COMPLETE’s Boycott Israel event on Bernama TV held on the 15th August 2009 at DBKL

COMPLETE’s Boycott Israel event held on the 15th August 2009 at DBKL

COMPLETE members meeting with Dr Mahathir and activist Hawaida Arraf from the Free Gaza Movement and showing them the Boycott Israel T-shirts we have

Cynthia McKinney, who is an ex US Congresswomen, states her support for COMPLETE due to our efforts supporting the Palestinian cause and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against apartheid Israel

By MATTI FRIEDMAN (AP)
22nd October 2009

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday against military regulations prohibiting Palestinian motorists from using a West Bank road, but stopped short of banning a widespread security measure that has drawn charges of discrimination.

The Israeli human rights group behind the appeal said it hoped the court would go further and declare the practice illegal. Many central routes in the West Bank are off-limits to Palestinian drivers because of military restrictions imposed after shooting attacks against Israelis.

Once common, such attacks are rare today.

Thursday’s decision gives the Israeli government three months to find a “more proportionate” method of protecting Israeli drivers on the road, located in the southern West Bank. The decision recognized the government’s right to impose such restrictions to protect Israelis, but said that in this case they caused undue hardship to Palestinians who live in the area.

The decision came as the result of an appeal from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel on behalf of the residents of 22 Palestinian villages affected by the restrictions. In a statement, the group said it was pleased with the ruling but regretted that the court “did not address the legality of such an immoral and extreme practice.”

The group said it hoped the court would rule against similar restrictions on other West Bank roads.

Also Thursday, Israeli warplanes attacked what the military called an arms manufacturing facility and two smuggling tunnels in the Gaza Strip. The military said the pre-dawn strikes came in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into Israel.

There were no reports of casualties.

On Wednesday night, Palestinians in Gaza fired a rocket into southern Israel, causing no injuries or damage.

An Israeli military statement said Palestinians have fired more than 250 rockets and mortar shells into Israel since the end of Israel’s Gaza offensive early this year.

Filmmakers: George Azar and Mariam Shahin
Munzer al-Dayyeh is a 40-year-old mechanic living in Gaza. In a land of ruin and disrepair, Munzer is kept busy fixing generators and repairing motorbikes.

In June 2007, Israel placed Gaza under siege and imposed an unprecedented blockade on nearly all movement and supplies in and out of the Gaza Strip.

Munzer is a traditional man from a conservative society where inter-marriage is common.

In Munzer’s case, inter-breeding has brought hereditary problems – most of his children are either visually impaired or physically handicapped.

Munzer can not find any way to get his children out of Gaza to get medical treatment.

Petrol is increasingly expensive, motorbikes not cars are becoming popular. Electricity is sporadic and infrequent, generators are becoming popular. Munzer fixes both.

But while the effects of war and ongoing siege may be good for his business, it has frustrated his attempts to secure medical treatment for his disabled children.

His eldest daughter is blind and clings to the hope of travelling to London for specialist treatment. His eldest son is suffering from muscular disorder.

Besieged in Gaza, neither has the hope of medical treatment abroad.

This film offers an insight into an everyday man struggling to make a living and to find a solution for his family in the unique difficulties of the Gaza Strip.

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/general/2009/10/2009101583548416422.html