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ACRI position on applying Knesset legislation on Israeli settlers in the territories

March 16, 2018 English 0

ACRI sent a position paper on 2.1.2018 to the Knesset Committee, ahead of a discussion on the applicability of Israeli Knesset legislation on Israeli citizens living in the Occupied Territories. In this position paper, ACRI stresses that the system of laws that Israel chooses to apply in the Territories and …

ACRI: Transfer of OPT petitions from the High Court to the Court for Administrative Affairs in Jerusalem

March 16, 2018 English 0

Memorandum on Administrative Affairs Courts Law (amendment – a decision of an authority in the area) 5768 – 2018 According to a legal memorandum drafted by the Justice Ministry, petitions relating to the Occupied Territories, which were thus far brought before the High Court of Justice, will be referred instead …

Al Jazeera English: Americans have a constitutional right to boycott Israel

March 16, 2018 English 0

Politicians at the federal and state levels must reject AIPAC’s unconstitutional efforts to suppress the BDS movement. (By Josh Ruebner) The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) concluded its annual policy conference last week with a lobbying day on Capitol Hill. High on its legislative agenda was advocating for bills …

StepFeed: 4 times the late physicist Stephen Hawking stood up for Palestine

March 16, 2018 English 0

“A people under occupation will continue to resist any way they can,” Hawking said in 2009. (By Rayana Khalaf) Legendary British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking died on Wednesday, leaving behind a legacy that transcends far beyond his scientific achievements. Among many remarkable contributions to the world, Hawking was known to …

The Electronic Intifada: How Facebook protects Israel

March 16, 2018 English 0

(By Tamara Nassar) The Israeli authorities are exerting pressure on Facebook to comply with more of their demands. Earlier this month, members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, discussed how to suppress content of which they disapproved on the social media website. One objective was to get Facebook to ban pictures …

Middle East Monitor: Israel soldiers who killed unarmed Palestinian boy could be acquitted

March 16, 2018 English 0

Two Israeli soldiers who killed an unarmed Palestinian boy in 2013 could be acquitted, Haaretz revealed yesterday. The two Israel soldiers, a squad commander and a member of a squad, opened fire in 2013 at 16-year-old Samir Awad in the vicinity of the illegal Israeli Separation Wall near the village …

+972 Magazine: Military court sends leading Palestinian nonviolent activist to prison

March 16, 2018 English 0

Munther Amirah is the chairman of the Palestinian Popular Committees in the West Bank. The terms of his sentence will make it impossible for him to continue organizing non-violent protests against the occupation. By Yael Marom An Israeli military court sentenced Munther Amirah, one of the leading figures in the …

Retfærdighed vil sejre

March 16, 2018 Danish 0

Skrevet af Walid Zaher En aften Jeg sad alene Det var mørkt Alt var stille Kunne ikke høre en lyd Lige pludselig Får jeg lyst til kaffe Går i køkkenet Et lys kommer fra vinduet Jeg bliver overrasket Har ikke tændt for lyset Hvor kommer det fra Hvorfor er der …

Rachel Corrie

March 16, 2018 Danish 0

Fathi El-Abed I dag er det 15 års dagen for drabet på den modige og anstændige amerikaner Rachel Corrie i Gaza af den israelske besættelseshær. Rachel Corrie stod den 16. marts om formiddagen som en klippe og forsøgte til sidste sekund at forhindre en armeret bulldozer fra den israelske besættelseshær …

SEND STØTTE-ERKLÆRING TIL AHED TAMIMI

March 16, 2018 Danish 0

Siden midten af december har 17-årige palæstinensiske Ahed Tamimi været varetægtsfængslet i et israelsk militærfængsel. Hun risikerer ti års fængsel for at have slået og sparket en israelsk soldat, da hendes hjem blev ransaget. I intet andet land i verden bliver børn systematisk retsforfulgt ved militærdomstole. Det har blandt andre …

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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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