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Visualizing Occupation: Children under Israel’s legal regime

+972 Resources — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:06:37 +0000

The different legal systems under which Israelis and Palestinians are tried apply to children as well. As +972 has consistently documented, Palestinian children arrested by the army are treated by the military court system as “potential terrorists.” The visual below demonstrates what would happen should two 12-year-old boys, one Israeli and one Palestinian, get arrested for fighting. One would swiftly be brought before a judge, given access to a lawyer, tried and spared jail time. The other could face two years in jail without trial. This illustration is the eighth in a series of infographics on Palestinian civilian life under occupation.

By Michal Vexler, with the cooperation of Caabu – The Council for Arab-British Understanding

This graphic has been updated in accordance with amendments on detention practices recently instituted by the Israeli army.

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Michal Vexler is a designer and an activist. This work – part of a series of infographics on the effects of the occupation on Palestinian civilians – is presented here with her permission. See the series, Visualizing Occupation, in full here.

Related:
Report by British jurists details horrors of Israeli child detention
Testimonies by Israeli soldiers detail abuse of Palestinian children
Hope ends here: The children’s court at Ofer Military Prison
When a Palestinian child becomes an enemy

Visualizing Occupation: Divide and Conquer

+972 Resources — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:02:39 +0000

Despite sharing a national identity, the Palestinian people are parceled into differential categories along geographical, socioeconomic, humanitarian, political and civilian lines determined by Israel: Palestinians holding Israeli citizenship, residents of East Jerusalem, those living in the West Bank, those in the Gaza Strip, and the refugees. In this seventh illustration in a series of infographics on Palestinian civilian life under occupation, see the divisions that dictate Palestinian existence.

By Michal Vexler

Sources:
Palestinians living within 1948 borders of Israel
Demography of the West Bank
UNRWA statistics on refugees
B’Tselem: Fishing restrictions in Gaza Strip

Michal Vexler is a designer and an activist. This work – a part of a series of infographics regarding the effect of the occupation on the Palestinian civilian population – is presented here with her permission.

Previous posts in this series:
Visualizing Occupation: Distribution of water
Visualizing Occupation: Who profits, and who pays?
Visualizing Occupation: Freedom of movement
Visualizing Occupation: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – the numbers
Visualizing Occupation: Ethnic cleansing
Visualizing Occupation: The right (or privilege) to protest?

Visualizing Occupation: Distribution of Water

+972 Resources — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:52:17 +0000

Israel controls the access to water from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Its disproportionate allocation of water, the settlements’ takeover of natural springs, and the prohibition against maintaining and constructing water cisterns in the West Bank without Israeli permits make water a sparse commodity for Palestinians. This illustration is the sixth in a series of infographics on Palestinian civilian life under occupation.

By Michael Vexler

Sources:
B’Tselem: The Shared Water Sources and the Control Over Them
Amnesty International: Troubled Waters: Palestinians Denies Fair Access to Water
United Nations OCHA: The Humanitarian Impact of the Takeover of Palestinian Water Springs by Israeli Settlers

Previous posts in this series:
Visualizing Occupation: Who profits, and who pays?
Visualizing Occupation: Freedom of movement
Visualizing Occupation: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – the numbers
Visualizing Occupation: Ethnic cleansing
Visualizing Occupation: The right (or privilege) to protest?

Visualizing Occupation: Who profits, and who pays?

+972 Resources — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:05:01 +0000

American tax dollars go a long way in sustaining West Bank settlements, the Israeli army and corporations profiting from the occupation. This illustration is the fifth in a series of infographics on the effect of the occupation on the Palestinian civilian population.

By Michal Vexler

Sources:
Who Profits
Why is the U.S. delaying $3 billion in military aid to Israel? (Hebrew – Globes)
U.S. approves $205 million in aid for Iron Dome (Hebrew – nrg)
A Conservative Estimate of Total Direct U.S. Aid to Israel: Almost $114 Billion (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs)
Exported Israeli settlement products (Innovative Minds)

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Previous posts in this series:
Visualizing Occupation: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – the numbers
Visualizing Occupation: Ethnic cleansing
Visualizing Occupation: The right (or privilege) to protest?
Visualizing Occupation: Freedom of movement

Visualizing Occupation: Freedom of movement

+972 Resources — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:08:50 +0000

Whereas West Bank settlers can travel freely between Israel and the West Bank, Palestinian movement is governed by the Israeli security establishment. This illustration is the fourth in a series of infographics on the effect of the occupation on the Palestinian civilian population.

By Michal Vexler

Source:
Machsom Watch: Invisible prisoners

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Visualizing Occupation: The right (or privilege) to protest?

+972 Resources — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:42:12 +0000

Israel and its defenders often boast that it is the “only democracy in the Middle East,” where people can openly express opposition to government policies. However, when comparing a protest in Tel Aviv for “social justice” with one in the West Bank for Palestinian rights, it becomes clear that the freedom to demonstrate and the means used to disperse them depend on where you are and who you are. This illustration is the third in a series of infographics on the effect of the occupation on the Palestinian civilian population.

By Michal Vexler

Sources:
Protest in Nabi Saleh, West Bank
Protest in front of Tel Aviv train station

Michal Vexler is a designer and activist.

Previous posts in this series:
Visualizing Occupation: Ethnic cleansing
Visualizing Occupation: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – the numbers

Visualizing Occupation: Ethnic cleansing

+972 Resources — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:09:44 +0000

The Oslo Accords divided the West Bank in a manner ostensibly meant to ensure some Palestinian control. However, Israel’s settlement growth, military control and land confiscation render true Palestinian autonomy impossible. This illustration is the second in a series of infographics on the effect of the occupation on the Palestinian civilian population.

By Michal Vexler

Sources:

OCHA: The Planning Regime Applied by Israeli in Area C of the West Bank
ICAHD: Obstacles to Peace
Peace Now: Settlements in the West Bank – facts and numbers (Hebrew)
Wikipedia – Bantustan

Michal Vexler is a designer and an activist.

Previous posts in this series:
Visualizing Occupation: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – the numbers

Visualizing Occupation: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – the numbers

+972 Resources — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:01:19 +0000

Israel arrests more than nine Palestinians per day on average. Currently, 320 Palestinians are held in prison by Israel without trial. Today, April 17, 2012, marks Palestinian Prisoners’ Day.

By Michal Vexler

Sources:

Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian peace
B’Tselem
Haaretz
http://nolegalfrontiers.org