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AMB Dr. Husam Zomlot responds to Israel’s demand to shut down The PLO office in D.C.

September 29, 2017 English 0

The Israeli prime minister, Netanyahu demanding the shutting down of the Palestinian representative mission to the United States is absurd. We are here by the will of the American people and successive American presidents. We are here by the will of the Palestinian people and the leadership to serve as …

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Falsely Claims Israel Is ‘Only Occupying Two Percent of the West Bank’

September 29, 2017 English 0

The term ‘two-state solution’ has lost its meaning, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said in an interview with Israeli media, and a new peace plan is in the works U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said in an interview with Walla! News that Israel is “only occupying 2 percent …

Netanyahu vows to never remove settlements. Why won’t the world believe him?

September 29, 2017 English 0

By: Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man For years, decades actually, the world has inexplicably given Benjamin Netanyahu the benefit of the doubt that, despite endless declarations to the contrary, he is interested and willing to end the occupation and enter into a peace accord that results in the creation of a Palestinian …

In response to three positive developments, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi affirmed: “We are encouraged by such strong support for justice in Palestine”

September 29, 2017 English 0

“Three recent positive developments are proof of the ongoing strong support for the Palestinian struggle for justice and freedom. We welcome efforts by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in particular its High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s implementation of Human Rights Council Resolution 31/36 on the …

As apartheid deepens Israel targets the UN settlements database

September 29, 2017 English 0

By: Ben White The Israeli government and its allies are mobilising to try and thwart a United Nations list of companies complicit in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). These efforts are taking place in parallel to significant initiatives by figures within and outside of the Israeli government …

Israeli forces wound 7 Palestinians near Jerusalem

September 29, 2017 English 0

The seven were wounded in the village of Biddu, which has been under Israeli military siege since Tuesday. Israeli occupation forces shot, wounded seven Palestinian citizens in the village of Biddu in the outskirts of Jerusalem. The village of Biddu is one of the areas which the Israeli occupation put …

American pressure over settlements ‘temporary,’ says Netanyahu

September 28, 2017 English 0

Netanyahu promised settlers to release settlement plans frozen during former US administration Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told leaders of Israeli Jewish settlers that US pressure on Israel over settlement is “temporary,” officials at Netanyahu’s office told Haaretz on Wednesday. The officials also said that Netanyahu had convinced US to …

Some 501 Palestinians sentenced to life in prison

September 28, 2017 English 0

Israeli law defines a life sentence as a 99-year term of imprisonment. The number of Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life in jail by Israel has reached 501, according to the Palestinian Information Centre. The last prisoner to be sentenced was Amjad Al-Najjar, who was also fined 35,000 shekels ($98,700), after …

Ashrawi: ‘Netanyahu more committed to settlement expansion than to peace’

September 28, 2017 English 0

Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, executive committee member of the Palestine liberation Organization (PLO), released a statement on Thursday condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for being “more committed to settlement expansion then to peace.” The statement came following a speech by Netanyahu at an event “50 Years of Settlement in Judea …

Clashes erupt as Israeli forces escort hundreds of settlers to pray at Joseph’s Tomb

September 28, 2017 English 0

Clashes erupted Wednesday night near Joseph’s Tomb in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces, who were escorting hundreds of Israeli settlers to the area to perform religious rituals. According to locals, Israeli forces fired bullets, tear-gas and stun grenades at the youth …

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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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AMB Dr. Husam Zomlot responds to Israel’s demand to shut down The PLO office in D.C.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Falsely Claims Israel Is ‘Only Occupying Two Percent of the West Bank’

Netanyahu vows to never remove settlements. Why won’t the world believe him?

In response to three positive developments, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi affirmed: “We are encouraged by such strong support for justice in Palestine”

As apartheid deepens Israel targets the UN settlements database

Israeli forces wound 7 Palestinians near Jerusalem

American pressure over settlements ‘temporary,’ says Netanyahu

Some 501 Palestinians sentenced to life in prison

Ashrawi: ‘Netanyahu more committed to settlement expansion than to peace’

Clashes erupt as Israeli forces escort hundreds of settlers to pray at Joseph’s Tomb