6 aug 2019

Israeli forces, today, demolished four structures and a house under construction in Bir Oneh village, Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem.
Head of the Bethlehem Office of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Committee Hassan Breija said that Israeli forces stormed and cordoned off the village, before a bulldozer demolished four barns and the foundations of a house under construction purportedly for being without a license.
The owners of the barns and the house under construction were identified as Mohammad Zreineh and Daoud Ghneim, respectively.
Zreineh’s barns were demolished twice although he has a title deed which proves he is the owner of the plot of land on which the barns are built.
Using the pretext of illegal building, Israel demolishes houses on a regular basis to restrict Palestinian expansion in occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the municipality and government build tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in East Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish settlers in the occupied city.
Although Palestinians in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territory that has been subject to Israeli military occupation since 1967, they are denied their citizenship rights and are instead classified only as “residents” whose permits can be revoked if they move away from the city for more than a few years.
They are also discriminated against in all aspects of life including housing, employment and services, and are unable to access services in the West Bank due to the construction of Israel’s separation wall.
Israeli bulldozers also demolished a Palestinian house and a retaining wall, in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Israeli police cordoned off an area in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, as a bulldozer proceeded to demolish a house belonging to Eyad Khalil Kiswani.
Kiswani told WAFA correspondence that the demolition took place even though he had not received any prior notice.
He added that he, himself, along with wife and three children, aged 13 to 16, were forced out of their 140-square-meter house by police at gun point before the demolition was carried out.
Meanwhile, Wadi Hilweh Information Center further reported that Israeli police raided the Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Eesawiyya, paving the way for a bulldozer to demolish a retaining wall and an outdoor ground.
The Silwan-based watchdog posted a video showing police blocking the entrance to a Palestinian house, whose owner is not identified, as the demolition was carried out.
Both structures were demolished again under the pretext that they were built without a permit.
At the same time, the municipality and government build tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in East Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish settlers in the occupied city.
Although Palestinians in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territory that has been subject to Israeli military occupation since 1967, they are denied their citizenship rights and are instead classified only as “residents” whose permits can be revoked if they move away from the city for more than a few years.
They are also discriminated against in all aspects of life including housing, employment and services, and are unable to access services in the West Bank due to the construction of Israel’s separation wall.
In related news, Israeli forces, this morning, seized a number of vehicles in Ras al-Ahmar, in the northern Jordan Valley.
Aref Daraghma, a local human rights activist, said that an Israeli military force raided Ras al-Ahmar community, where they seized a tractor and a private vehicle belonging to the local Palestinian farmers in addition to an Israeli truck.
The truck, which belongs to a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was unloading a shipment of fodder to a local family.
Almost a week ago, Israeli forces bulldozed several Palestinian tents and shacks in the community.
The Jordan Valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank.
Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the settlements in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.
The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June 1967, and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.
Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.
In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis, but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.
Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad restrictions on access to resources and services.
Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.
Israeli politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.
Head of the Bethlehem Office of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Committee Hassan Breija said that Israeli forces stormed and cordoned off the village, before a bulldozer demolished four barns and the foundations of a house under construction purportedly for being without a license.
The owners of the barns and the house under construction were identified as Mohammad Zreineh and Daoud Ghneim, respectively.
Zreineh’s barns were demolished twice although he has a title deed which proves he is the owner of the plot of land on which the barns are built.
Using the pretext of illegal building, Israel demolishes houses on a regular basis to restrict Palestinian expansion in occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the municipality and government build tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in East Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish settlers in the occupied city.
Although Palestinians in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territory that has been subject to Israeli military occupation since 1967, they are denied their citizenship rights and are instead classified only as “residents” whose permits can be revoked if they move away from the city for more than a few years.
They are also discriminated against in all aspects of life including housing, employment and services, and are unable to access services in the West Bank due to the construction of Israel’s separation wall.
Israeli bulldozers also demolished a Palestinian house and a retaining wall, in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Israeli police cordoned off an area in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, as a bulldozer proceeded to demolish a house belonging to Eyad Khalil Kiswani.
Kiswani told WAFA correspondence that the demolition took place even though he had not received any prior notice.
He added that he, himself, along with wife and three children, aged 13 to 16, were forced out of their 140-square-meter house by police at gun point before the demolition was carried out.
Meanwhile, Wadi Hilweh Information Center further reported that Israeli police raided the Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Eesawiyya, paving the way for a bulldozer to demolish a retaining wall and an outdoor ground.
The Silwan-based watchdog posted a video showing police blocking the entrance to a Palestinian house, whose owner is not identified, as the demolition was carried out.
Both structures were demolished again under the pretext that they were built without a permit.
At the same time, the municipality and government build tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in East Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish settlers in the occupied city.
Although Palestinians in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian Territory that has been subject to Israeli military occupation since 1967, they are denied their citizenship rights and are instead classified only as “residents” whose permits can be revoked if they move away from the city for more than a few years.
They are also discriminated against in all aspects of life including housing, employment and services, and are unable to access services in the West Bank due to the construction of Israel’s separation wall.
In related news, Israeli forces, this morning, seized a number of vehicles in Ras al-Ahmar, in the northern Jordan Valley.
Aref Daraghma, a local human rights activist, said that an Israeli military force raided Ras al-Ahmar community, where they seized a tractor and a private vehicle belonging to the local Palestinian farmers in addition to an Israeli truck.
The truck, which belongs to a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was unloading a shipment of fodder to a local family.
Almost a week ago, Israeli forces bulldozed several Palestinian tents and shacks in the community.
The Jordan Valley, which is a fertile strip of land running west along the Jordan River, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians and makes up approximately 30% of the West Bank.
Since 1967, when the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, Israel has transferred at least 11,000 of its Jewish citizens to the Jordan Valley. Some of the settlements in which they live were built almost entirely on private Palestinian land.
The Israel military has also designated about 46 percent of the Jordan Valley as a closed military zone since the beginning of the occupation in June 1967, and has been utilizing the pretext of military drills to forcefully displace Palestinian families living there as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing and stifling Palestinian development in the area.
Approximately 6,200 Palestinians live in 38 communities in places earmarked for military use and have had to obtain permission from the Israeli authorities to enter and live in their communities.
In violation of international law, the Israeli military not only temporarily displaces the communities on a regular basis, but also confiscates their farmlands, demolishes their homes and infrastructure from time to time.
Besides undergoing temporary displacement, the Palestinian families living there face a myriad restrictions on access to resources and services.
Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources for the benefit of settlers.
Israeli politicians have made it clear on several occasions that the highly strategic Jordan Valley would remain under their control in any eventuality.
3 aug 2019
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To the dismay of Palestine’s delegation to the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres did not include Israel in his new "list of shame", which includes states committing grave violations against children, despite the figures and statistics in the report about serious violation of rights of children in Palestine, said Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s permanent representative to the UN.
The UN Security Council held yesterday in New York an open debate on the annual UN report on situation of children in times of conflict, which Guterres released on Wednesday. According to the report, the number of Palestinian children killed or injured reached its highest level in 2018 since 2014. It said 59 were killed in 2018, 56 of them by the Israelis army, nearly a four-fold increase over 2017. In the West Bank, Israeli forces injured 1,398 children in 2018, while in Gaza they injured 1,335 children. The Injuries included permanent disabilities and limb amputations. It also said 203 children are held in Israeli prisons, most of them in administrative detention, without charge or trial. By the end of December 2018, 87 children were sentenced to serve time in Israeli prisons for resisting the occupation, said the report, and these children are subjected to harsh conditions of detention and ill-treatment. "The UN secretary-general should include Israel in the 'list of shame’ and add it to the countries that commit horrendous acts, especially against children," said Mansour before the start of the session. He said that by not including Israel on the list undercuts efforts to put an |
end to the criminal violations against children around the world and questions the credibility of the list while making it open for criticism and endangers the lives of Palestinian children due to the lack of any kind of accountability to Israel.
Gutierrez instructed his personal representative, Virginia Gamba, to visit the region and occupied Palestine to further investigate what came in the report regarding the injuries and maiming of Palestinian children.
The Palestinian delegation called on Guterres to take into account that the Israeli violations in Palestine were caused by the military occupation, which should be mentioned in the section on Palestine in the report, and to make sure that Israeli practices amount to collective punishment, particularly the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip since 2006.
They also said that since 2000, Israel, the occupying Power, had arrested 10,000 Palestinian children.
"We call on the international community to save an entire generation. The difficult circumstances, humiliation, panic and trauma caused by the detention of the Palestinian child are impeding society and aim at weakening it," said the delegation.
It attributed Israel's persistence in its inhuman practices to its enjoyment of international impunity, which protects it from sanctions and accountability.
Human Rights Watch has also criticized the UN secretary-general for not including Israel in the list.
