Reports

BDS Palestine: Palestine BDS activists saddened by death of ally, Stephen Hawking

March 16, 2018 Reports 0

The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation, BDS South Africa, joins fellow Palestinian solidarity activists from across the globe in expressing our condolences on the passing of world-renowned physicist and our ally, Professor Stephen Hawking. In particular our condolences to his friends and family. We remember Hawking not only for …

Daily violation report March 15, 2018

March 16, 2018 Reports 0

WEST BANK JERUSALEM Raid 1. On the evening of March 14th 2018, Israeli forces raided Al-Eisawiya village and clashed with several residents. 2. At dawn on March 15th 2018, Israeli forces raided Hizma town and detained 2 residents. Detention 1. At 03:00, Israeli forces detained Fayez Mohammad Fayez Subieh in …

Alrowwad celebrates 20 years of arts and culture in Aida

March 12, 2018 Reports 0

The Association of Pioneers for Culture and Arts in Aida refugee camp celebrated 20 years of arts and culture classes with the opening of their new building Sunday night. Director General of Pioneers Association for Culture and Arts, Dr. Abdel-Fattah Abu Sorour, hailed the construction of the new building as …

Daily violations report March 11, 2018

March 12, 2018 Reports 0

WEST BANK JERUSALEM Military Checkpoints At 12:00, Israeli forces intensified their restrictions at Qalandiya military checkpoint and impeded the free flow of traffic. Raid At 23:30, Israeli forces raided Al-Ram town, clashed with several residents and as a result injured a resident. Settlers Attacks On the morning of March 10th …

Adalah: Knesset passes law allowing Israeli police to hold bodies of Palestinians as precondition for funeral arrangements

March 12, 2018 Reports 0

Adalah: Withholding bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli police and preventing their immediate burial violates Israeli and international law. The Israeli parliament on Wednesday, 7 March 2018, approved a law that allows the Israeli police to hold the bodies of Palestinians killed by the police or other security forces until …

PCHR Gaza: In Two Separate Crimes and Despite Not Posing Threat to them, Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Civilians; One of them Suffering Speech Disorder, North and South of the West Bank

March 12, 2018 Reports 0

In two separate crimes of excessive use of lethal force, Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians. The first one, who was suffering from speech disorder, was killed while participating in a peaceful demonstration organized in the center of Hebron. The second one was killed while confronting a group of Israeli …

Samidoun: Khalida Jarrar’s statement from prison marks International Women’s Day

March 12, 2018 Reports 0

Imprisoned Palestinian feminist, leftist political leader and advocate for prisoners’ rights Khalida Jarrar issued a statement on International Women’s Day from HaSharon prison, where she is held without charge or trial under administrative detention as one of 60 Palestinian women political prisoners. The statement was published on Mondoweiss from her …

OCHA Report Documents Impact of Settlements in Hebron

March 10, 2018 Reports 0

The humanitarian impact of Israeli settlements in Hebron on Palestinian residents is the focus of a new United Nations report, according Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency. The document, published this week by UN OCHA, provides a detailed map and key statistics with respect to the impact of the illegal settlements …

2017 ADL strategy paper on how to defeat the Palestinian rights movement

March 10, 2018 Reports 0

In January 2017 the Anti-Defamation League and Israel’s Reut Institute co-published a strategy paper that analyzed the movement for Palestinian rights and detailed diverse strategies to defeat it. The paper said that despite a “robust coordinated global effort” on behalf of Israel, increasing numbers of people were supporting Palestinian rights. …

Briefing Paper: Israel’s Administrative Detention Policy And The Palestinian Prisoners’ Boycott Of Israeli Military Tribunals

March 9, 2018 Reports 0

This briefing paper focuses on Israel’s administrative detention policy and the prisoners’ boycott of military tribunals established by the Israeli occupying authorities. It also provides the official Palestinian position regarding the Israeli detention policy. Click Here to Read https://www.nad.ps/en/file/48006/download?token=ZZi0yxq6

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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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Reports

BDS Palestine: Palestine BDS activists saddened by death of ally, Stephen Hawking

Daily violation report March 15, 2018

Alrowwad celebrates 20 years of arts and culture in Aida

Daily violations report March 11, 2018

Adalah: Knesset passes law allowing Israeli police to hold bodies of Palestinians as precondition for funeral arrangements

PCHR Gaza: In Two Separate Crimes and Despite Not Posing Threat to them, Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Civilians; One of them Suffering Speech Disorder, North and South of the West Bank

Samidoun: Khalida Jarrar’s statement from prison marks International Women’s Day

OCHA Report Documents Impact of Settlements in Hebron

2017 ADL strategy paper on how to defeat the Palestinian rights movement

Briefing Paper: Israel’s Administrative Detention Policy And The Palestinian Prisoners’ Boycott Of Israeli Military Tribunals