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Israel ‘still holding bodies of 250 Palestinians’ from as long as 30 years ago

March 13, 2018 English 0

The latest count reveals that hundreds of bodies of Palestinians are still being held in Israeli possession, a violation of international law that goes back more than 30 years. The Israeli authorities continue to hold the bodies of some 250 Palestinians killed by forces, including 24 bodies of Palestinians who …

Video … Israeli forces attack university students’ march to condemn abduction of council president

March 12, 2018 English 0

At least eight Palestinians Monday were shot and injured with live ammunition, including one seriously, during clashes that broke out as Israeli forces attacked a students’ march at the northern entrance of al-Bireh city, adjacent to Ramallah. Clashes reportedly erupted after Israeli soldiers attacked a students’ march, which took off …

Ashrawi calls on Finland to recognize state of Palestine

March 12, 2018 English 0

Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi Monday called on the government of Finland to recognize Palestine in the immediate future and described such a move as “a positive and necessary contribution towards a just peace.” She met with Head of the Representative Office of Finland, Ambassador Anna-Kaisa Heikkinen, at the PLO …

Israeli supreme court rejects appeal of two detained minors

March 12, 2018 English 0

The Israeli Supreme Court Monday dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of two minor prisoners aged 16 and 17 from Jerusalem to reduce their 11- year- sentence, according to Mufid al-Haj, attorney of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). In a statement issued on Monday al-Haj reported that the Israeli Court …

+972 Magazine: Netanyahu: Even in peace, the occupation will never end

March 12, 2018 English 0

By: Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man The next time anyone tries to blame the Palestinians for refusing to return to the table, remember that Israel’s prime minister repeatedly states his unwillingness to end the occupation. He’s said it countless times before in myriad ways. But he usually only says it in Hebrew. …

Præsident Abbas foreslår fredsplan for Sikkerhedsrådet

March 12, 2018 Danish 0

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Nedenfor er den palæstinensiske præsident Mahmoud Abbas’ forslåede fredsplan for Sikkerhedsrådet i FN, tirsdag den 20. februar 2018: Vi kommer her til Sikkerhedsrådet, midt i den fastlåste fredsproces, der skyldes den amerikanske beslutning om Jerusalem, Israels igangværende ulovlige bosættelses-aktiviteter, Israels overtrædelse af dette råds resolutioner og dets manglende respekt for …

14 årige palæstinensisk pige løsladt

March 12, 2018 Danish 0

Af: Fathi El-Abed HVOR absurd det måtte lyde…så er glæden stor hos den palæstinensiske familie Aselah i bydelen Shuufat i den besatte palæstinensiske by Al-Quds/Østjerusalem. I fredags blev deres KUN 14 årige datter Mai Aselah kidnappet af de israelske besættelses soldater. Den israelske besættelsesmagt begrundede kidnapningen med; ”pigen havde en …

Israeli forces attack university students’ march to condemn abduction of council president

March 12, 2018 English 0

At least two Palestinians Monday were injured during clashes that broke out as Israeli forces attacked a students’ march at the northern entrance of al-Bireh city adjacent to Ramallah. Clashes reportedly erupted after Israeli soldiers attacked a students’ march, which took off from central Ramallah towards the northern entrance of …

Arab parliament urges for maintaining support to UNRWA

March 12, 2018 English 0

Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Mishaal bin Fahm al-Salami, Monday called on world’s parliaments to urge their countries’ governments to support UNRWA to continue its work. In a statement, al-Salami said he sent letters to a number of parliaments of the world, especially those that support UNRWA continuously, such as …

UNRWA students fly thousands of kites demanding schools remain open

March 12, 2018 English 0

Around 700 UNRWA schools across the Middle East, thousands of students flew and carried kites to send a message of hope, demanding that all schools run by the Agency remain open, in spite of the financial crisis confronting UNRWA, said UNRWA in a press release on Monday. More than 500,000 …

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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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Israel ‘still holding bodies of 250 Palestinians’ from as long as 30 years ago

Video … Israeli forces attack university students’ march to condemn abduction of council president

Ashrawi calls on Finland to recognize state of Palestine

Israeli supreme court rejects appeal of two detained minors

+972 Magazine: Netanyahu: Even in peace, the occupation will never end

Præsident Abbas foreslår fredsplan for Sikkerhedsrådet

14 årige palæstinensisk pige løsladt

Israeli forces attack university students’ march to condemn abduction of council president

Arab parliament urges for maintaining support to UNRWA

UNRWA students fly thousands of kites demanding schools remain open