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Presidential spokesman condemns latest Israeli settlement activity

August 3, 2017 English 0

RAMALLAH – Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned on Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inauguration of a project to build 1,000 housing units in the illegal settlement of Bitar Ellit, near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Abu Rudeineh also condemned Israel’s announcement of its intention to evict a …

Palestinian-Danish boxers touch gloves to promote sport

August 3, 2017 English 0

RAMALLAH – A group of boxing coaches and young boxers from Vollsmose Boxing in Denmark is on its way to Palestine where they will conduct training session with counterparts at El-Barrio, a boxing club in Ramallah, to promote Palestinian-Danish boxing ties. According to a press release, a group of two …

Israeli forces shut down entrance to Bethlehem village

August 3, 2017 English 0

BETHLEHEM – Israeli forces Thursday shut down the main entrance to the village of Wadi Fukin, to the west of Bethlehem in the West Bank, due to the Israeli prime minister’s visit to a nearby illegal settlement. Head of Wadi Fukin village council, Ahmad Sukkar, told WAFA that Israeli army …

EU contributes €20M to July payment of salaries and pensions

August 3, 2017 English 0

JERUSALEM – The European Union Thursday contributed €20 million to the payment of July salaries and pensions of 57,500 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners. This is the third yearly contribution in the framework of its Direct Financial Support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). “For the year 2017, the EU has …

Israel to demolish homes of 23 Palestinian families northeast of Jerusalem

August 3, 2017 English 0

JERUSALEM – Israel Thursday notified 23 Palestinian families of its intention to demolish their homes located in the Bedouin neighborhood of al-Fheidat to the east of Anata, northeast of occupied Jerusalem. The families were given 72 hours to appeal the demolition orders. The Israeli authorities justified the demolition orders by …

Israel bans Palestinian from al-Aqsa for one month, home for one week

August 3, 2017 English 0

JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities Thursday banned a Palestinian from the Old City of Jerusalem from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for the period of one month and from reaching his home for one week, according to local sources. They said Israeli authorities released Rami Fakhori, a resident of Bab Hutta in the …

Settlers set up caravans on evacuated settlement near Jenin

August 3, 2017 English 0

JENIN – Israeli settlers backed by a military escort Thursday installed caravans and tents at the site of Sanour near Jenin in the north of the West Bank, which was a former Israeli settlement that was evacuated in 2005, according to local sources. Israeli settlers and forces broke into the …

National Council speaker says no date set yet for meeting

August 3, 2017 English 0

RAMALLAH – The Speaker of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) Salim Zanoun said Thursday that no date has yet been set for a PNC meeting. Zanoun denied in an interview with Voice of Palestine radio that a session for the PNC, the parliament of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has …

Norwegian NGO halts more home demolitions near Bethlehem

August 3, 2017 English 0

BETHLEHEM – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) succeeded Thursday in obtaining an Israeli court ruling halting a decision to demolish nine homes in the village of al-Walajeh, near Bethlehem in southern West Bank, according to a local source. NRC succeeded the day before in getting a court order freezing demolition …

US Senator withdraws sponsorship of an Israel anti-boycott bill

August 3, 2017 English 0

WASHINGTON, DC – New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) has formally withdrawn her sponsorship of the Israel Anti-Boycott Act following pressure from constituents who repeatedly questioned her support for the bill at recent town halls in New York City, according to a press release. Residents were concerned about threats 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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Presidential spokesman condemns latest Israeli settlement activity

Palestinian-Danish boxers touch gloves to promote sport

Israeli forces shut down entrance to Bethlehem village

EU contributes €20M to July payment of salaries and pensions

Israel to demolish homes of 23 Palestinian families northeast of Jerusalem

Israel bans Palestinian from al-Aqsa for one month, home for one week

Settlers set up caravans on evacuated settlement near Jenin

National Council speaker says no date set yet for meeting

Norwegian NGO halts more home demolitions near Bethlehem

US Senator withdraws sponsorship of an Israel anti-boycott bill