Israeli bulldozers demolished
the house of the Mufti
Haj Amin al-Husseini
(Shepherd Hotel) in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah
in Jerusalem

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Israeli
Occupation Forces (IOF) Continued Systematic Attacks against Palestinian
Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

 

 

· IOF
extra-judicially executed a Palestinian civilian in Hebron and an activist in
the Gaza Strip.

 

· IOF killed two
Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.  

– Two Palestinian civilians were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

 

· IOF continued
to target Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the
Gaza Strip.

– IOF arrested 4 Palestinian fishermen,
including two children.

 

· Israeli
warplanes attacked a number of targets in the Gaza Strip. 

– A number of training sites were bombarded.

 

· IOF continued
to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.

– 4 Palestinian
civilians, including a child, were wounded.

– IOF arrested a
Palestinian civilian. 

 

· IOF conducted 40
incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one into
the Gaza Strip.  

– IOF arrested 15
Palestinian civilians, including a member of the Palestinian Legislative
Council and 3 children.

 

· Israel has
continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip
from the outside world.

– Israeli
soldiers positioned at military checkpoints in the West Bank arrested two
Palestinian civilians.

 

· Israel has
continued to take measures aimed at creating a Jewish demographic majority in
Jerusalem.

– IOF demolished the
Mufti Headquarter (Shepherd Hotel) in East Jerusalem.

 

· IOF have
continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have
continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

– IOF demolished 13 houses, rendering 40
Palestinian civilians homeless.

– IOF demolished 3 classrooms, 3 barnyards and 3
tents in Hebron.

 

 

Summary

 

Israeli
violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued
during the reporting period (06 – 12 January 2011):

 

Shooting:

 

During the reporting period, IOF
killed 4 Palestinians, including 3 civilians, and wounded 6 others, including a
child, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. 

 

On 07 January 2011, IOF killed and old man and arrested the
targeted person in Hebron. IOF admitted
responsibility for the attack, but claimed that Israeli soldiers fired at the
victim by mistake. An Israeli military
spokesman claimed that the soldiers “fired at him thinking that he was
armed and might pose a threat to their lives.” Israeli soldiers apparently thought the
victim was a wanted person.

 

On 08 January 2011, Israeli soldiers positioned at al-Hamra
checkpoint, southeast of Tubas, killed a Palestinian civilian. Initial investigations conducted by IOF
indicated that the victims did not pose and threat to the lives of Israeli
soldiers. It is worth noting that
Israeli soldiers positioned at the same checkpoint killed another Palestinian
civilian in similar circumstances on 02 January 2011. 

 

On 10 January 2011, a Palestinian
civilian was wounded when IOF that had moved into Beit Liqya village, west of
Ramallah, fired at a number of children and young men who threw stones at IOF
military vehicles. 

 

During the reporting period, IOF
used excessive force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest
to Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the annexation
wall. As a result, 4 Palestinian
civilians, including a child, were wounded, and dozens of Palestinian civilians
and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation or
sustained bruises. IOF also arrested a
Palestinian civilian.

 

In the Gaza Strip, on 10 January
2011, IOF shot dead a Palestinian farmer who was working on his land in the
northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. 

 

On 11 January 2011, IOF
extra-judicially executed an activist of the al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing
of Islamic Jihad) in the southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli drone fired the victim while he was riding a motorcycle. They claimed that he was preparing for
“a terrorist attack.” A
civilian bystander was also wounded. 

 

During the reporting period, Israeli
warplanes attacked a number of targets in the Gaza Strip. They bombarded a number of training sites of
Palestinian resistance groups.

 

On 07 January 2011, Israeli gunboats
opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in the northern Gaza Strip, but no
casualties were reported. On 11 January
2011, IOF arrested 4 Palestinian fishermen, including two children, but
released them later, excluding one.

 

Incursions:

 

During
the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 40 military incursions into
Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during which they arrested 15
Palestinian civilians, including a member of the Palestinian Legislative
Council and 3 children.

 

In
the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted one limited incursion, during which they leveled
areas of Palestinian land, which they had already razed.

 

Restrictions
on Movement:

 

Israel
had continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the
West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.

 

Gaza
Strip

 

Israel has continuously closed all
border crossings to the Gaza Strip for over three years. The illegal
Israeli-imposed closure of the Gaza Strip, which has steadily tightened since
June 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic
situation in the Gaza Strip. 

 

· The illegal closure has caused not only a
humanitarian crisis but a crisis of human rights and human dignity for the
population of the Gaza Strip. Measures declared recently to ease the
blockade are vague, purely cosmetic and fail to deal with the root causes of
the crisis, which can only be addressed by an immediate and complete lifting of
the closure, including lifting the travel ban into and out of the Gaza Strip
and the ban on exports. PCHR is concerned that the new Israeli policy is simply
shifting Gaza to another form of illegal blockade, one that may become
internationally accepted and institutionalized. Palestinians in Gaza may no
longer suffer from the same shortage of goods, but they will remain economically
dependent and unable to care for themselves, and socially, culturally and
academically isolated from the rest of the world.

 

· Expanding the list of items allowed into Gaza
does not change the illegality of this policy, which is inconsistent with
Israel’s legal obligations both as an Occupying Power and under international
human rights treaties to which it is party, such as the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights. 

 

· Facts on the
ground refute Israeli claims with
respect to the easing of the closure imposed on the Gaza Strip and the
reduction of restrictions imposed on the entry of goods.

 

· Israeli
declaration of allowing new goods to be entered into the Gaza Strip constitutes
an attempt to delude the international community, as such goods do not meet the
minimal needs of the Gaza Strip. 

