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New members joining Israeli radical terrorist Group in the West Bank

August 27, 2017 English 0

A source in the Israel Security Agency, Shin Bet, reported a new generation from the Revolt movement which is a radical Jewish group in the West Bank area and its members are concentrated in Bladim settlement outpost near Nablus. The “formal generation” of this organization was responsible for crimes against …

Palestinians banned from any kind of political expression since start of occupation, says Amnesty

August 27, 2017 English 0

For 50 years, ever since the start of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinians have been banned from any kind of political expression, even peaceful ones, Amnesty International (AI) said on Saturday. Marking 50 years since Israel issued Military Order 101, a law …

Seven Jordanian companies end contracts with G4S over BDS

August 27, 2017 English 0

Jordan BDS today announced that seven private and public companies in Jordan that have discontinued their service contracts with G4S, the security company. This announcement comes in response to a global boycott call against G4S’ parent company for its complicity in Israel’s regime of occupation and settler-colonialism. In particular, the …

Ashrawi denounces U.S. and Israeli efforts to block list of companies operating in illegal settlements

August 27, 2017 English 0

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi on Sunday denounced U.S. and Israeli campaign to silence the United Nations Human Rights Council as it “exposes the complicity of Israeli and international businesses in Israel’s military occupation and the colonization of Palestinian land is morally repugnant.” “This is a clear indication …

Netanyahu gives green light for MKs to enter Al-Aqsa

August 27, 2017 English 0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given the green light for members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to storm into Al-Aqsa Mosque this week, Anadolu has reported. Hamas has condemned the decision as “extremist” and said that it could “explode” an already tense situation. “The decision to allow Israeli …

Abbas arrives in Ankara for 3-day state visit

August 27, 2017 English 0

President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in the Turkish capital, Ankara on Sunday for a three-day state visit. Abbas, along with his accompanying delegation, are scheduled to meet with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and other high-ranking officials. Both sides are set to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations, consultation and …

PA to transform Presidential Guest Palace into national library, official says

August 27, 2017 English 0

Chairman of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development & Reconstruction (PECDAR), Mohammad Shtayyeh, said on Sunday that President Mahmoud Abbas decided to transform the Presidential Guest Palace in Ramallah into a national library. Shtayyeh said the palace, which has been under construction for five years by PECDAR, was first supposed …

Israeli forces arrest nine Palestinians in West Bank

August 27, 2017 English 0

Israeli forces last night arrested nine Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Israeli forces reportedly arrested four Palestinians in Jericho area, three others from Hebron and two from Bethlehem. (WAFA)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates // The Increasing Repressive Israeli Measures Will Not Weaken the Determination of Jerusalemites

August 27, 2017 English 0

Since the Jerusalemites demonstrated persistence and steadfastness in their defense of Al Aqsa Mosque, in the face of the occupation’s plans of changing the historical and legal status of the mosque, there is a flagrant escalation by the occupation authorities attempting to break the will of the Palestinians and intense …

TAYSEER KHALED : US STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUED OFFICIALLY THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION

August 27, 2017 English 0

Executive Committee member of the PLO and member of the Politbureau of the Democratic Front For Te Liberation Of Palestnie , Tayseer Khaled said that the US State Department has officially and unilaterally condoled the so-called two-state solution so as to avoid accusation of its bias with the Palestinians. This …

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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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New members joining Israeli radical terrorist Group in the West Bank

Palestinians banned from any kind of political expression since start of occupation, says Amnesty

Seven Jordanian companies end contracts with G4S over BDS

Ashrawi denounces U.S. and Israeli efforts to block list of companies operating in illegal settlements

Netanyahu gives green light for MKs to enter Al-Aqsa

Abbas arrives in Ankara for 3-day state visit

PA to transform Presidential Guest Palace into national library, official says

Israeli forces arrest nine Palestinians in West Bank

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates // The Increasing Repressive Israeli Measures Will Not Weaken the Determination of Jerusalemites

TAYSEER KHALED : US STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUED OFFICIALLY THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION