Settlements

Settlements Expansion in and around Eastern Jerusalem Continue

May 28, 2020 Settlements 0

By: Madeeha Al-A’raj The National Bureau for defending land and resisting settlements ( nbprs ) stated in its latest weekly report , that fifty three years on the occupation of East Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation authorities exert tireless efforts to grab the remaining lands and impose their control over vast …

New Settlement on Qalandia Airport Land to Isolate East Jerusalem Completely

February 24, 2020 Settlements 0

By: Madeeha Araj The National Bureau for defending land and resisting settlements stated in its latest weekly report , that although the Israeli -American “Deal of the Century” that is also backed by few Arab states, proposes the right to establish a ‘special Palestinian tourism zone’ in the Atarot area …

Bachelet , Defends Justice’s Values and Human Rights in Palestine

February 17, 2020 Settlements 0

By: Madeeha Araj, The National Bureau for defending land and resisting settlements stated in its latest weekly report , that at a time when the American Administration disclosed its ‘Deal of the Century’s’ plan at the White House, which is biased to the Israeli Occupation, and oppresses the Palestine cause …

Israeli Officials provide Settlers with motives to step up aggressiveness against Palestinians

December 25, 2019 Settlements 0

By: Madeeha Araj, The National Bureau for defending land and resisting settlements stated in its latest weekly report , that during his visit to the illegal Jewish settlement of Mitzpe Yeriho in Jordan Valley , with a number of ministers and Israeli settlement leaders in the West Bank, in the …

Israel’s State Budget for 2019 Deepens Occupation and Settlements

March 21, 2018 Settlements 0

By: Madeeha Araj, The Israeli Knesset approved recently the State budget for 2019 by a majority of 62 KMs in favor and 54 against. The budget is NIS 480 billion i.e. US$ 137 billion, which means an increase by 2.6% compared to the 2018’s budget. By revising the expenses, it …

Israel Continues Judaizing Jerusalem and Hebron, Provides Grants for Settlement Outposts

March 16, 2018 Settlements 0

By: Madeeha Araj, The Palestine Liberation Organization’s National Bureau for the Defense of Land and Resisting Settlements said in his latest report that the Israeli government is continuing its Judaization policy in Jerusalem and Hebron and continues to provide more grants for settlement outposts The weekly report issued by the …

National Beaureu documents Israeli assaults during last week

March 6, 2018 Settlements 0

The National Bureau on Saturday published a list of Israeli Occupation and settler assaults against Palestinians over the last week. The violations included home demolitions and demolition notices, settlement expansion, bulldozing land, land expropriation, attacking youths and displacing Palestinian citizens. Jerusalem: Forcing the Abu-Tayeh family to evacuate their commercial stores …

Nir Barkat Exploits The American Stance Through Accelerating the Judaization of Jerusalem

February 20, 2018 Settlements 0

By: Madeeha Araj, Within its long-term Judaization projects of the Jerusalem in general and the Old City of Jerusalem in particular, following the US administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli occupation State and move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the so-called Israeli …

Israel Occupation Gov’t Plans to Open New Bypass Roads that Consecrate Apartheid Regime

February 8, 2018 Settlements 0

By: Madeeha Araj, Israeli PM Netanyahu opened a new bypass settlers’ road east of north of the occupied West Bank, bypass road 55 east of Qalqilya, near the Nabi Elias village to link Benjamin’s settlement and “Kfar Saba” with the “Shamron” settlement and its surroundings in the northern West Bank, …

New settlements in the Jordan Valley, Judaization of the Occupied Jerusalem Continues

January 1, 2018 Settlements 0

By: Madeeha Araj, Representatives of the so-called Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Agriculture and the Israel Land Fund held a special session last week to discuss the establishment of a new settlement plan to double the number of settlers in the Valley and imposing occupation control over the area. The …

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Appeal from Palestine to the Peoples and States of the World

For many years, Israel has remained an occupying power, occupying the territory of another state and controlling its people. It is a colonial state enforcing settler colonialism, including confiscating land, transferring its population to the territory it is occupying, and enacting a separate living system therein. It is a State that commits grave violations of international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights law. It is a State that denies the Palestinian people their right to self-determination and national independence and denies the rights of Palestine refugees, including their right to return, ownership and compensation. It is a State that has ignored international will, rejected and violated all relevant United Nations resolutions and conventions.

