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IOF arrests Palestinian child in Jenin, storms Kobar town

September 4, 2017 English 0

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday arrested a Palestinian child from Misilyah village to the south of Jenin, while clashes broke out in the neighboring town of Zababdeh. Local sources reported that the detained child is the 14-year-old Wael Abu Eneim, according to Wafa. Clashes were witnessed in Zababdeh town …

6 detained as anti-Netanyahu protests boil over

September 4, 2017 English 0

Israeli Police detained six people for questioning on Sunday morning, including a number of former senior public officials, suspected of corruption in the fraudulent purchase of naval vessels from Germany, known as “Case 3000.” The suspects were brought in as part of an ongoing investigation into the so-called “Case 3000,” …

Israeli soldiers restrict Palestinians’ free movement east of Salfit

September 4, 2017 English 0

The Israeli occupation forces at noontime Saturday set up a makeshift checkpoint east of Salfit province, blocking Palestinians’ access out of and into the area. According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli soldiers stopped Palestinian vehicles and subjected youths to intensive inspection at the newly-pitched roadblock. Dozens of Palestinian vehicles and civilians …

After 15 years, Palestinian siblings reunited in Mina

September 4, 2017 English 0

Palestinian siblings Samir and Bushra have been reunited in Mina after a 15-year separation due to insecurity in the occupied Palestinian territories, and Samir’s migration to Australia, Arab News reported. Bushra, a guest of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Hajj and Umrah Program, could not control her emotions …

Palestinian pilgrims: King Salman’s generosity eased our sufferings

September 4, 2017 English 0

Palestinian pilgrims -Mohammed and his wife Khalidiyah – said the generosity of King Salman has eased many of their sufferings. “We know the generous deeds of the king, not only with the Palestinians, but with all Arab and Islamic peoples,” they said. “I have been patient for so long, and …

US & Israel threaten to cut UN Funding over ‘Settlement Blacklist’

September 4, 2017 English 0

Both Israel and the United States have threatened to cut their funding to the United Nations Human Rights Council if the Council moves ahead with its promise to publish a list of companies that do business in Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land. The threats come in the midst of …

Jewish Voice for Peace calls for boycott of free ‘Birthright’ trips to Israel

September 4, 2017 English 0

US-based organization Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has launched a campaign targeting Birthright Israel, a non-profit organization that sponsors and sends Jewish young adults on a free ten-day trip to Israel that “aims to strengthen Jewish identity, Jewish communities, and connection with Israel and its people,” according to the Birthright …

Palestinian shot by Israeli forces succumbs to critical wounds

September 4, 2017 English 0

A 21-year injured Palestinian Sunday succumbed to critical wounds he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces at the entrance of Betlehem refugee camp in early August. Ra’ed al-Salhi, 21, was shot numerously by Israeli soldiers in the abdomn, kidney, and thigh areas and was left to bleed helplessly on …

Clashes erupt in Jenin area town, minor detained

September 4, 2017 English 0

Clashes Sunday broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian in the town of Zababdeh, near Jenin, said local sources. Forces used rubber baton rounds, tear gas canisters and stun grenades against Palestinians, however, no injuries were reported. Meanwhile, a 14-year-old Palestinian was detained in the nearby town of Musliyeh. (WAFA)

Israel to grant Illegal settlers in Hebron authority to manage their own municipal affairs

September 4, 2017 English 0

Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary General Saeb Erekat Sunday urged the international community, US, EU, Russia, and the UN to promptly intervene and take practical and concrete actions to abide Israel, the occupying power, to reverse its decision to give settlers residing in occupied Hebron formal authority to manage their own …

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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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