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President Abbas mourns death of former Egyptian president

February 26, 2020 English 0

President Mahmoud Abbas mourned with profound sadness and sorrow the death of former Egyptian president Muhammad Hosni Mubarak, who died today at the age of 91. President Abbas praised the positions of the late Egyptian president in support of the Palestinian issue and people in their quest for freedom and …

Abu Rudeineh condemns Netanyahu’s announcement to build new settlement in E1 area

February 26, 2020 English 0

Presidential spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, condemned today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement to build 3,500 housing units in a new settlement in E1 area, east of occupied Jerusalem, saying that it comes in the context of the Israeli policy that would push matters into an abyss. He said this …

UK condemns Israel’s settlement plans in southern Jerusalem

February 26, 2020 English 0

The UK condemned Israel’s announcement to move forward with the construction of 1,077 housing units in the illegal Israeli settlement of Givat Hamatos, in occupied southern Jerusalem. This follows the announcement on 20 February to advance 2,200 units in the existing illegal settlement of Har Homa. “Settlement construction in these …

Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli plans to build a settlement in E1 area

February 26, 2020 English 0

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned today an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to build 3500 housing units in a new settlement in E1 area, east of occupied Jerusalem. “The ministry believes that the Netanyahu announcement about settlement projects is an implementation of the terms of …

EU official says dragging body of Palestinian goes counter to all principles of human dignity

February 26, 2020 English 0

European Union Representative in Jerusalem Sven Kuehn von Burgsdorff said today that a bulldozer dragging the body of a dead Palestinian in Gaza goes counter to all principles of human dignity. An Israeli army bulldozer was filmed on Sunday dragging the body of a Palestinian shot dead by Israeli soldiers …

FM urges European countries to stand by inalienable rights of Palestinian people

February 26, 2020 English 0

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Riyad al-Malki, today urged European counties to stand by the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and against the American so-called deal of the century. Malki met with several European foreign ministers on the sidelines of the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, which opened …

Israeli forces quell Palestinian protest in Jordan Valley, injuries reported

February 26, 2020 English 0

Several Palestinians were injured while others sustained suffocation as Israeli forces violently quelled a peaceful protest near an Israeli army checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley, according to WAFA correspondent and the Red Crescent. WAFA correspondent said that the peaceful demonstration, which was called for by the anti–wall, anti-settlement committee …

Today marks 26 years for the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre

February 26, 2020 English 0

Twenty-six years ago, on February 25, 1994, a Jewish settler named Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli army physician, opened indiscriminate fire from his army-issued automatic rifle at hundreds of Muslims as they were performing the dawn prayer on a Ramadan day at the Ibrahimi Mosque in southern West Bank city of …

PA official among 28 Palestinians Israel detains in West Bank

February 26, 2020 English 0

Israeli forces today detained 28 Palestinians, including a Palestinian Authority official, and ransacked civilian houses in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner Society (PPS). It said in a press release that Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in Ramallah, including Assistant Deputy Interior Minister Kamal Ayyash …

WHO says zero cases of coronavirus in occupied territories, but risk is high

February 26, 2020 English 0

The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that while there are zero cases of coronavirus in the occupied Palestinian territories, the risk, nevertheless, remains high. In an update on the disease in the region, WHO said that while 87 cases of coronavirus were reported in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: 61 …

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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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President Abbas mourns death of former Egyptian president

Abu Rudeineh condemns Netanyahu’s announcement to build new settlement in E1 area

UK condemns Israel’s settlement plans in southern Jerusalem

Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli plans to build a settlement in E1 area

EU official says dragging body of Palestinian goes counter to all principles of human dignity

FM urges European countries to stand by inalienable rights of Palestinian people

Israeli forces quell Palestinian protest in Jordan Valley, injuries reported

Today marks 26 years for the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre

PA official among 28 Palestinians Israel detains in West Bank

WHO says zero cases of coronavirus in occupied territories, but risk is high