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Erekat says US, Israel collaborating to destroy two-state solution

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The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, vote on the “unified” Jerusalem law and the Likud decision to impose Israeli sovereignty on the West Bank are an outcome of US President Donald Trump’s decision on Jerusalem as capital of Israel and part of new US-Israeli collaboration to dictate a solution and destroy …

Newspapers Review: Dailies highlight reactions to Likud decision

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Reactions including that of President Mahmoud Abbas in response to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party resolution urging legislators to effectively annex the West Bank hit the front page headlines in the Palestinian Arabic dailies on Tuesday. Abbas was reported in al-Ayyam vowing to make “important decisions to …

National Council says Likud decision to annex West Bank an open war against Palestinians

January 2, 2018 English 0

The Palestinian National Council (PNC), the Palestinian parliament in exile, said on Monday that the decision of the Israeli ruling Likud Party to impose Israeli law on the illegal West Bank settlements is an open war against the Palestinian people and their inalienable rights. The PNC said in a statement …

Israel military conducts drills in populated West Bank areas

January 2, 2018 English 0

Israeli forces conducted on Monday night and Tuesday military drills in lands belonging to Khirbet al-Tawil in the town of Aqraba, north of the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Yousef Derieh, member of the anti-settlements committee in Aqraba, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers have been conducting military …

Ashrawi condemns Likud vote on occupied territories saying it ends peace process

January 2, 2018 English 0

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi strongly condemned on Monday the unanimous decision by the ruling Israeli Likud party and concurrence by its right wing coalition partners to annex the Occupied West Bank and impose Israeli “sovereignty” on illegal Jewish settlements in the wake of US President …

Israeli warplanes strike site in Khan Younis

January 2, 2018 English 0

Israeli warplanes Tuesday bombed a site to the northwest of the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent. He said that Israeli jet fighters fired two missiles at the site destroying it in total. Damage was also caused to nearby homes but no casualties …

Likud party calls for de-facto annexation of Israeli settlements

January 1, 2018 English 0

LOD, Israel (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party unanimously urged legislators in a non-binding resolution on Sunday to effectively annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, land that Palestinians want for a future state. By enacting civilian law over settlements, the move could streamline procedures for their …

Israel prevents call for prayers at Ibrahimi Mosque 645 times in 2017

January 1, 2018 English 0

Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Yousef Id’es said the Israeli occupation authorities banned the Muslim call for prayers in Hebron’s sacred Ibrahimi Mosque 645 times in 2017, including 53 times in December alone. Id’es called on international organizations, especially the UNESCO, to put an end to Israel’s violations against …

Abbas to make important decisions in 2018 in response to Israel’s violations

January 1, 2018 English 0

President Mahmoud Abbas said that he is going to make important decisions in 2018 to hold Israel accountable for its grave and systematic violations of international law. Abbas’ statement came in response to the decision of the ruling Israeli party, Likud, to annex the Israeli settlements in the occupied West …

Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem

January 1, 2018 English 0

Israeli forces last night arrested at least 15 Palestinians during raids in the occupied West Bank, mainly in Tulkarm area, and in East Jerusalem, according to local sources. Israeli army arrested 12 Palestinians after raiding their homes in Tulkarm area, northwest of the West Bank. Army also arrested two Palestinians …

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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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