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March 25 . 2010

World

ROUNDUP

Human Rights Update
Washington/JTA — The U.S. State
Department's annual human rights
report cited Palestinian incitement
and Israel's denial of some basic
Palestinian needs as ongoing problems
in the region.
Much of this year's lengthy report
dealing with "Israel and the occupied
territories" was devoted to last year's
Gaza war and its aftermath.
The March 11 report quoted
Israeli human rights groups in some
instances and in others accused
Israel outright of deprivations, with-
out attribution. It was especially
blunt in dealing with Israel's block-
ade of the Gaza Strip.
"Since 2007, Israel has enforced
a strict blockade of Gaza, seriously
impeding persons and goods from
entering or leaving:' it said.
"Following hostilities in Gaza
in January, Israel severely tight-
ened restrictions at crossings into
the Gaza Strip. International and
Israeli human rights organizations
described this action as 'collective
punishment' of the residents of
Gaza, as it restricts access to basic
goods and restricts civilians desir-
ing to go abroad temporarily or
change their place of residence per-
manently."
The report noted the relative suc-
cess of Israel's invasion in stopping
llamas rocket attacks from Gaza.
"There were 125 rockets and 70
mortar shells fired into Israel from
Gaza since the end of Operation Cast
Lead on Jan. 21 and 850 rockets and
mortar shells during the hostilities,
compared with 1,750 rockets and
1,528 mortar shells in 2008," it said.
It also noted the Goldstone report
into the war, commissioned by the
U.N. Human Rights Council, as well
as criticisms of the inquiry as fun-
damentally flawed against Israel.
The Goldstone commission
claimed Israeli soldiers "were
responsible for deliberate targeting
of civilians, for the destruction of
critical infrastructure in Gaza and
for using weapons such as white
phosphorous in highly populated
areas, all of which it deemed to be
violations of international humani-
tarian law:' the State Department
reported.
"The Goldstone report was widely
criticized for methodological fail-
ings, legal and factual errors, false-
hoods and for devoting insufficient
attention to the asymmetrical nature
of the conflict and the fact that

llamas and other Palestinian mili-
tants were deliberately operating in
heavily populated urban areas of
Gaza."
The State Department report also
dealt with abuses committed by
Palestinian authorities, including
anti-Israel incitement.
"Rhetoric by Palestinian terror-
ist groups included expressions of
anti-Semitism, as did sermons by
some Muslim religious leaders:' it
said. "Some Palestinian religious
leaders rejected the right of Israel to
exist. llamas' al-Aqsa television sta-
tion carried shows for preschoolers
extolling hatred of Jews and suicide
bombings."
Palestinian textbooks, the report
said, "showed imbalance, bias, and
inaccuracy."

Kosher In Moscow .. .
Moscow/JTA — A kosher restaurant
featuring Bukharian Jewish food
opened in the heart of Moscow.
Seven-Forty is owned by Ben
Binyaminov, the president of the
Congress of Bukharian Jews of
Russia and the CIS, according to
the Web site of the Federation of
Jewish Communities of the CIS. The
teahouse hired eight chefs from
Tashkent.
Among those attending the
recent opening were LevLeviev,
president of the World Congress
of Bukharian Jews as well as the
Federation of Jewish Communities
of the CIS; a chief rabbi of Russia,
Berel Lazar; and Alexander Boroda,
president of the Federation of Jewish
Communities of Russia.
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries
supervised the changeover to a
kosher restaurant.

. . . And In Prague
Prague/JTA — A kosher grocery has
opened in Prague.
King Solomon's Bakery and Deli,
located in the city's Jewish Quarter,
is the first all-kosher grocery in the
Czech capital since World War II,
according to a report from Radio
Prague. The store is currently selling
Passover food.
One of the owners, Michal
Gunsberger, opened a kosher res-
taurant in Prague in the early 1990s.
He told Radio Prague that a kosher
grocery store was the logical next
step. The store is planning to open
its own bakery and will also offer
kishka, pastrami and other Jewish
specialties.