 

· IOF have
continued to ban the entry of raw construction materials into the Gaza
Strip. 

 

· IOF have
imposed a ban on all exports from the Gaza Strip. 

 

· Israel had
continued to close Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing to Palestinian civilians wishing
to travel to the West Bank and Israeli for medical treatment, trade or social
visits.

 

· Israel has
imposed additional access restrictions on international diplomats, journalists
and humanitarian workers seeking to enter the Gaza Strip. They have prevented
representatives of several international humanitarian organizations from
entering the Gaza Strip.

 

· Living
conditions of the Palestinian civilian population have seriously deteriorated;
levels of poverty and unemployment have mounted sharply.

 

West
Bank

 

IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank,
including occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip continue to be denied access to Jerusalem.

 

· IOF have
established checkpoints in and around Jerusalem, severely restricting
Palestinian access to the city. Civilians are frequently prevented from praying
at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

 

· There are approximately
585 permanent roadblocks, and manned and unmanned checkpoints across the West
Bank.

 

· When complete,
the illegal Annexation Wall will stretch for 724 kilometers
around the West Bank, further isolating the entire population. 350 kilometers of the
Wall have already been constructed. Approximately 99% of the Wall has been
constructed inside the West Bank itself, further confiscating Palestinian land.

 

· At least 65% of
the main roads that lead to 18 Palestinian communities in the West Bank are
closed or fully controlled by IOF.

 

· There are
approximately 500
kilometers of restricted roads across the West Bank. In
addition, approximately one third of the West Bank, including occupied East
Jerusalem, is inaccessible to Palestinians without a permit issued by the IOF.
These permits are extremely difficult to obtain.

 

· IOF continue to
harass, and assault demonstrators who hold peaceful protests against the
construction of the Annexation Wall.

 

· Palestinian
civilians continue to be harassed by IOF in Jerusalem, and across the West
Bank, including being regularly stopped and searched in the streets by IOF.

 

Measures Aimed
at Creating a Jewish Demographic Majority in Jerusalem: 

 

IOF have continued to take measures
at creating a Jewish majority in Jerusalem.

 

On 09 January 2011,
IOF, accompanied by bulldozers, moved into Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East
Jerusalem. They besieged the headquarters of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, mufti of Jerusalem
and Arab nationalist leader during British rule of Palestine, which is known
as “Shepherd Hotel.” They
demolished the northern part of the building, which was added to the structure
in the 1960s, before the heirs of Hajj Amin al-Husseini were able to obtain a
court ruling suspending the demolition of the structure, which was built in the
1930s, indefinitely. IOF claim that the
land on which the structure stands belongs to Miskowitz, a Jewish US
millionaire, and that he took all necessary steps to demolish the building.

 

On 10 January
2011, IOF demolished two horse stables and confiscated two horses in East
Jerusalem.

 

On 12 January
2011, IOF removed a commercial kiosk of kitchen tools belonging to Wa’el
al-Razem in Sultan Suleiman Street in Jerusalem. IOF also confiscated goods. According to al-Razem, he establishes the
kiosk more than 11 years ago, and he had not received any warning to remove
it. He estimated his loss at
approximately 150,000 NIS. 

 

Settlement
Activities:

 

Israel
has continued its settlement activities in the OPT in violation of
international humanitarian law, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack
Palestinian civilians and property. 

 

On Saturday, 08
January 2011, Israeli settlers from “Gilad” settlement, east of
Qalqilya, attacked agricultural property belonging to ‘Aadel Hassan Yamin, 54,
from Jeet village northeast of Qalqilya. As a result, the cover of a water hole was damaged. 

 

On 10 January
2011, IOF moved into Khillat al-Jammal area in the southeast of Beit Liqya
village, west of Ramallah. They handed
noticed to Palestinian civilians ordering stopping the construction of a house
and 3 barracks claiming that they were being built without licenses.

 

On 10 January
2011, IOF, accompanied by bulldozers, moved into ‘Azzoun ‘Atma village,
southeast of Qalqilya. They demolished
two houses. These house are located
nearly 500 meters away from “Oranit” settlement and nearly 120 meters
away from the annexation wall.

 

On 12 January
2011, during a wide scale military operation, IOF demolished several
Palestinian civilian facilities in the southeast of Yatta town, south of
Hebron. They demolished 11 houses, in
which 27 individuals, including 17 children, live, 3 classrooms, 3 barnyards
and 3 tents claiming that they are close to the annexation wall. IOF also arrested 3 Palestinian civilians.

 

 

Israeli
Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (06 – 12 January 2011)

 

1. Incursions
into Palestinian Areas and Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip

 

Thursday, 06 January 2011

 

· At
approximately 09:30, IOF moved into Shwaika suburb, north of Tulkarm. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 15:30, IOF moved into Ya’bad village, southwest of Jenin. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· Also at
approximately 15:30, IOF moved into Maithaloun village, southeast of
Jenin. They patrolled in the streets for
some time and withdrew later. No house
raids or arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 16:00, IOF moved into Jaba’ village, south of Jenin. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· Also at
approximately 16:00, IOF moved into Masliya village, southeast of Jenin. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· Also at
approximately 16:00, IOF moved into Sanour village, southeast of Jenin. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 19:00, IOF moved into Fassayel village, north of Jericho. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately
23:30, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at a site of the ‘Izziddin al-Qassam
Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) in the east of al-Shoja’iya neighborhood in
the east of Gaza City. No casualties
were reported. It is worth noting that
the site is located near a number of schools, and it was also bombarded one
month ago, which incurred damage to nearby schools.

