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Newspapers review: Entrenched Israeli measures at Al-Aqsa focus of dailies

July 25, 2017 Newspapers 0

RAMALLAH – The entrenched measures Israeli police imposed at flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem on Monday dominated the front page headlines in Palestinian Arabic dailies. Al-Quds said Palestinians in East Jerusalem continued to perform prayers at public squares and roads leading to the mosque compound to express their rejection …

Apartheid Israel and its crimes referred to ICC

July 25, 2017 News 0

Byron Friends of Palestine celebrate the initiative of Palestinian Civil Society which has referred Israel directly to the International Criminal Court. Palestinians have cocked a snoot at the quisling Palestinian Authority (PA), Israel, the US and its cronies, including Australia. Their press release follows: More than 50 Palestinian trade unions, …

Palestinian shot in the head by Israeli forces during clashes in Hizma in critical condition

July 24, 2017 News 0

A Palestinian was shot and seriously injured in the head with live fire by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted Monday evening in the town of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem in the central occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement that the Palestinian male, whose …

PRCS: 1,090 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces over course of 10 days

July 24, 2017 News 0

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) released a statement Monday detailing the casualties of the past 10 days, ever since Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem launched a civil disobedience campaign in the city in protest of increased Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Hundreds of Palestinians have been …

Two dead and hundreds of wounded yesterday and today while the raid on the Hospital by occupation forces was the ugliest since the first intifada

July 24, 2017 News 0

The administration of #Makassed Islamic #Charitable #Society #Hospital in Jerusalem issued a statement reporting that two youths were killed today by live ammunition, while the number of injured Palestinians admitted to the Hospital between 12:00 am and 4:00 pm exceeded 100, in addition to more than 50 others wounded yesterday, …

Israeli incitement to religious conflict in occupied Jerusalem

July 24, 2017 News 0

Jerusalem – Israeli occupation officers installed electronic metal detectors at the gates to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israel’s radical measures block and restrict Palestinians’ access to Al-Aqsa Mosque. Such Israeli measures restrict Palestinians’ right to full and open access to the mosque, which is already threatened by the Israeli authorities. During …

Two Jordanians dead, Israeli injured in ِAmman Israeli embassy

July 24, 2017 News 0

Amman – Two Jordanians were shot dead after a workman stabbed an Israeli security guard with a screwdriver at the Israeli embassy in Amman, Sunday night, causing him light injuries. Sources said that the security guard has responded to the stabbing by shooting dead the workman dead. In the course …

Italy concerned over tension and violence in Jerusalem

July 24, 2017 News 0

ROME – Italy said Monday that it was greatly concerned with the spiral of tension and violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano said he was “following with great concern the spiral of tension and violence in Jerusalem and in …

Jerusalem’s religious and civic leaders reject new Israeli measures at Aqsa Mosque

July 24, 2017 News 0

JERUSALEM – Jerusalem’s religious and civic leaders Monday reiterated after a meeting in Jerusalem their rejection of Israeli measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque, saying any act that will affect freedom of worship and Muslim rule over Al-Aqsa Mosque will not be accepted. The religious and civic leaders were referring to Israeli …

South Africa expresses concern over political tension at Al-Aqsa Mosque

July 24, 2017 News 0

PRETORIA – The South African Government has expressed concern over the increased political tension due to the Israeli measures imposed against Muslim worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, according to a statement by the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation. “The heightened security measures with the installation …

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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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