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This is Why Israeli Court Summoned Palestinian Child Survivor Ahmed Dawabsheh

July 19, 2020 English 0

By: Palestine Chronicle Staff An Israeli court explained Thursday the reason behind the summoning of Palestinian child Ahmed Dawabsheh, the sole survivor of an arson attack carried out by Israeli Jewish extremist, Amiram Ben-Uliel, in 2015. The summoning of Dawabsheh, 10, was perceived to be a ‘strange procedure’, as Ben …

‘Secret List’ of Likely Suspects: Israel Readies Itself for ICC Investigation

July 19, 2020 English 0

By: Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and other top Israeli officials were some of the names that are said to be on a ‘secret list’ of Israelis who might be arrested abroad shall the International Criminal Court open an investigation into Israeli …

‘Capturing Occupation’: Palestine Chronicle Talks to Hebron’s ‘Human Rights Defenders’ (WATCH)

July 19, 2020 English, Video 0

By Palestine Chronicle Staff In the latest episode of Palestine Chronicle TV, a social media talk show produced by Palestine Chronicle editors, Ramzy Baroud chats with members of Hebron’s ‘Human Rights Defenders’. As illegal Jewish settlers increase their attacks on Palestinian civilians in the occupied city of Al Khalil (Hebron), …

GOOGLE: Put Palestine On Your Maps!

July 19, 2020 English 0

Palestine does not appear on Google maps. Why not? Israel, established on Palestinian land, is clearly designated. But there is no mention of Palestine. According to Google, Palestine does not exist. The omission of Palestine is a grievous insult to the people of Palestine and undermines the efforts of the …

H0LDNINGEN TIL PALÆSTINA ÆNDRER SIG – PROTESTER MOD ISRAELS POLITIK FRA DET MESTE AF VERDEN, NU OGSÅ FRA LATINAMERIKA!

July 17, 2020 Danish 0

Oversat og redigeret af Marianne Risbjerg Thomsen Redaktøren af ”Palestine Update”, Ranjan Solomon, er mere optimistisk end længe. Han skriver som indledning til det seneste nyhedsbrev (9. juli): Den offentlige mening er støt og roligt ved at ændre sig til fordel for palæstinenserne. Det er tydeligt, at det internationale samfund …

Et brev fra palæstinensiske fanger i israelske besættelsesfængsler

July 16, 2020 Danish 0

oversat af Ole Jessen Kære hr. / frue Vi, de palæstinensiske fanger i israelske besættelsesfængsler, appellerer til den frie verden om at hjælpe os med at redde livet for vores medfange Kamal Abu Waar, der har haft halskræft i de sidste par år. Hans sygdom er i sin sidste fase, …

Den israelske besættelsesmagt i Palæstina fortsætter med at tilbageholde fangen Abu Waar, mens han lider af kræft og covid-19

July 16, 2020 Danish 0

oversat af Ole Jessen Den Palæstinensiske Fangeforening (Palestinian Prisoners’ Society – PPS) har oplyst, at fangen Kamal Abu Waar, der lider af kræft og corona-virus, stadig holdes på det israelske ‘Asaf Harofeh’ hospital. De kender ikke de nøjagtige detaljer om hans helbredstilstand, bortset fra hvad fængselsadministrationen har fortalt hans medfanger, …

Stort tillykke med brylluppet, statsminister Mette Frederiksen og Bo Tengberg

July 16, 2020 Danish 0

Stort tillykke med brylluppet, statsminister Mette Frederiksen og Bo Tengberg

Nedrivning og ondskab

July 16, 2020 Danish 0

Fathi El-Abed IKKE alene blev den 24 år gamle palæstinenser Ghassans hus i den besatte palæstinensiske hovedstad Quds/Østjerusalem jævnet med jorden. Men han skulle også betale en HØJ ”bøde”, da de israelske sikkerhedsmyndigheder dukkede uanmeldt op og jævnede huset med jorden. Det skete LIGE akkurat da Ghassan blev færdig med …

En ”retsstat” har Apartheidstaten har aldrig været

July 16, 2020 Danish 0

Fathi El-Abed Målet var at øge gennemsigtigheden, men optagelser leveres sjældent til domstole eller medier, medmindre det passer de israelske sikkerhedsstyrker – nøjagtigt som tilfældet med de systematiske mord på de civile palæstinensere over ALT i det besatte Palæstina (Gaza, Vestbredden og den besatte palæstinensiske hovedstad Al-Quds/Østjerusalem) For at få …

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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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