 

· At
approximately 23:45, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at a space area in the
al-Shouka village to the east of the southern Gaza Strip town. No casualties were reported.

 

Friday,
07 January 2011

 

· In the early
morning, as IOF carried out a military operation in Hebron, during which they
killed an old man (see the section on extra-judicial executions below), they
raided 5 houses in various areas in Hebron and arrested 5 Palestinian
civilians, who had been released from detention centers of the Palestinian
General Intelligence on the previous day evening:

 

1. Muhannad
   Mahmoud Nairoukh, 23;
2. Wissam
   ‘Azzam al-Qawasmi, 23;
3. Majd
   Maher ‘Obaid, 21;
4. Ahmed
   Mohammed al-‘Owaiwi, 24; and
5. Mohammed
   Sa’id al-Beitar, 42.

 

· At
approximately 14:30, IOF moved into Beit Liqya village, west of Ramallah. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 16:20, Israeli gunboats stationed opposite to Beit Lahia beach in
the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats. Palestinian fishermen were forced to flee
towards the beach and no casualties were reported.

 

· At approximately
23:00, IOF moved into Kufor Sour, south of Tulkarm. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

Saturday, 08 January 2011

 

· At
approximately 10:00, IOF moved into Kfairet village, southwest of Jenin. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 10:15, IOF moved into Bedya village, west of Salfit. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· In the morning,
Israeli soldiers positioned at al-Hamra checkpoint, southeast of Tubas, killed
a Palestinian civilian. Initial
investigations conducted by IOF indicated that the victims did not pose and
threat to the lives of Israeli soldiers. It is worth noting that Israeli soldiers positioned at the same
checkpoint killed another Palestinian civilian in similar circumstances on 02
January 2011. 

 

According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately
11:10, a Palestinian taxi arrived at al-Hamra checkpoint, southeast of
Tubas. The taxi stopped waiting to be
allowed to the route of car search, while the passengers stepped down to go to
the checking route of pedestrians. One
of the passengers, Khaldoun Majed Ahmed Samoudi, 24, who was apparently late
for his work, ran towards the checking route. Israeli soldiers shouted on him and then opened fire at him from a range
of nearly 15 meters. He was wounded in
the chest. He was left bleeding to death. According to eyewitnesses, the victim was not
carrying anything.

 

In his testimony to PCHR, ‘Adnan Mohammed Ghunaimi, 43, an
ambulance driver, stated:

 

“At approximately 11:20 on Saturday, 08 January 2011, while I
was on duty in Palestine Red Crescent Society, we received several phone calls
from people, institution and security services that there was a wounded
individual at al-Hamra checkpoint. Immediately, I, accompanied by two paramedics, drove the ambulance towards
the checkpoint. We arrived there at
approximately 11:45. We stopped about
300 meters away from the checkpoint. Israeli soldiers asked us what we were doing there and we told them that
we learnt that there was a wounded Palestinian at the checkpoint. They asserted that, but prevented us from
attending him, claiming that he might be carrying a weapon. They ordered us to move back up to 700 meters
away from the checkpoint. At
approximately 13:30, Israeli soldiers called on us through megaphones ordering
us to prepare. We waited until 13:55,
when they allowed us to move forward. We
reached the victim. His face was to the
ground and he was completely naked. He was
covered with blood. He was hit by a
bullet to the chest and another one to the abdomen. His wound was apparently not lethal, but he
bled too much, so he died.”

 

Sunday, 09 January 2011

 

· At
approximately 12:05, IOF moved into ‘Azzoun village, east of Qalqilya. They raided and searched a house belonging to
the family of Sofian ‘Abdul Latif ‘Edwan, 44, and arrested him. 

 

· At
approximately 00:45, IOF moved into Qalqilya. They raided a building and a sewing workshop belonging to Samer
Noubani. They also delivered a summon to
‘Adnan Fat’hi Daoud. No arrests were
reported.

 

· At
approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Brouqin village, northwest of Salfit. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Brouqin village, northwest of Salfit. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Bedya village, west of Salfit. They raided and searched a house belonging to
Mahmoud Mustafa Cana’an, 44, and delivered summons to his two sons: Mustafa,
20; and ‘Aassef, 18. 

 

· At
approximately 03:30, IOF moved into al-Bustan quarter in Silwan vbillage to the
south of the old town of Jerusalem. They
raided a house belonging to the family of Anas Fakhri Abu Diab, 18, and
arrested him. 

 

· At approximately
08:00, IOF moved into Beit ‘Our al-Tahta village, west of Ramallah. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 10:00, IOF moved into al-Zababda village, southeast of Jenin. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· Also at
approximately 10:00, IOF moved into Masliya village, southeast of Jenin. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 12:15, IOF moved into Hijja village, east of Qalqilya. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At
approximately 20:00, IOF moved into Ematin village, east of Qalqilya. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

Monday, 10 January 2011

 

· At approximately 00:00, IOF moved into Kraisa area in the northwest
of Dura town, southwest of Hebron. They
raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians:

 

1. Yasser
Mahmoud al-Rajoub, 53;

2. Yousef
Nayef al-Rajoub, 20; and

3. Ahmed
Badran Ebryoush, 25.

 

· At approximately 00:10, IOF moved into Seilat al-Harthiya village,
northwest of Jenin. They surrounded a
house belonging to Yahia Sa’id Zayoud, 58, a leader of Hamas. They raided the house, interrogated Zayoud
and warned them of carrying out any
activity against them. They left the
house later and no arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 01:50, Israeli helicopter gunships fired two
missile at a site of the ‘Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas)
in the west of the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. The site was damaged, but no casualties were
reported. Less than an hour later,
Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at the same site, causing more
damage. No casualties were reported.

