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Nine new coronavirus cases in West Bank raises total in Palestine to 686 – Health Minister

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Nine new cases of coronavirus were recorded today in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, which brings the total in Palestine to 686, according to Minister of Health Mai Alkaila. She said that the new cases included six children. Eight of the cases were a result of coming into …

President Abbas walks Ramallah streets, urging people to comply with corona health measures

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President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh walked Ramallah streets today to check on the situation of the public and to urge them to comply with the measures called for by the Ministry of Health to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease including wearing face masks and social distancing. …

Palestinian government warns violators of COVID-19 health measures will be penalized

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The Palestinian government warned today that as of tomorrow, Tuesday, people who violate COVID-19 health measures will be severely penalized. Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said at the start of the weekly Palestinian cabinet meeting that he has asked the governors, security forces and health ministry staff to start inspection visits …

Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, West Bank

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Israeli forces today detained 14 Palestinians from various parts of occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, said local sources. Sources confirmed that Israeli police rounded up five Palestinians after ransacking their houses in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur. Police also assaulted and detained two brothers who came to …

Foreign Ministry: Five more deaths from coronavirus among Palestinians in diaspora

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Five members of the Palestinian community, four in Saudi Arabia and one in the United States, have died of coronavirus today bringing the total number of deaths among diaspora Palestinians to 134, said the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. The Ministry said in a statement released today that …

Palestinian workers injured in Israeli army pursuit near separation barrier in north of West Bank

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Two Palestinian workers were injured today during a pursuit by Israeli soldiers near the separation barrier in the north of the West Bank, according to local sources. They told WAFA that Israeli soldiers chased a number of workers near the village of Anin, west of Jenin, as they apparently were …

US$15 Million Investment in Information Technology to Boost High-Skilled Jobs for Palestinian Youth

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The World Bank has approved a US$15 million grant to improve sustainable economic opportunities for many Palestinian youth through the information technology (IT) sector, according to a statement by the World Bank. The new Technology for Youth and Jobs (TechStart) Project aims to help the Palestinian IT sector upgrade the …

Israel demolishes Palestinian structures near Jerusalem

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Israeli police today demolished several Palestinian structures in the refugee camp of Shu’fat, northeast of the occupied city of Jerusalem, according to sources. Local witnesses confirmed that Israeli police raided Ras Shihada neighborhood in the camp and cordoned it off before a bulldozer demolished two apartments besides to four storage …

Erekat: What EU should tell Pompeo on Israel

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By ANDREW RETTMAN “What the US is doing in Palestine is a threat against every single principle of peaceful coexistence between nations” – that is what EU foreign ministers should tell US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in Monday’s (15 June) video-talks, according to Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian diplomat. …

Israeli forces shoot and kill 17-year-old boy on rooftop near Hebron

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Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy during a military raid early Wednesday morning in a refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Zaid Fadil Mohammad Qaisiya, 17, sustained a gunshot wound to the head around 6 a.m. while he stood with relatives on 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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Nine new coronavirus cases in West Bank raises total in Palestine to 686 – Health Minister

President Abbas walks Ramallah streets, urging people to comply with corona health measures

Palestinian government warns violators of COVID-19 health measures will be penalized

Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, West Bank

Foreign Ministry: Five more deaths from coronavirus among Palestinians in diaspora

Palestinian workers injured in Israeli army pursuit near separation barrier in north of West Bank

US$15 Million Investment in Information Technology to Boost High-Skilled Jobs for Palestinian Youth

Israel demolishes Palestinian structures near Jerusalem

Erekat: What EU should tell Pompeo on Israel

Israeli forces shoot and kill 17-year-old boy on rooftop near Hebron