“The UN secretary-general simply refuses to hold to account all warring parties that have inflicted tremendous suffering on children,” said Jo Becker, children’s rights advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “By listing selected violators but not others, Secretary-General Guterres is ignoring the UN’s own evidence and undermining efforts to protect children in conflict.”
Guterres failed to list the Israeli army in the new report as responsible for grave violations against children, including killing and maiming, despite considerable evidence of violations by these parties, said HRW in a press release issued last week.
“Previous reports have also found the Israel Defense Forces responsible for killing and maiming Palestinian children, but the secretary-general has yet to include the Israeli forces in his list of abusers,” it said.
Gutierrez instructed his personal representative, Virginia Gamba, to visit the region and occupied Palestine to further investigate what came in the report regarding the injuries and maiming of Palestinian children.
The Palestinian delegation called on Guterres to take into account that the Israeli violations in Palestine were caused by the military occupation, which should be mentioned in the section on Palestine in the report, and to make sure that Israeli practices amount to collective punishment, particularly the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip since 2006.
They also said that since 2000, Israel, the occupying Power, had arrested 10,000 Palestinian children.
"We call on the international community to save an entire generation. The difficult circumstances, humiliation, panic and trauma caused by the detention of the Palestinian child are impeding society and aim at weakening it," said the delegation.
It attributed Israel's persistence in its inhuman practices to its enjoyment of international impunity, which protects it from sanctions and accountability.
Human Rights Watch has also criticized the UN secretary-general for not including Israel in the list.
“The UN secretary-general simply refuses to hold to account all warring parties that have inflicted tremendous suffering on children,” said Jo Becker, children’s rights advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “By listing selected violators but not others, Secretary-General Guterres is ignoring the UN’s own evidence and undermining efforts to protect children in conflict.”
Guterres failed to list the Israeli army in the new report as responsible for grave violations against children, including killing and maiming, despite considerable evidence of violations by these parties, said HRW in a press release issued last week.
“Previous reports have also found the Israel Defense Forces responsible for killing and maiming Palestinian children, but the secretary-general has yet to include the Israeli forces in his list of abusers,” it said.
2 aug 2019

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies (PCBS), released a report on August 1, 2019 confirming that the Israeli occupation authorities have continued to arbitrarily detain Palestinians during the past month of July.
The PCBS has documented 420 cases of arrest of Palestinians during July, including 62 minors, 10 women, a deputy, and the martyr of the prisoners movement.
Riyad al-Ashqar, researcher for PCBS stated that the report documented 14 cases of arrest of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, 4 of whom were fishermen during the course of their work in the Gaza Strip, and the arrest of 10 young men and women while crossing the separation fence in the east of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation forces arrested member of the Legislative Council, Azzam Noman Salhab, (63), from Hebron was placed under administrative detention, without charges.
The Arrest of Minors
Al-Ashqar affirmed that the occupation, targeted minor children with arrest and summons, 62 cases of the arrest of chlldren, including the siblings Mohammed Mazen Furcal (7) and Mahmoud Ezzedine Furcal (11), Amir Obeid (11), of Jerusalem, whom Israeli authorities interrogated.
In a serious precedent that exceeds all moral and legal standards, the occupation summoned the child Mohammed Rabea ‘Alyan (4) to interrogate him, as well as summoning Qais Firas Obaid (6) for interrogation, suspected of ‘throwing stones at police cars’.
The Arrest of Women
Al-Aqshar revealed that the Israeli occupation forces have persisted in the arrest of Palestinian women, during the July arrests, in addition to breaking into a house belonging to Shadi Sidr from Hebron, and the investigation of his daughter Angel (6), under the pretext that she had been ‘harassing the settlers’.
Fathia Sa’id Barghouthi (63), and the mother of Murad Barghouthi, was detained for at least six hours during her return to Palestine from Jordan, was interrogated during the entire period of her detention.
Alaa’ al-Bashir (23), from Qalqiliya, was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces after she was summoned for interrogation, and detained for several weeks by the Palestinian security services. Another young woman, Sheroq Mohammed Al-Badin (25), from Bethlehem, was placed under a six month administrative detention order, with no charges.
Nagham Mohammad ‘Oleyyan (16) from the town of Issawiya, in the center of Jerusalem, was arrested and released two days later, on the condition that she pay a fine of 1,000 Israeli shekels, and five days of house arrest.
In addition to the arrest of the female teen, Rouen Atef Abu Sneineh (18), at a military checkpoint near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, on charges of possession of a knife, Israeli forces arrested Bara Mahmoud, from Jerusalem, Madlyn Issa, and Hayat Al-Zaghal, from Silwan, with her husband and son.
The Death of a Prisoner in Solitary Confinement
The number of Palestinian martyrs of the Prisoner Population this July, rose to 220, after the death of the Palestinian prisoner Nassar Majid Taqatqa (31), from Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem, as a result of torture and medical neglect that he suffered in Israeli interrogation centers and detention. The Israeli occupation forces arrested Taqatqa after invading his home on June 19, 2019. Occupation forces ransacked and damaged the home, and took him for interrogation. He was subjected to harsh and violent torture, and placed in severe conditions, which led to pneumonia infection, and was denied the necessary medical treatment. He was left alone, to fight the infection, in solitary confinement, until he succumbed to the infection, for which the Israeli occupation bears full responsibility.
21 Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Researcher Al-Ashqar confirmed that 21 Palestinian prisoners were on open ended hunger strikes, in opposition to their administrative sentences, in the month of July, 14 of whom suspended their strike after receiving promises to limit the administrative detention. 7 prisoners were still on strike for various periods, the longest being Muhammad Nidal Abu Bakr (22), Mustafa al-Hassanat (25), from Bethlehem, and Hotheifa Bader Halabiyya (33), in occupied Jerusalem, entering their second month in a row, their health situations deteriorating significantly.
Administrative Detention
Al-Ashqar asserted that the Israeli occupation authorities have maintained in July, the unethical practice of administrative detention against the Palestinian prisoners, where the courts issued 51 new administrative detention orders, including 14 new orders, mostly of prisoners that were released from prison, and then re-arrested and placed under administrative detention. 37 orders were for the renewal of the administrative detention, ranging from two months to six months.
Among those issued administrative decisions were Palestinian Minister of Parliament, Muhammad Ismail al-Tal (54), from Hebron, whose administrative detention was extended for a third time for more three months. From Gaza’s ruling party, Hamas leader, Sheikh Nazih Sa’id Abu-Aun (57), from Jenin, had his administrative detention renewed for a third time, and the sentence of Mohammed Anwar Mona (36), from Nablus, was extended for another 4 months.
Palestine Prisoners’ Center for Studies
August 1, 2019
The PCBS has documented 420 cases of arrest of Palestinians during July, including 62 minors, 10 women, a deputy, and the martyr of the prisoners movement.
Riyad al-Ashqar, researcher for PCBS stated that the report documented 14 cases of arrest of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, 4 of whom were fishermen during the course of their work in the Gaza Strip, and the arrest of 10 young men and women while crossing the separation fence in the east of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation forces arrested member of the Legislative Council, Azzam Noman Salhab, (63), from Hebron was placed under administrative detention, without charges.
The Arrest of Minors
Al-Ashqar affirmed that the occupation, targeted minor children with arrest and summons, 62 cases of the arrest of chlldren, including the siblings Mohammed Mazen Furcal (7) and Mahmoud Ezzedine Furcal (11), Amir Obeid (11), of Jerusalem, whom Israeli authorities interrogated.
In a serious precedent that exceeds all moral and legal standards, the occupation summoned the child Mohammed Rabea ‘Alyan (4) to interrogate him, as well as summoning Qais Firas Obaid (6) for interrogation, suspected of ‘throwing stones at police cars’.
The Arrest of Women
Al-Aqshar revealed that the Israeli occupation forces have persisted in the arrest of Palestinian women, during the July arrests, in addition to breaking into a house belonging to Shadi Sidr from Hebron, and the investigation of his daughter Angel (6), under the pretext that she had been ‘harassing the settlers’.
Fathia Sa’id Barghouthi (63), and the mother of Murad Barghouthi, was detained for at least six hours during her return to Palestine from Jordan, was interrogated during the entire period of her detention.
Alaa’ al-Bashir (23), from Qalqiliya, was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces after she was summoned for interrogation, and detained for several weeks by the Palestinian security services. Another young woman, Sheroq Mohammed Al-Badin (25), from Bethlehem, was placed under a six month administrative detention order, with no charges.
Nagham Mohammad ‘Oleyyan (16) from the town of Issawiya, in the center of Jerusalem, was arrested and released two days later, on the condition that she pay a fine of 1,000 Israeli shekels, and five days of house arrest.
In addition to the arrest of the female teen, Rouen Atef Abu Sneineh (18), at a military checkpoint near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, on charges of possession of a knife, Israeli forces arrested Bara Mahmoud, from Jerusalem, Madlyn Issa, and Hayat Al-Zaghal, from Silwan, with her husband and son.