 

·  At approximately 02:15,
Israeli warplanes bombarded the yard of the Ship Building of the former Palestinian
General Intelligence in the southwest of the northern Gaza Strip town of
Jabalya. No casualties or damages were
reported.

 

· At approximately 09:05, IOF moved into the area located between
‘Azzoun and ‘Izbat al-Tabib villages, east of Qalqilya.  They searched the area and withdrew later.

 

· At approximately 10:00, IOF moved into ‘Azzoun village, east of
Qalqilya. They patrolled in the streets
for some time and withdrew later. No
house raids or arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 10:10, IOF moved into Snirya village, east of
Qalqilya. They patrolled in the streets
and raided a house belonging to Ameen Ahmed Younis, but no arrests were
reported.

 

· At approximately 11:00, IOF moved into ‘Arraba village, southwest
of Jenin. They patrolled in the streets
for some time and withdrew later. No
house raids or arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 13:00, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into the east
of Gaza Valley village in the central Gaza Strip. They leveled areas of Palestinian land, which
they had already razed. They withdrew
from the area at approximately 18:00.

 

· At approximately 14:05, Israeli soldiers positioned at the border
between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the north of the northern Gaza Strip town
of Beit Hanoun opened fire at a number of Palestinian farmers in al-Mazbala
area in the north of the town. As a
result, Sha’ban Mohammed Qarmout, 64, was wounded by several bullets to the
heart, when he was farming his land, nearly 550 meters away from the
border. He was evacuated to Beit Hanoun
hospital, where he was pronounced clinically dead. At approximately 14:45, he was pronounced
physically dead.

 

· At approximately 15:55, IOF moved into Hijja village, east of
Qalqilya. They patrolled in the streets
and established a checkpoint at the entrance of the village. They stopped and checked a number of
Palestinian civilians. They withdrew
from the village later, and no house raids or arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 16:00, IOF moved into Bedya village, west of
Salfit. They patrolled in the streets
for some time and withdrew later. No
house raids or arrests were reported.

 

· Also at approximately 16:00, IOF moved into Qarawat Bani Hassan
village, west of Salfit. They patrolled
in the streets and held Baraa’ Sa’ed Abu ‘Elaya, 13, for an hour. They withdrew from the village later, and no
house raids or arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 16:00, IOF moved into Khillat al-Jammal area in
the southeast of Beit Liqya village, west of Ramallah, to hand notices of
demolition of Palestinian civilian property. A number of Palestinian children and young men gathered and threw stones
at IOF military vehicles. Immediately,
Israeli soldiers fired at them. As a
result, Dirar Ahmed ‘Aassi, 20, was hit by a tear gas canister to the testicles.

 

· At approximately 17:00, IOF moved into Fahma village, southwest of
Jenin. They patrolled in the streets for
some time and withdrew later. No house
raids or arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 19:35, IOF moved into Jayous village, east of Qalqilya. They patrolled in the streets for some time
and withdrew later. No house raids or
arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 20:30, IOF moved into the open area between
Thinnaba and Kufor al-Labad villages, east of Tulkarm. They searched the area and withdrew
later. No house raids or arrests were
reported.

 

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

 

· At
approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Nabi Saleh village, northwest of
Ramallah. They raided and searched a
number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately
01:30, IOF moved into Salfit. They
raided and searched a house belonging to Dr. ‘Omar Mahmoud ‘Abdul Raziq, 52,
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from the Change and Reform
Bloc affiliated to Hamas, and arrested him. They also confiscated his mobile phone and a computer set.  At the same time, IOF raided and searched the
office of PLC Members from the Change and Reform Bloc in Salfit. They confiscated two computer sets and some
documents and damaged the office. 

 

· At approximately
02:30, IOF moved into Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm. They raided and searched a house belonging to
Ahmed Yousef Shabrawi. They violently
beat the owner’s son, Ibrahim, 19, who is a member of the Palestinian Military
Intelligence Service. They then arrested
the owner’s child, 16-year-old Mohammed, and confiscated a computer set, two
mobile phones, Ibrahim’s uniform and some flags and portraits. During the house raid, IOF turned a nearby
building belonging to the Miqbel family into a military site. At approximately 03:00, IOF moved
westward. They surrounded a house
belonging to Mohamed Fayad al-Sheikh Yousef. They called through megaphones on residents of the house to get out and
they did. When the residents got out, Israeli
soldiers checked them, searched the house and arrested Mahdi Mohammed al-Sheikh
Yousef, 18.

 

· At
approximately 11:00, Israeli naval troops arrested 4 Palestinian fishermen,
including two children, when they were sailing 2.5 nautical miles away from
Gaza beach. They released 3 fishermen,
but kept the fourth one, Mohammed Khaled Abu ‘Omaira, 19. The other fishermen are:

 

1. Ussama Nasser
Abu ‘Omaira, 18;

2. Mahmoud Khaled
Abu ‘Omaira, 16; and

3. Saher Khaled
Juha, 16.

 

· At
approximately 23:30, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at a site of the
‘Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) near al-Shuhada
intersection, south of Gaza City. No
casualties were reported.

 

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

 

· At
approximately 00:25, Israeli warplanes bombarded a training site of the al-Quds
Brigades (the armed wing of Islamic Jihad) in the west of the southern Gaza
Strip town of Khan Yunis. The site was
damaged, but no casualties were reported.

 

· At
approximately 00:45, Israeli warplanes bombarded a site of the Palestinian naval
police in the west of al-Nussairat refugee camp in the central Gaza Stip. Two rooms in the site were destroyed and a
two police vehicles were damaged. No
casualties were reported.

