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Ashrawi of PLO condemns Israel’s recent efforts to expand illegal settlements in West Bank

October 18, 2017 English 0

PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi strongly denounced Israel’s recent efforts to expand its illegal settlement enterprise across the occupied West Bank, Said Ashrawi in a press statement issued on Wednesday. “In blatant disregard of the requirements for the two-state solution and the chances for peace and stability, Netanyahu and …

Palestinians suffocate in Hebron area clashes

October 18, 2017 English 0

Several Palestinians Wednesday suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted in the town of Beit Ummar to the north of Hebron, said a local activist. Coordinator of the popular committee against settlements and the Apartheid Wall, Mohammad Awad, told WAFA Israeli forces …

EU requests clarifications over recent Israeli decisions to promote thousands of settlement units

October 18, 2017 English 0

The European Union has requested clarifications from Israeli authorities over recent promotion of plans, tenders and permits for thousands of settlement units across the West Bank. This week, Israeli authorities further promoted plans, tenders and permits for thousands of settlement units across the West Bank, including, for the first time …

Israeli army shoots youth in Hebron after alleged stabbing attempt

October 18, 2017 English 0

Palestinian youth Wednesday was shot and injured by Israeli forces’ fire after he allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack near Gush Etzion Junction to the north of the West Bank district of Hebron, said local sources. Sources told WAFA Israeli forces stationed at the Gush Etzion Junction opened …

Israeli forces 33 Palestinians in West Bank raids

October 18, 2017 English 0

Israeli forces Wednesday detained a total of 33 Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and WAFA correspondent. Israeli police detained six Palestinians after storming and ransacking their homes in East Jerusalem town of al-Issawiya. The detentions came after Israeli troops raided the …

Palestinian student Afaf Sharif scores first in Arab Reading Challenge

October 18, 2017 English 0

Palestinian student Afaf Sharif from al-Bireh Secondary School for Girls scored the first position on Wednesday in the Dubai-based Arab Reading Challenge competition, among seven million students participating in the competition. Minister of Education and Higher Education, Sabri Saydam, congratulated Sharif on her winning, saying her success would not have …

Israeli forces demolish building in Jerusalem

October 18, 2017 English 0

Israeli forces on Wednesday demolished a building in the neighborhood of Beit Hanin, in occupied East Jerusalem WAFA correspondent said staff from the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem accompanied by a police escort broke into the area and demolished the building, under the pretext of construction without a permit. (WAFA)

Government condemns Israel’s raids on media companies in West Bank

October 18, 2017 English 0

The Palestinian government strongly condemned on Wednesday the Israeli military’s recent raids and closures of a number of media production companies in the occupied West Bank. Government’s spokesman Yousef al-Mahmoud described the raids on PalMedia, TransMedia and Quds TV headquarters and offices in the West Bank as a blatant violation …

Newspaper Review: Israel’s approval of building 300 housing units focus of dailies

October 18, 2017 Newspapers 0

News about Israel’s decision to build 300 new housing units in the West Bank hit the front pages of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies on Wednesday. Al-Quds, al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida reported that Israeli authorities approved the construction of 1292 new housing units in several settlements in the occupied West …

Israeli forces shut down, ransack media companies in West Bank

October 18, 2017 English 0

Israeli forces last night shut down and ransacked the headquarters and the district offices of two media production companies, citing incitement reasons, during raids in the districts of Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, and Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Army raided and shut down the headquarters of PalMedia and TansMedia, two …

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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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