The Death of a Prisoner in Solitary Confinement
The number of Palestinian martyrs of the Prisoner Population this July, rose to 220, after the death of the Palestinian prisoner Nassar Majid Taqatqa (31), from Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem, as a result of torture and medical neglect that he suffered in Israeli interrogation centers and detention. The Israeli occupation forces arrested Taqatqa after invading his home on June 19, 2019. Occupation forces ransacked and damaged the home, and took him for interrogation. He was subjected to harsh and violent torture, and placed in severe conditions, which led to pneumonia infection, and was denied the necessary medical treatment. He was left alone, to fight the infection, in solitary confinement, until he succumbed to the infection, for which the Israeli occupation bears full responsibility.
21 Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Researcher Al-Ashqar confirmed that 21 Palestinian prisoners were on open ended hunger strikes, in opposition to their administrative sentences, in the month of July, 14 of whom suspended their strike after receiving promises to limit the administrative detention. 7 prisoners were still on strike for various periods, the longest being Muhammad Nidal Abu Bakr (22), Mustafa al-Hassanat (25), from Bethlehem, and Hotheifa Bader Halabiyya (33), in occupied Jerusalem, entering their second month in a row, their health situations deteriorating significantly.
Administrative Detention
Al-Ashqar asserted that the Israeli occupation authorities have maintained in July, the unethical practice of administrative detention against the Palestinian prisoners, where the courts issued 51 new administrative detention orders, including 14 new orders, mostly of prisoners that were released from prison, and then re-arrested and placed under administrative detention. 37 orders were for the renewal of the administrative detention, ranging from two months to six months.
Among those issued administrative decisions were Palestinian Minister of Parliament, Muhammad Ismail al-Tal (54), from Hebron, whose administrative detention was extended for a third time for more three months. From Gaza’s ruling party, Hamas leader, Sheikh Nazih Sa’id Abu-Aun (57), from Jenin, had his administrative detention renewed for a third time, and the sentence of Mohammed Anwar Mona (36), from Nablus, was extended for another 4 months.
Palestine Prisoners’ Center for Studies
August 1, 2019

The Israeli authorities must urgently investigate death threats targeting three civil society organizations, including Amnesty International’s Israeli section in Tel Aviv, the organization’s International Secretariat said today.
Anonymous death threats were sprayed last night outside the offices of Amnesty International Israel and ASSAF, an organization working to assist refugees and asylum-seekers in Israel.
At the same time, a box containing death threats and a dead mouse was left at the entrance to the Elifelet Children’s Activity Center for refugees.
“These are deplorable and malicious acts targeting civil society organizations carrying out human rights work. The Israeli authorities should take a strong stand by publicly condemning these acts and making clear that attacks against NGOs will not be tolerated,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
These are deplorable and malicious acts targeting civil society organizations carrying out human rights work.
The Israeli authorities must also take steps to ensure that human rights defenders and civil society organizations more generally are effectively protected and can carry out their work free from threats, intimidation or harassment.
All attacks against human rights defenders must be promptly investigated and those responsible brought to justice.”
In recent years, the climate for human rights defenders in both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories has rapidly deteriorated. Israeli authorities have taken steps to unduly restrict the rights to freedom of expression and association inside Israel, with officials intimidating human rights defenders critical of the government and introducing legislation to silence dissent.
Anonymous death threats were sprayed last night outside the offices of Amnesty International Israel and ASSAF, an organization working to assist refugees and asylum-seekers in Israel.
At the same time, a box containing death threats and a dead mouse was left at the entrance to the Elifelet Children’s Activity Center for refugees.
“These are deplorable and malicious acts targeting civil society organizations carrying out human rights work. The Israeli authorities should take a strong stand by publicly condemning these acts and making clear that attacks against NGOs will not be tolerated,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
These are deplorable and malicious acts targeting civil society organizations carrying out human rights work.
The Israeli authorities must also take steps to ensure that human rights defenders and civil society organizations more generally are effectively protected and can carry out their work free from threats, intimidation or harassment.
All attacks against human rights defenders must be promptly investigated and those responsible brought to justice.”
In recent years, the climate for human rights defenders in both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories has rapidly deteriorated. Israeli authorities have taken steps to unduly restrict the rights to freedom of expression and association inside Israel, with officials intimidating human rights defenders critical of the government and introducing legislation to silence dissent.
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