 

· At
approximately 10:00, IOF moved into Silwan village to the south of the old town
of Jerusalem. They surrounded a sit-in
tent in al-Bustan quarter, while the local committee of the quarter was holding
a meeting. Israeli soldiers arrested 3
Palestinian civilians, including two children:

 

1. Mohammed
   Ayman al-Shwaiki, 14;
2. ‘Abdul
   Halim Zaytoun, 16; and
3. Hamza
   ‘Abdul Hai al-Zeer, 19.

 

2. Use of
Excessive Force against Peaceful Demonstrations Protesting Settlement
Activities and the Construction of the Annexation Wall

 

During
the reporting period, IOF used force against peaceful demonstrations organized
by Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders
in protest to the construction of the Wall and settlement activities in the
West Bank. As a result, 4 Palestinian
civilians, including a child, were wounded. Dozens of Palestinian civilians and human rights defenders also suffered
from tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises.  Additionally, IOF arrested a Palestinian
civilian.   

   

· Following the
Friday Prayer on 07 January 2011, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
international and Israeli human rights defenders organized a peaceful
demonstration in Bil’ein village, west of Ramallah, in protest to the construction
of the annexation wall. The
demonstrators included a number of PLC Members; Israeli Knessent Member
Mohammed Baraka; Ms. Louisa Morgantini, former Deputy Speaker of the European
Parliament; and a number of observers from the UN Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights, the EU and the US consulate. The demonstrators raised the Palestinian flag
and portraits of Bassem and Jawaher Abu Rahma, who were killed by IOF in the
village. They moved towards the annexation
wall.  Israeli soldiers stationed in the area fired
rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the
demonstrators. As a result, 3
Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded:

 

1. Eyad Bernat,
39, hit by a tear gas canister to the right hand;

2. ‘Ouda Abu
Rhama, 21, hit by a tear gas canister to the right hand; and

3. Mahmoud Yousef
Abu Rahma, 16, injured in the right hand. 

 

Additionally, a number of demonstrators suffered from tear gas
inhalation and others sustained bruises as they were beaten by Israeli soldiers.
 

 

· Also following
the Friday Prayer on 07 January 2011, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
international and human rights defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in
Ne’lin village, west of Ramallah, in protest against the construction of the annexation
wall. They clashed with Israeli troops
positioned near the Wall. Israeli troops
fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at
demonstrators. As a result, dozens of
demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation, and others sustained bruises. 

 

· Also following
the Friday Prayer on 07 January 2011, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
international and Israeli human rights defenders organized a peaceful
demonstration in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, in commemoration of
the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, and in protest against land
confiscations in the Wad al-Raya area between the villages of Nabi Saleh and
Deir Nizam. When the demonstrators
attempted to reach areas of land seized by Israeli settlers near
“Halmish” settlement, Israeli troops fired rubber-coated metal bullets,
sound bombs and tear gas canisters at them. As a result, Eyas Mohammed Sarhan, 23, was hit by a tear gas canister to
the right foot. A number of
demonstrators also suffered from tear gas inhalation.  IOF also arrested ‘Odai ‘Abdul Hafiz Tamimi,
21.

 

3. Extra-Judicial
Executions

 

During the reporting period, IOF committed two extra-judicial
executions. In the first attack, IOF
killed and old man and arrested the targeted person in Hebron. IOF admitted responsibility for the attack,
but claimed that Israeli soldiers fired at the victim by mistake. In the second attack, IOF extra-judicially
executed an activist of al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing of Islamic Jihad) in
the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. According to investigations conducted by PCHR:

 

· At approximately 03:30 on Friday, 07 January
2011, IOF besieged a 4-storey apartment building in al-Sheikh quarter in the
center of Hebron. The stormed the second
floor of the building, where ‘Omar Saleem Suleiman al-Qawasmi, 66, lives with
his wife and their disabled son. Al-Qawasmi is a relative and a neighbor of an activist of Hamas. Israeli soldier broke into the house pointing
their guns in the face of the wife who was awake. They then fired at al-Qawasmi who was
sleeping from a range of two meters. He
was instantly killed. Parts of his brain
fell onto the bed. They then took the
wife and her disabled son Yousef, 45, out of the room. When they verified that the victim was not
the wanted person, Wa’el Sa’id al-Beitar, they left the house taking the
victim’s body with them. They raided the
first floor of the building and arrested al-Beitar. Later, IOF delivered al-Qawasmi’s body to an
ambulance of Palestinian Red Crescent Society. According to medical sources, the victim was hit by many bullets, mostly
in the head and the chest, and parts of his face and head were crushed. An Israeli military spokesman claimed that
the soldiers “fired at him thinking that he was armed and might pose a
threat to their lives.”

 

In her testimony to PCHR, Ms. Subhiya ‘Awadh al-Qawasmi, 60, the
victim’s wife, stated:

 

“I got up to pray, and while I was praying in my bedroom where
my husband was sleeping, I heard steps inside the house. I cut my prayer and looked around. I saw Israeli soldiers inside the house. They moved forward pointing their guns at
me. I did not know how they entered the
house. Immediately, they fired at my
husband who was sleeping. I carried:
‘You killed him…’ I was extremely
shocked. They shouted on me and
requested me to bring my husband’s identity card. They verified it and then took me out of the
room. They entered the nearby bedroom,
where my disabled son, Yousef, 45, was. They checked him and took him out of the room. Israeli soldiers checked a notebook they were
carrying, and asked me about the house of Wa’el al-Beitar. I told them that he lives on the first
floor. Half an hour later, they left the
house. I immediately went to my bedroom
to check what happened to my husband, but I did not find him. I could only see much blood on the bed. I knew that Israeli soldiers took him with
them before leaving the building.”

