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Envoys of Middle East Quartet “deeply concerned” by Jerusalem tensions

July 23, 2017 News 0

“The envoys of the Middle East Quartet from the Russian Federation, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations in a statement on Saturday said they were deeply concerned by the escalating tensions and violent clashes taking place in and around the Old City of Jerusalem. They strongly …

Group: Int’l community must intervene to end Israel’s targeting of Jerusalem

July 23, 2017 News 0

On Friday, 14 July 2017, following an alleged attack near Al-Haram Al-Sharif (Al-Aqsa compound) in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Israeli government took measures amounting to collective punishment against the Palestinian population. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the closure of the Al-Aqsa compound for three days, beginning the …

Abbas: Palestinians will not accept metal detectors in al-Aqsa

July 23, 2017 News 0

RAMALLAH – President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday that the Palestinian leadership will not accept Israel’s recently installed metal detectors at the gates of al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. He said, “[Israel] does not have the right to install these metal detectors, because having sovereignty over al-Aqsa Mosque is our …

Israel to demolish family home of youth behind settlement stabbing

July 23, 2017 News 0

RAMALLAH – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday stated that the family home of the Palestinian youth who stabbed four Israeli settlers will be demolished soon. Israeli ministers called on the Israeli court to apply death penalty on 19-year-old Omar al-Abd, who stabbed three Israeli settlers and seriously injured a …

Israeli settlers terrorize families in Jenin village

July 23, 2017 News 0

JENIN – Dozens of Israeli settlers Sunday broke into the village of Dahr al-Maleh, to the west of Jenin in the West Bank, and terrorized residents, according to local sources. Head of Dahr al-Maleh village council, Omar al-Khatib, told WAFA that extremist Israeli settlers, armed with rifles, forced their way …

More than hundred Jewish settlers break into al-Aqsa mosque

July 23, 2017 News 0

JERUSALEM – More than 100 Jewish Israeli settlers Sunday broke into al-Aqsa mosque through Bab al-Magharba under heavy police protection, said WAFA correspondent. He said groups of Israeli settlers went on provocative tours inside the vicinity of the holy Muslim site at a time when there were no Muslim worshipers …

Israel installs smart cameras, metal detectors outside al-Aqsa mosque

July 23, 2017 News 0

JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities Monday installed smart cameras, metal detectors, and x-ray security scanners outside Bab al-Asbat outside al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, said WAFA correspondent. Israeli police along with municipal personnel worked after midnight on installing surveillance cameras, infra-red metal detectors and x-ray security scanners outside the gate, after imposing …

Arab League: Israel is playing with fire in Jerusalem

July 23, 2017 News 0

CAIRO – Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit Sunday said that the Israeli government is playing with fire and starting a major crisis with the Arab and Muslim worlds. Aboul Gheit said all the recent Israeli measures in al-Aqsa Mosque compound indicate that Israel is attempting …

PA reiterates call for Hamas to hand over rule of Gaza to unity government

July 23, 2017 News 0

RAMALLAH – The Palestinian Authority (PA) Sunday reiterated its call for Hamas to immediately respond to President Mahmoud Abbas’ call and hand over all responsibilities of government institutions in Gaza to the consensus government.. Government spokesperson Tariq Rishmawi said Abbas called for unity and urged Hamas to rise above any …

Israeli soldiers clash with youth in Ramallah village

July 23, 2017 News 0

RAMALLAH – Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Sunday during clashes that broke out with Israeli army forces in the village of Kobar, northwest of the city of Ramallah, the occupied West Bank, local sources said. Moqbel Barghouti, head of Kobar village council, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided the …

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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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