the six Palestinians who escaped >
Computerized Iron Fist
Israeli military rule over the Palesti-
nians living in the occupied West Bank
has taken a new, hightech turn with the
installation of secret computer. Ac-
cording to the annual report of the
West Bank Data Base Project, an in-
dependent Israeli research institute, the
Israeli military began operating this
computer in August, to gather infor-
mation and control the activities of
Palestinians in the West Bank. In addi-
tion to business and personal data,
West Bankers’ political attitudes are
‘being recorded. The computer is pro-
grammed by the Defense Ministry to
ensure secrecy.
Meron Benvenisti, author of the
report, describes the computer as «the
ultimate instrument of population con-
trol, a computerized carrot and stick
operation... By pressing a key...any
civil administration official will gain
access to lists of ‘positives’ and
*hostiles’ and decide on the fate of their
applications, from car licensing to
water quotas, import permits and travel
documents.»
Israeli military sources say the data
collection program is designed to help
Palestinians and improve services pro-
vided to them! In reality, the computer
stands as new evidence that the plan for
«improving the quality of life» for
residents of the 1967 occupied ter-'
ritories, is just a facade to cover the|
imposition of more sophisticated forms
of control. Like the ‘civil’ administra-
tion which preceded it and the ongoing
Israeli-Jordanian collaboration for
joint administration of the territories,
the plan aims to ensure Israeli control
of Palestinian land, water resources
and manpower. To this end, the oc-
cupation authorities are not easing
repression as Peres has glibly promised.
Rather, as the computer shows, the
Zionists’ iron fist is becoming tighter
and more pervasive. On the other hand,
the installation of the computer reveals |
that after decades of occupation, the
Zionist authorities are still ill at ease,
for they have yet to squash the Palesti-
nian people’s resistance which is grow-
ing day by day. |
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