 

· At approximately 16:00 on Tuesday, 11 January
2011, an Israeli drone fired two missile at a person who was riding a
motorcycle in Gizan al-Najjar area in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan
Yunis. The person was instantly
killed. Later, he was identified as
Mohammed Jameel Mousa al-Najjar, 24, an activist of the al-Quds Brigades (the
armed wing of Islamic Jihad). A civilian
bystander, Ahmed Mohammed al-Bayouk, 41, was wounded by shrapnel to the left
hand, when he was traveling in a civilian vehicles a few meters away from the
motorcycle. IOF admitted responsibility
for the attack, claiming that al-Najjar was preparing for a large
“terrorist attack? Inside Israel.

 

4. Continued
Closure of the OPT

 

Israel has continued to impose a tightened closure of the OPT and
imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the
Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.

 

Gaza
Strip

 

Israel has continuously closed all
border crossings to the Gaza Strip for over three years. The illegal
Israeli-imposed closure of the Gaza Strip, which has steadily tightened since
June 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic
situation in the Gaza Strip.

 

· The illegal
closure has caused not only a humanitarian crisis but a crisis of human rights
and human dignity for the population of the Gaza Strip. Measures declared
recently to ease the blockade are vague, purely cosmetic and fail to deal with
the root causes of the crisis, which can only be addressed by an immediate and
complete lifting of the closure, including lifting the travel ban into and out
of the Gaza Strip and the ban on exports. PCHR is concerned that the new Israeli
policy is simply shifting Gaza to another form of illegal blockade, one that
may become internationally accepted and institutionalized. Palestinians in Gaza
may no longer suffer from the same shortage of goods, but they will remain
economically dependent and unable to care for themselves, and socially,
culturally and academically isolated from the rest of the world.

 

· Expanding the
list of items allowed into Gaza does not change the illegality of this policy,
which is inconsistent with Israel’s legal obligations both as an Occupying
Power and under international human rights treaties to which it is party, such
as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 

 

· Facts on the
ground refute Israeli claims with respect to the easing of the closure imposed
on the Gaza Strip and the reduction of restrictions imposed on the entry of
goods.

 

· Israeli
declaration of allowing new goods to be entered into the Gaza Strip constitutes
an attempt to delude the international community, as such goods do not meet the
minimal needs of the Gaza Strip. 

 

· IOF have
continued to ban the entry of raw construction materials into the Gaza
Strip. 

 

· IOF have
imposed a ban on all exports from the Gaza Strip. 

 

· Israel had
continued to close Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing to Palestinian civilians wishing
to travel to the West Bank and Israeli for medical treatment, trade or social
visits.

 

· Israel has
imposed additional access restrictions on international diplomats, journalists
and humanitarian workers seeking to enter the Gaza Strip. They have prevented
representatives of several international humanitarian organizations from
entering the Gaza Strip.

 

· Living
conditions of the Palestinian civilian population have seriously deteriorated;
levels of poverty and unemployment have mounted sharply.

 

Movement
at Border Crossings during the Reporting Period:

 

At
approximately 13:00 on Tuesday, 01 June 2010, the Egyptian authorities decided
to open Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border in both
directions without specifying a date for its closure. The Egyptian decisions came following the
Israeli attack on the Gaza-aid flotilla in international water. On the following morning, the crossing point
was effectively opened and restricted categories of Palestinian civilians were
allowed to travel through it.

Movement
at Rafah International Crossing Point

05 –
11 January 2011

 

 

Movement
at Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) Crossing

05 –
10 January 2011

 

 

Exports through Karm Abu Salem Crossing:

 

On Wednesday, 05 January 2011, IOF allowed the export of 31,000
flowers and 5.6 tons of strawberries. 

 

On Thursday, 06 January 2011, IOF allowed the export of 138,000
flowers and 9.5 tons of strawberries. 

 

On Sunday, 09 January 2011, IOF allowed the export of 207,000
flowers and 15 tons of strawberries.

 

On Monday, 10 January 2011, IOF allowed the export of 150,600
flowers and 3.3 tons of strawberries. 

 

Al-Mentar (Karni) Crossing: During the
reporting period, IOF partially opened the crossing on Wednesday, 05 January
2011, and allowed the entry of 2,964 tons of wheat, and 2,379 tons of
fodders. IOF opened it again on Monday,
10 January 2011, and allowed the entry of 1,092 tons of wheat and 1,248 tons of
fodders, and 980 tons of construction aggregate for UNRWA.

 

Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing: Israel
has continued to close Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing for the movement of
Palestinian civilians. IOF have allowed only diplomats, a number of
international journalists, employees of international agencies and a limited
number of patients who suffer from serious diseases to pass through the
crossing. They have continued to prevent Palestinian civilians from visiting
their relatives who are detained in Israeli jails. The small number of patients
permitted to pass through the crossing is only able to do so under severe
restrictions that include prolonged checking.

 

Movement
at Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing

05 –
11 January 2011

 

 

The West Bank

 

Israel has imposed a tightened closure on the West Bank. During the
reporting period, IOF imposed additional restrictions on the movement of
Palestinian civilians.

 

· Jerusalem: IOF
have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian
civilians to and from the city. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been denied access to the city. IOF have established
many checkpoints around and inside the city. Restrictions of the movement of
Palestinian civilians often escalate on Fridays, preventing Muslim Palestinians
from praying at al-Aqsa Mosque.      

