Israel, as a settler-colonial construction, is premised on the
elimination of the natives. The violence of Indigenous erasure is
animated throughout these structures of the state. This data provides
a small subset of the violence enacted to maintain and perpetuate
zionism.
Gaza's infrastructure
Critical in carrying out a genocide, Israel methodically dismantled Gaza's infrastructure. This map is one data point that shows the vast destruction of Gaza's road system.
As of 10.22.2024, the Zionist movement has killed 728 Palestinians across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including 159 children. Israeli military raids and paramilitary operations have injured 6,471, including 1,052 of those being children. The total number of paramilitary raids as of the most recent report is 1,486, demonstrating that these paramilitary units operate as an extension of the state.
As of 10.22.2024, the Israeli regime, supported by the United States, has committed 3,716 massacres in Gaza. This has resulted in 42,718 Palestinian deaths, including 17,029 children and 11,585 women. Critical emergency services have also been targeted, with 85 civil defense workers and 986 medical personnel killed. Additionally, 177 journalists have been assassinated to suppress independent reporting.
Damage Report
Critical in carrying out a genocide, Israel methodically dismantled Gaza's infrastructure. This map is one data point that shows the vast destruction of Gaza's road system.
This data is critical for developing advocacy programs that demonstrate how zionism, as a settler-colonial ideology, is enacted through the destruction of Palestinian lives and land.
Information alone doesn't liberate. These data points have to be integrated into a political program that articulates a vision of decolonization and justice.
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Children held captive in Israeli military confinement
Data Overview
This data visualization is built on the public data from DCI Palestine. Where null values are present, we estimate and fill in missing data points on the chart, by identifying known values and calculating the gaps between them. In return, it ensures the chart remains easy to read and interpret, even when some data is missing.
Where values have been interpolated they are designated with the color ●.
Administrative detention refers to a unique system in which Palestinian prisoners—children and adults—are held in the Israeli prison system without charge or trial. They are held in administrative detention through the use of secret evidence which is not disclosed to the detainee or their legal representative, and therefore have no means to challenge the process. Administrative detainees can be detained for periods up to six months at a time which can be reissued by military court judges. There is no limit to the number of times the orders for administrative detention can be renewed, meaning that child prisoners face indefinite imprisonment. In effect, they have no right to due process under this system, or any real agency to challenge the orders against them and a potentially indefinite detention.
Date range: 01.2008 - 09.2024
Estimated current amount: 85
Last reported amount: 85 | 09.2024
Detention
Date range: 01.2008 - 09.2024
Estimated current amount: 242
Last reported amount: 242 | 09.2024
12 to 15 years-olds in detention
Date range: 01.2008 - 09.2024
Estimated current amount: 1
Last reported amount: 0 | 09.2024
Mapping colonial violence
Event data
Click on the red dot to zoom and view the data.
This map, by its nature, is not exhaustive. The phenomenon of underreporting is a significant issue, particularly with regard to Israeli settler-colonial aggression, much of which remains undocumented and unreported. It is imperative to interpret this map as representing a fraction of the incidents of violence associated with the Israeli state. The Good Shepherd Collective has utilized data compiled by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) to depict various incidents across historical Palestine and beyond. The narrative descriptions provided herein are attributed to ACLED.
This data set ranges from 01.06.2016
to 10.15.2024. The map
displays reported attacks on healthcare facilities and workers by the
Israeli state and the larger settler movement. The data is sourced
from various reports and is not be exhaustive. Each point represents
an incident, and clicking on it will provide more details about the
event.
In light of the occupation's behavior and its disregard for international laws and resolutions, and in light of American and Western support and international silence, we have decided to put an end to all of this so that the enemy understands that the time has come to be held accountable. We announce the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, and by the grace and power of God, we announce that the first strike of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, which targeted the enemy's sites, airports, and military fortifications during the first twenty minutes, has surpassed five thousand rockets and shells.
The city night is dark apart from the glow of missiles, silent apart from the sound of bombing, terrifying apart from the reassurance of prayer, black except for the light of the martyrs. Good night, Gaza.
The measure of a person's humanity is determined by their attachment to the cause of their homeland, nation, and people, not by their narcissism and self-interest. The pinnacle and peak of national belonging is when a person offers the most precious thing they have to what they consider more important than themselves: which is the homeland, the cause, and the belonging to them.
I am an Arab volunteer. I came to defend freedom in Madrid - to defend Damascus in Guadalajara, Jerusalem in Cordoba, Baghdad in Toledo, Cairo in Zaragoza, and Tétouan in Burgos.
They sold the homeland to their enemies out of gluttony,
But they also sold their homelands too
They might have been excused if hunger tempted them,
By God, they have never thirsted nor hungered in their life
Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause.
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Who runs the Good Shepherd Collective?
We are a loose collection activists that work in consensus. We're located both in Palestine and abroad.
Why was the Good Shepherd Collective founded?
The Good Shepherd Collective was founded as a response to the inherent limitations of national and international NGOs. Community organizers wanted to create a structure that challenged the neoliberal though and that centers advocacy on decolonization and antizionist organizing.
How is the Good Shepherd Collective funded?
We are funded almost exclusively by individual donors. Accepting large donations from neo-liberal institutions often compromises the mission of grassroots movements, aligning them with corporate agenda the interests of the political parties which aim to main systems of explotation. Relying on individual donations fosters genuine community engagement, preserves autonomy, and ensures that advocacy efforts remain aligned with principles of decolonization, antizionism, and liberation.
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