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Germany gravely concerned about Israel’s settlement plan in E1 area

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Germany yesterday expressed grave concern about the recent announcement by the Israeli government that it will push ahead with plans to build a settlement in the strategically important E1 area, east of occupied Jerusalem. A German foreign ministry spokesperson said in a statement that settlement construction in E1 further separates …

US Middle East plan has apartheid characteristics, say 50 former European officials

February 27, 2020 English 0

In a letter published today in the British newspaper, the Guardian, 50 former European foreign ministers, presidents, party leaders, NATO officials and others have expressed grave concern about US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Peace to Prosperity” plan for the Middle East, saying it envisages an outcome with characteristics similar to …

Israeli forces demolish house near Bethlehem

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Israeli forces today demolished a Palestinian-owned house in the village of al-Walaja, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to local sources. Ibrahim Awad, a local activist, told WAFA that Israeli forces raided the village and proceeded to demolish the 80-square-meter house, which belongs to Abdul Qader …

Democratic Debate: Candidates weigh in on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

February 26, 2020 English 0

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US Senator Bernie Sanders to Boycott AIPAC Conference

February 26, 2020 English 0

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced, on Monday, that he will not attend a forthcoming conference organized by a pro-Israel lobby group that serves as a platform to “express bigotry,” Anadolu Agency reports. “The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the Palestinian people,” Sanders, …

STATEMENT BY DR. SAEB ERAKAT S.G. P.L.O .FEBRUARY ,25 TH 2020: THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMED ITS SUPPORT FOR A TWO-STATE SOLUTION

February 26, 2020 English 0

We have welcomed their positions by calling upon them to call for an international peace conference ,yet we have reiterated our calls for concrete measures to be taken in order to save the prospects of a just and lasting peace, based on international law . Today the Israeli PM made …

The Delegation of the European Parliament for relations with Palestine starts today its official mission to Palestine

February 26, 2020 English 0

Led by Mr. Manuel Pineda (GUE/NGL, Spain), the Chair of the Delegation for relations with Palestine, a delegation of the European Parliament (EP) is starting today its official mission to Palestine. It will visit East Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron, as well as the Shu’afat refugee camp. The EP mission …

European Union helps people affected by the extreme weather conditions in Gaza and the West Bank

February 26, 2020 English 0

In response to the heavy rain, floods, winds and low temperature in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in January 2020, the European Union is providing €70,000 in humanitarian funding to assist the people most affected by the cold wave. This EU funding supports the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) …

Erekat: Netanyahu’s settlement announcement a message to international community that Israel could not care less about statements

February 26, 2020 English 0

Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation (PLO), slammed Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s settlement announcement as a message sent by Netanyahu to the international community that Israel could not care less about statements. Regarding the statement that was passed unanimously on Monday by the UN …

Ashrawi: Israel’s new settlement plans leave no room for doubt about Israel’s agenda for permanent occupation

February 26, 2020 English 0

Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) slammed Israel’s new settlement plans as premeditated and clear steps that deal a final and decisive blow to the practicability of the two-state formula and leave no room for doubt about Israel’s agenda for permanent occupation. Since …

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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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Germany gravely concerned about Israel’s settlement plan in E1 area

US Middle East plan has apartheid characteristics, say 50 former European officials

Israeli forces demolish house near Bethlehem

Democratic Debate: Candidates weigh in on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

US Senator Bernie Sanders to Boycott AIPAC Conference

STATEMENT BY DR. SAEB ERAKAT S.G. P.L.O .FEBRUARY ,25 TH 2020: THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMED ITS SUPPORT FOR A TWO-STATE SOLUTION

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