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Settlement Activity Tripled in First Half of 2017

August 13, 2017 English 0

Israeli occupation authorities have escalated the illegal plunder of Palestinian land to build illegal settlements in West Bank, defying international consensus. Illegal settlement activities in occupied Palestine have skyrocketed in recent months, almost tripling in 2017, compared to the number in the same period last year, according to a newly …

Israeli police shoot, arrest Palestinian in Jerusalem

August 13, 2017 English 0

The Israeli police on Sunday arrested a Palestinian man after shooting him in Occupied Jerusalem for allegedly attempting to carry out an attack. The police claimed in a press statement that they managed to arrest the 52-year-old Jerusalemite in Beit Safafa neighborhood to the south of Jerusalem in cooperation with …

Israeli army seizes 47 dunums of Palestinian land in al-Khalil

August 13, 2017 English 0

The Israeli occupation army on Sunday annexed around 47 dunums of Palestinian-owned land in ad-Dhahiriya town, south of al-Khalil province. Chief of the town’s municipal authority Rateb al-Hawareen said that a military order issued by the regional commander stated that 47 dunums and 261 square meters of land near ad-Dhahiriya …

Israeli settlers, intelligence officers break into Aqsa Mosque

August 13, 2017 English 0

Dozens of Israeli settlers escorted by policemen stormed on Sunday morning the plazas of holy al-Aqsa Mosque, in Occupied Jerusalem. Israeli special forces broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate and cordoned off its plazas shortly before 69 settlers showed up at the site and performed sacrilegious rituals. The …

Palestinian minor, youth kidnapped by Israeli soldiers

August 13, 2017 English 0

A Palestinian minor and a young man were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Sunday from the West Bank. According to local sources, 28-year-old Maamoun As’ad Qubha was kidnapped by the IOF at Umm al-Rayhan checkpoint, south of Jenin province. The Israeli army claimed the young man …

IOF kidnaps 10 Palestinians in W. Bank dawn raids

August 13, 2017 English 0

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Sunday kidnapped about 10 Palestinian citizens, including a prisoner’s mother, from their homes in different West Bank areas. The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces stormed Kobar village in Ramallah and arrested the mother and brother of the Palestinian young …

Israeli army blackmails Palestinians over travel permits

August 13, 2017 English 0

The Israeli occupation army stormed at daybreak Sunday al-Khalil city and handed over leaflets ruling that Palestinians can apply for travel permits only if they do not join anti-occupation protests. The distributed leaflets informed the Palestinians that they might submit applications for travel permits to foreign countries, Israel, and Occupied …

Thousands of protesters demand Netanyahu’s

August 13, 2017 English 0

Thousands of Israelis rallied on Saturday in different areas demanding the resignation of premier Benjamin Netanyahu over recent corruption charges leveled against him by the police, according to Hebrew newspapers. Over 3,000 people gathered at night outside the home of Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit in Petah Tikva city near …

Israeli Forces Escalate Collective Punishment Policy against Attackers’ Families;

August 10, 2017 English 0

3 Houses Demolished and 4th Closed in Deir Abu Mesh’al and Silwad in Ramallah and al-Bireh As part of the collective punishment policy applied by the Israeli forces against the Palestinian families of those accused of carrying out attacks against the Israeli forces and/or settlers, Today at dawn, 10 August …

Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences

August 10, 2017 English 0

The term “buffer zone” in land and at sea is used for land and sea areas, which were unilaterally and illegally declared by Israeli forces as areas with no access along the eastern and northern borders and in the sea of the Gaza Strip following the Israeli Disengagement Plan in …

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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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Settlement Activity Tripled in First Half of 2017

Israeli police shoot, arrest Palestinian in Jerusalem

Israeli army seizes 47 dunums of Palestinian land in al-Khalil

Israeli settlers, intelligence officers break into Aqsa Mosque

Palestinian minor, youth kidnapped by Israeli soldiers

IOF kidnaps 10 Palestinians in W. Bank dawn raids

Israeli army blackmails Palestinians over travel permits

Thousands of protesters demand Netanyahu’s

Israeli Forces Escalate Collective Punishment Policy against Attackers’ Families;

Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences