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L’occupation arrête deux mineurs à Bethléem

August 13, 2017 French 0

les soldats israéliens ont arrêté deux adolescents de la localité de Tuqu à l’est de Bethléem. Selon une source palestinienne de sécurité à ‘WAFA’, l’armée israélienne a arrêté les deux palestiniens pares la perquisition et la fouille des maisons de leurs parents. WAFA

Des colons israéliens envahissent la mosquée Al-Aqsa

August 13, 2017 French 0

Plus de 60 colons israéliens et le service de renseignement israélien ont envahi la mosquée Al-Aqsa. Les colons israéliens protégés par les forces spéciales israéliennes, ont envahi la mosquée Al-Aqsa, par la porte des Maghrébins et ont effectué des tours provocants dans les esplanades d’Al-Aqsa, d’après notre correspondant. WAFA

Jérusalem : Incursion et arrestation

August 13, 2017 French 0

les forces israéliennes de l’occupation ont envahi la localité d’Al-Isawiya à Jérusalem occupée, ont arrêté un jeune palestinien et l’ont conduit à une destination inconnue. WAFA

Deux arrestations à Ramallah

August 13, 2017 French 0

les forces israéliennes de l’occupation ont arrêté la mère et le frère du prisonnier ‘ Omar Al-Abed’ du village de Kobar, au nord –ouest de Ramallah, après la perquisition de la maison de la famille. Des sources locales ont rapporté que les soldats israéliens ont arrêté la mère pour la …

Israeli Forces Escalate Collective Punishment Policy against Attackers’ Families;

August 10, 2017 English 0

3 Houses Demolished and 4th Closed in Deir Abu Mesh’al and Silwad in Ramallah and al-Bireh As part of the collective punishment policy applied by the Israeli forces against the Palestinian families of those accused of carrying out attacks against the Israeli forces and/or settlers, Today at dawn, 10 August …

Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences

August 10, 2017 English 0

The term “buffer zone” in land and at sea is used for land and sea areas, which were unilaterally and illegally declared by Israeli forces as areas with no access along the eastern and northern borders and in the sea of the Gaza Strip following the Israeli Disengagement Plan in …

Clashes break out after IOF blow up, demolish homes in Ramallah

August 10, 2017 English 0

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Thursday morning blew up three homes, sealed shut a fourth in two West Bank villages, for families whom Israel says were involved in anti-Israeli attacks this year. IOF broke into Deir Abu Meshal village northwest of Ramallah and demolished the family homes of Baraa Saleh …

Palestinians confront IOF attempt to demolish walls built in Al Walaja village

August 10, 2017 English 0

Early Thursday morning, Palestinian residents of Al Walaja village, west of Bethlehem, confronted the attempt to demolish retaining walls under the pretext of no building permit. Khader al-Aaraj, a member of the local council in the village, said in an interview with the Palestinian News Network (PNN) that the Israeli …

Fatah calls for convening a national council session with all parties

August 10, 2017 English 0

Fatah Central Committee called Thursday for convening a new session for the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the highest Palestinian decision making body, with the participation of all parties saying the decision when and where it will be held will be made by the PLO’s Executive Committee. Fatah’s deputy chairman Mahmoud …

US peace team expected in region in two weeks

August 10, 2017 English 0

Foreign and Diaspora Minister Riyad Malki said Thursday that a US delegation that includes President Donald Trump’s senior advisor Jarod Kushner and special envoy Jason Greenblatt is expected in the region within the coming two weeks. He told Voice of Palestine radio that the US delegation is expected to bring …

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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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News

L’occupation arrête deux mineurs à Bethléem

Des colons israéliens envahissent la mosquée Al-Aqsa

Jérusalem : Incursion et arrestation

Deux arrestations à Ramallah

Israeli Forces Escalate Collective Punishment Policy against Attackers’ Families;

Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences

Clashes break out after IOF blow up, demolish homes in Ramallah

Palestinians confront IOF attempt to demolish walls built in Al Walaja village

Fatah calls for convening a national council session with all parties

US peace team expected in region in two weeks