 

· Ramallah: IOF
have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of the Palestinian
civilians in Ramallah. IOF troops
positioned at the Jaba’ and Qalandiya checkpoints, southeast of Ramallah, have
imposed additional restrictions on movement and conducted prolonged checks of
Palestinian civilians. During the
reporting period, IOF established a number of temporary checkpoints, and
stopped and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles. At approximately 20:30 on Thursday, 06
January 2011, IOF established a checkpoint at the entrance of Beit Liqya
village, west of Ramallah. They stopped
and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles. At approximately 22:00, IOF established a checkpoint under Kharabtha
al-Misbah Bridge, west of Ramallah. They
stopped and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles. At approximately 08:00 on Friday, 07 January
2011, IOF re-established their presence at ‘Attara checkpoint at the northern
entrance of Bir Zeit village, north of Ramallah. They stopped and searched Palestinian
civilian vehicles. IOF re-established
their presence at the same checkpoint again on Tuesday morning, 11 January
2011.

 

· Qalqilya: IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. On Saturday, 08 January 2011, IOF established
5 checkpoints around Qalqilya.  On
Sunday, 09 January 2011, IOF established 6 checkpoints around Qalqilya. Israeli
soldiers stationed at these checkpoints stopped and searched Palestinian
civilian vehicles.   

 

· Tulkarm: IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. At approximately 15:30 on Thursday, 06
January 2011, IOF established a checkpoint on Tulkarm-Qalqilya road. They stopped and searched Palestinian
civilian vehicles. At approximately
17:30 on the same day, IOF established a checkpoint at al-Jaroushiya
intersection, north of Tulkarm. They
stopped and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles. At approximately 13:35 on Monday, 10 January
2011, IOF established a checkpoint on Bal’a-‘Atatra road, northeast of
Tulkarm. They stopped and searched
Palestinian civilian vehicles.   

 

· Jenin: IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. At approximately 09:30 on Friday, 07 January
2011, IOF established a checkpoint at Rummana intersection, northwest of
Jenin. They stopped and searched
Palestinian civilian vehicles. At
approximately 11:00 on the same day, IOF established a checkpoint on
Zabbouba-Ta’nak road, northwest of Jenin. They stopped and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles. At approximately 12:00 on Saturday, 08
January 2011, IOF established a checkpoint at Rummana intersection, northwest
of Jenin. At approximately 11:30 on
Monday, 10 January 2011, IOF established a checkpoint at Fahma intersection,
southwest of Jenin. They stopped and
searched Palestinian civilian vehicles. At approximately 12:00 on the same day,
IOF established a checkpoint at Kufor Ra’ei intersection, southwest of
Jenin. At approximately 17:00, IOF
established a checkpoint at ‘Ejja intersection, south of Jenin. Israeli soldiers positioned at these
checkpoints stopped and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles.

 

· Salfit: IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF have continued to close the northern
entrance of Salfit with cement blocks and sand barriers since 2000. They have also continued to close two roads
linking Marda village with agricultural land belonging to it.  At approximately 13:00 on Sunday, 09 January
2011, IOF established a checkpoint at the entrance of Yassouf village, east of
Salfit. They stopped and searched
Palestinian civilian vehicles.  

 

Arrests at Military Checkpoints

 

· On Thursday
evening, 06 January 2011, Israeli soldiers positioned at a checkpoint
established at Kfar Etzion intersection on Hebron-Bethlehem road arrested Shadi
Sharif Jaradat, 28, from Sa’ir village northeast of Hebron.

 

· On Saturday
afternoon, 08 January 2011, Israeli soldiers positioned in the old town of
Hebron arrested Fakhri Hassan Salaima, 17.

 

4. Measures
Aimed at Creating a Jewish Demographic Majority in Jerusalem

 

Israel
has recently escalated arbitrary measures against Palestinian civilians in East
Jerusalem in order to force them to leave the city. PCHR has devoted this section in the Weekly
Report to highlighting violations of human rights perpetrated by IOF against
Palestinian civilians in East Jerusalem.

 

· At approximately 04:30 on Sunday, 09 November
2011, IOF, accompanied by bulldozers, moved into Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in
East Jerusalem. They besieged the headquarters of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, mufti of Jerusalem
and Arab nationalist leader during British rule of Palestine, which is known
as “Shepherd Hotel.” They
demolished the northern part of the building, which was added to the structure
in the 1960s, before the heirs of Hajj Amin al-Husseini were able to obtain a
court ruling suspending the demolition of the structure, which was built in the
1930s, indefinitely. IOF claim that the
land on which the structure stands belongs to Miskowitz, a Jewish US
millionaire, and that he took all necessary steps to demolish the building,
including the claimed that the building does not have any historic
significance.  IOF further claim that they confiscated with the law on properties of absentees. Moskowitiz claims that he owns the land and
he wants to demolish the building to establish a new Israeli settlement.

 

· At approximately 07:30 on Tuesday, 10 January
2011, IOF, accompanied by a bulldozer, moved into al-Tour area in East
Jerusalem. They demolished a horse
stable belonging to Maher Bassem Sbaitan. The Israeli nature protection authority claims that the land, on which
the stable used to stand, is an Israeli public land. However, Shukri Farrouji stresses that he has
official ownership documents of the land. 

 

· On Tuesday noon, 10 January 2011, IOF,
accompanied by a bulldozer, moved into Wad al-Jouz area in East Jerusalem. They demolished a horse stable belonging to
‘Essam Dkaidek, and confiscated two horses. 

 

· On Wednesday morning, 12 January 2011, IOF
removed a commercial kiosk of kitchen tools belonging to Wa’el al-Razem in
Sultan Suleiman Street in Jerusalem. IOF
also confiscated goods. According to
al-Razem, he establishes the kiosk more than 11 years ago, and he had not
received any warning to remove it. He
estimated his loss at approximately 150,000 NIS. 