Recently, the situation has worsened considerably. We have seen an increasing Israeli shift toward extremism, fundamentalism and even fascism. We have also seen a complete reversal of concluded agreements and attempts to take settler colonialism to another level. Israeli officials have publicly voiced positions that reject the Palestinian people’s existence and national rights and confirm the desire to seize all of the Palestinian territory.

As well, Trump’s recently issued so-called, “Vision for Peace, Prosperity and a Brighter Future for Israel and the Palestinian People” is in fact not a peace plan, but rather an adoption of the outrageous ideologies that advance greater Israel, deny Palestinian national existence, and
attempt to find possible solutions for the “Palestinian inhabitants” in a disconnected entity that they can call a state – if they meet many additional and impossible conditions. The plan paves the way for Israel to annex large swathes of the West Bank, including the areas of illegal settlements, the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea, and areas west of the Wall – which the International Court of Justice affirmed the illegality of and the need to dismantle and make reparations for the damage caused by its construction in 2004.

The Israeli Prime Minister has now and in many instances declared his intention to annex these areas, a position that was stated expressly in the partnership agreement of the current Israeli government – which makes it part of official government policy – along with the annexation of occupied East Jerusalem, which the international community has unanimously rejected and deemed to be null and void. Such Israeli policies and procedures constitute a grave violation of the principles and relevant provisions of international law – even annul international law and the conduct of States, upon which the international system as a whole is based – extinguish the possibility of a negotiated settlement between the two sides, and thus inevitably provoke a long confrontation with catastrophic results.

It is the duty of the international community, its States, people and civil society organizations to confront this, prevent it from happening and, if it does, to take punitive and deterrent measures. Reluctance to seriously confront all of this would be a shameful abrogation and would create repercussions in the region as well as the international system. Inaction would be a betrayal of values and principles, a retreat from a negotiated settlement and the establishment of peace in the region based on partition into two states.

As concerns the aforementioned, we, Palestinian leaders from all walks of life, including academics, former officials and civil society, appeal to the international community to take the necessary positions and measures to confront and stop this injustice, to preserve the goal of establishing peace and a secure and viable future for the people of the region, including the Palestinian and Israeli peoples, each in their independent state. We specifically ask that immediate action be taken to affirm:

1. By various means, the position against any annexation by Israel of the Occupied Palestinian Territory as a grave violation of the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, as well as in flagrant violation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions.

2. The need for all States of the world to abide by relevant UN Security Council resolutions, including resolution 2334 (2016), specifically to not recognize any changes to the 1967 borders. Additionally, that all States with relations or cooperation agreements with Israel commit to the principle of distinction between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to reject any attempt by Israel to disparage this principle.

3. The need for all States to take specific measures against settlements, settlers and settlement products, including preventing such products from entering their markets, in implementation of the legal contractual obligations of States (third parties) in accordance with the Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949.

4. The need for political entities and civil society organizations to confront the attempt by a few governments to criminalize the above measures, as such criminalization would constitute a violation of international law, or to criminalize support for boycotting Israel on the basis of political and moral considerations, as such criminalization would constitute a violation of values of democracy and fundamental rights of citizens in the concerned States.

5. The need for all States that have relations or cooperation agreements with Israel to take punitive measures in regard to these agreements, in the event Israel takes any step to implement annexation.

6. The need for the States that have not yet recognized, to extend recognition to the State of Palestine, on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, in compliance with the principle
of partition into two states, acknowledging the existence of two states, and upholding a politically negotiated two-state solution – a step that will guarantee the above.

7. Support the steps taken by the State of Palestine and other countries before the International Criminal Court, and national courts throughout the world that allow such legal challenges, against Israeli officials responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including annexation.

8. Support Palestinian, Arab and international efforts in the UN Security Council, General Assembly and other international institutions against any Israeli move toward annexation, in the event such step is taken. In addition, to condemn and declare this move illegal, null and void; to call on all States of the world to renounce and refuse recognition, and to deem Israel an outlaw state.

9. Reaffirm opposition to the so-called Trump Vision and reject all positions by right-wing extremists and settlers in Israel and extreme religious right in America – all of whom aim to achieve greater Israel, deny the national rights and even the national existence of the Palestinian people.

10. Support the Palestinian people, Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority in their continuing struggle to confront annexation in the face of Trump’s Vision and achieve their national goals, freedom and independence.

We, the undersigned, well aware of the great responsibilities placed upon us and the Palestinian people to strengthen our capacities, first and foremost the unity of the Palestinian people and its institutions in confronting the aforementioned, hereby address this appeal to all components of the international community to uphold their responsibilities and take the necessary positions and measures at this historic juncture.

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