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Ashrawi: Normalization with Israel will not solve the conflict

September 13, 2020 English 0

In response to Bahrain’s declaration on normalizing its relations with the occupying state of Israel under US auspices, Hanan Ashrawi, Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, stated: “The Bahrain-Israel announcement is not a peace deal. It is US President Donald Trump playing to his base in …

Palestine summons its ambassador to Bahrain

September 13, 2020 English 0

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Malki announced today evening that Palestine has decided to immediately summon its ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Al-Malki said he had immediately summoned the Palestinian ambassador to Bahrain for consultations on the necessary steps in response to Bahrain’s decision to normalize its …

Leadership: Bahrain-Israel normalization deal is a betrayal of Jerusalem

September 13, 2020 English 0

The Palestinian leadership strongly rejects and condemns the American-Bahraini-Israeli tripartite declaration on the normalization of relations between the occupying state of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain, and considers it a betrayal of Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa and the Palestinian cause. This step is a token of support for legitimizing the ugly …

Occupation forces demolished 33 Palestinian-owned structures in last two weeks: OCHA

September 13, 2020 English 0

During the last two weeks, 33 Palestinian-owned structures were demolished or seized by the Israeli occupation authorities for the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, displacing 98 Palestinians, over half of whom were children, and otherwise affecting about 100 people, said the UN-OCHA in its biweekly Protection of Civilians Report. The …

Erekat: All clauses of the Palestinian draft resolution were adopted in Arab League

September 13, 2020 English 0

Saeb Erekat, Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s Executive Committee, said today that all clauses of the draft resolution submitted by the State of Palestine before the meeting of the Arab League foreign ministers last Wednesday, including the rejection of the “deal of the century” plan, have been adopted. …

FM: ‘National sovereignty’ not to be used to justify violation of Arab principles, references

September 13, 2020 English 0

Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad al-Maliki stressed Wednesday night that ‘national sovereignty’ could not be used to justify violation of Arab principle and references. Speaking in an interview with Palestine TV station, al-Maliki stated: “The use of ‘national sovereignty’ is limited to certain purposes, and could not go beyond …

IOF Tightens Gaza Strip Closure Fuel Entry Suspended and Fishing Area Reduced

August 14, 2020 English 0

On Wednesday, 12 August 2020, Israeli authorities announced new restrictions on the movement of goods entering the Gaza Strip and reduced the fishing area, in alleged response to the launch of incendiary balloons towards Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories …

A statement issued by the Palestinian leadership

August 14, 2020 English 0

The Palestinian leadership announces its strong rejection and condemnation of the surprising American, Israeli, and Emirati tripartite declaration on a complete normalization of relations between the Israeli occupation state and the United Arab Emirates, in exchange for claiming a temporary suspension of the plan to annex Palestinian lands and extend …

President Abbas receives phone call from Hamas’ leader

August 14, 2020 English 0

President Mahmoud Abbas received tonight a phone call from Ismail Haniyeh, the Chairman of the Politburo of Hamas Movement. During the call, Haniyeh stressed his support of the position of the Palestinian leadership and President Abbas in rejecting the US-sponsored Emirates-Israel deal. He said his movement has decided to unite …

Israeli settlers set fire to lands near Nablus

August 14, 2020 English 0

Israeli settlers set fire today to agricultural lands in the village of Asira al-Qibliya to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, local sources said. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement and settlers’ vandalism in the north of the West Bank, told WAFA that …

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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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Ashrawi: Normalization with Israel will not solve the conflict

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