 

5. Settlement
Activities and Attacks by Settlers against Palestinian Civilians and Property

 

Israel
has continued its settlement activities in the OPT in violation of
international humanitarian law, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack
Palestinian civilians and property.

 

· On Saturday, 08 January 2011, Israeli settlers
from “Gilad” settlement, east of Qalqilya, attacked agricultural
property belonging to ‘Aadel Hassan Yamin, 54, from Jeet village northeast of
Qalqilya. As a result, the cover of a
water hole was damaged. 

 

· At approximately 16:00 on Monday, 10 January
2011, IOF moved into Khillat al-Jammal area in the southeast of Beit Liqya
village, west of Ramallah. They handed
noticed to Palestinian civilians ordering stopping the construction of a house
and 3 barracks claiming that they were being built without licenses:

 

1. A 250-square-meter, two-storey,
under-construction house belonging to Anas Fadel ‘Aassi.

2.  A
1,500-square-meter barrack belonging to Mohammed Hassan Dar Mousa.

3. A 300-square-meter barrack and a
1,000-square-meter one belonging to ‘Ali Shukri ‘Aassi.

 

· At approximately 08:00 on Tuesday, 10 January
2011, IOF, accompanied by bulldozers, moved into ‘Azzoun ‘Atma village,
southeast of Qalqilya. They demolished
two houses:

 

1. A 150-square-meter house belonging to Samer
Mohammed Younis, in which 5 individuals live.

2. A 120-square-meter house belonging to Mo’in Ameen Younis, in
which 8 farmers live. 

 

These house are
located nearly 500 meters away from “Oranit” settlement and nearly
120 meters away from the annexation wall.

 

· On Wednesday, 12 January 2011, during a wide
scale military operation, IOF demolished several Palestinian civilian
facilities in the southeast of Yatta town, south of Hebron. They demolished 11 houses, in which 27
individuals, including 17 children, live, 3 classrooms, 3 barnyards and 3 tents
claiming that they are close to the annexation wall. According to investigations conducted by
PCHR, at approximately 07:40, IOF, accompanied by bulldozers, moved into the
area after declaring it a closed military zone. They surrounded the elementary school in the area and forced teachers
and students out. They then demolished 3
classrooms. IOF then moved towards the
residential community in the area. They
forced residents of a number of houses out and demolished them together with a
number of barnyards. These houses belong
to:

 

1. Ibrahim Mohammed Ka’abna (a 220-square-meter
barnyard belonging to him was also demolished.

2. Yousef Ibrahim Ka’abna.

3. Hussein Ibrahim Ka’abna.

4. ‘Adnan Ibrahim Ka’abna.

5. Jameel Suleiman al-Najajda (two barnyards
belonging to him were also demolished).

6. Khaled Jameel al-Najajda.

7. Ibrahim Jameel al-Najajda.

8. Mikhled Jameel al-Najajda.

 

IOF also
arrested 3 Palestinian civilians: Jasser Suleiman al-Najajda, 32; Nawaf
Suleiman al-Qurb, 29; and Wa’el Isma’il Tmaizi, 41.

 

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Recommendations to the International
Community

 

 

1. PCHR calls upon
the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their
legal and moral obligations under Article 1 of the Convention to ensure
Israel’s respect for the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. PCHR believes that the conspiracy of silence
practiced by the international community has encouraged Israel to act as if it
is above the law and encourages Israel continue to violate international human
rights and humanitarian law.

 

2. PCHR calls upon
the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to convene a conference
to take effective steps to ensure Israel’s respect of the Convention in the OPT
and to provide immediate protection for Palestinian civilians.

 

3. PCHR calls upon
the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to comply with
their legal obligations detailed in Article 146 of the Convention to search for
and prosecute those responsible for grave breaches, namely war crimes.

 

4. PCHR calls for
the immediate implementation of the Advisory Opinion issued by the
International Court of Justice, which considers the construction of the
Annexation Wall inside the West Bank illegal.

 

5. PCHR recommends
that international civil society organizations, including human rights
organizations, bar associations and NGOs, participate in the process of
exposing those accused of grave breaches of international law and urge their governments to bring the
perpetrators to justice.

 

6. PCHR calls upon
the European Union to activate Article 2 of the Euro-Israel Association
Agreement, which provides that Israel must respect human rights as a
precondition for economic cooperation between the EU states and Israel. PCHR further calls upon the EU states to
prohibit import of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT.

 

7. PCHR calls on
the international community to recognize the Gaza disengagement plan, which was
implemented in September 2005, for what it is – not an end to occupation but a
compounding of the occupation and the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza
Strip. 

 

8. In recognition
of ICRC as the guardian of the Fourth Geneva Convention, PCHR calls upon the
ICRC to increase its staff and activities in the OPT, including the
facilitation of family visitations to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

 

9. PCHR
appreciates the efforts of international civil society, including human rights
organizations, bar associations, unions and NGOs, and urges them to continue
their role in pressuring their governments to secure Israel’s respect for human
rights in the OPT and to demand Israel end its attacks on Palestinian civilians.

 

10. PCHR calls upon
the international community to pressure Israel to lift the severe restrictions
imposed by the Israeli government and its occupation forces on access for
international organizations to the OPT.

 

11. PCHR reiterates
that any political settlement not based on international human rights law and
humanitarian law cannot lead to a peaceful and just solution of the Palestinian
question. Rather, such an arrangement
can only lead to further suffering and instability in the region. Any peace process or agreement must be based
on respect for international law, including international human rights and
humanitarian law.

 

 

 

 

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