Israeli
forces detain a 5-year-old child and his father in Hebron, claiming that the
child threw a stone at an Israeli settler’s car

Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians
and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)

      

 

Israeli forces have continued to open fire at the
Palestinian civilians in the border areas of the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian child was wounded in the east of Beit
Hanoun.

 

A young man and a child were wounded in al-Nabi Saleh
village, northwest of Ramallah.

 

Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force
against peaceful protesters in the West Bank.

 

A number of protesters suffered tear gas inhalation during
peaceful protests.

 

 

Israeli forces conducted 17 incursions into Palestinian
communities in the West Bank and a limited one in the northern Gaza Strip.

 

At
least 9 Palestinian civilians were arrested.

Israeli forces partially demolished a cattle barn and
damaged a number of trees in the south of Hebron while arresting a number of
civilians.

 

Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the
oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

Israeli
forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.

15 Palestinian civilians were arrested by Israeli
forces at checkpoints.

Of the arrested civilians, there were 8 children,
including a 5-year-old child, and 2 civilians from the Gaza Strip.

 

Israeli naval forces have continued to target the
Palestinian fishermen in the sea.

A fishing boat sustained damage by 4 bullets.

 

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

More demolition notices were issued.

The settlers continued their attacks against the
Palestinians and their property.

40 seedlings and 40 fruitful olive trees were uprooted
in Termis’ya village, north of Ramallah.

 

 

Summary

 

Israeli violations of international law and
international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period
11 – 17 July 2013.

 

Shooting:

 

During the reporting period, Israeli forces wounded 3
Palestinian civilians, including a child. 2 civilians were wounded in the West
Bank and the third one was wounded in the Gaza Strip. In addition, a number of Palestinian
civilians suffered tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises during
peaceful protests against the construction of the annexation wall and settlement
activities in the West Bank.  

 

In the West Bank, 2 Palestinian civilian civilians,
including a child, were wounded when Israeli forces moved into al-Nabi Saleh
village, northeast of Ramallah, on 16 July 2013.

 

During the reporting period, Israeli forces continued
the systematic use of excessive force against peaceful protests organised by
Palestinian, Israeli and international activists against the construction of
the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank.  As a result, a number of civilians suffered
tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises during peaceful protests.
Protests were organized on the first Friday of Ramadan in Bil’in, Ni’lin and
al-Nabi Saleh villages in Ramallah; Kufor Qaddoum village in the northeast of
Qalqilia; and al-Ma’sarah village in the south of Bethlehem.

 

In the Gaza Strip, on 14 July 2013, an 18-year-old
civilian was wounded when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence,
northeast of Beit Hanoun, opened fire at a group of workers collecting metal
pieces in the landfill, northeast of Beit Hanoun, about 400 metres away from
the border fence.

 

As part of targeting Palestinian fishermen in the sea,
on 17 July 2013, Israeli gunboats stationed off al-Waha resort, northwest of
Beit Lahia, opened fire and pumped water at the Palestinian fishing boats.  As a result, a fishing boat sustained damage
by 4 bullets.   

  

 

Incursions:

 

During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted
at least 17 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During
these incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least 9 Palestinians.

 

During the reporting period, on 16 July 2013, Israeli
forces demolished a part of a tin-made barrack used for cattle and damaged a
number of trees belonging to Fadel Ahmed al-Khatib.

 

In the Gaza Strip, on 16 July 2013, Israeli forces
moved nearly 200 meters into the east Shuhada’ cemetery, east of Jabalia
village, in the northern Gaza Strip. They opened fire and levelled lands. No
casualties were reported.    

 

 

 

Restrictions on movement:

 

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

 

The illegal 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 Israeli authorities impose measures to
undermine the freedom of trade, including the basic needs for the Gaza Strip
population and the agricultural and industrial products to be exported. For 7
consecutive years, Israel has tightened the land and naval closure to isolate
the Gaza Strip from the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, and other
countries around the world. This resulted in a grave violation of the economic,
social and cultural rights and a deterioration of living conditions for 1.7
million people.  The Israeli authorities
has established Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shaloum) as the sole crossing for imports
and exports in order to exercise its control over the Gaza Strip’s economy that
has been aggravating for years due to the shortage of imports.  They also aim at imposing a complete ban on
the Gaza Strip’s exports. 

 

Israeli forces 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.

Settlement activities:

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

 

Attacks carried out by Israeli forces

 

On 11 July 2013, Israeli forces, accompanied by three
military vehicles and a vehicle of the Israeli Civil Administration, moved into
Deir Samet village, in the west of Doura, in the southwest of Hebron.  The Civil Administration officer handed 3
civilians notices to halt construction work in the area.

 

On 13 July 2013, Israeli forces,
accompanied by a number of military vehicles, moved into the farmlands near
Kherbat Uml-Khair area in the east of Yatta, south of Hebron.  The soldiers chased Palestinian shepherds of
the Hathaleen family and detained 4 of them, including 3 children for a few
hours before releasing them.

 

Attacks carried out by settlers

 

On 14 July 2013, a group of settlers
from “Gush Etzion” settlement, which is established on the lands of
al-Khader village, in the south of Bethlehem, assaulted Salah Sa’id Shaheen’s
house, which is located in Ayn Balout area, in the center of “Gush
Etzion” settlement compound, with stones and empty bottles.  As a result, Shaheen’s family members were
traumatized.

On the same day, 3 settlers from
“Mitzpe Yair” settlement, which is established on Palestinians’ lands
in the east of Yatta, south of Hebron, attacked a Palestinian shepherd while he
was grazing his sheep in Wad Lugha area, in the west of the village.  He sustained bruises and cuts in his head and
was taken to Hebron Public Hospital for treatment.

 

On the same day also, a group of
settlers from “Eddie Ad” settlement, which is established on
Palestinians’ lands in the east of Termis’ya village, north of Ramallah,
uprooted 40 seedlings and 40 fruitful olive trees in the east of the village
that are 3 kilometers away from the abovementioned settlement.

 

On 16 July 2013, ten settlers, three
of them were masked, from “Bat Ayin” settlement, which is established
on Palestinians’ lands in the east of Beit Ummar village, in the north of
Hebron, attacked a Palestinian farmer who was present at his land, which is
located near the afore-mentioned settlement. As the settlers started insulting
him and using foul language, he ran away from his land towards the village in
fear for his life.

 

 

Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period
11–17 July 2013

 

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

Thursday, 11 July 2013

 

At approximately 02:30, Israeli forces moved into
al-Mughair village, northeast of Ramallah. 
They patrolled the streets and raided and searched 2 houses. They
arrested Sanad Khader Abu Alya (18) and As’ad Abdullah Abu Alya (19).

 

Friday, 12 July 2013

 

At approximately 01:30, Israeli forces moved into
Housan village, west of Bethlehem.  They raided
a house belonging to the family of Hesham Abdul Rahim Hamamrah (25) and
arrested him.

 

At approximately 03:30, Israeli forces moved into
Qalqilia. They patrolled the streets and raided and searched 2 houses from
which they arrested Mahmoud Mohammed Ali Khadraj (30) and Mahmoud Mostafa As’ad
Shreim (31).

 

At approximately 21:30, Israeli forces moved into
Kharbatha al-Mesbah village, southwest of Ramallah.  They patrolled the streets for some time and
withdrew later.  

 

Saturday, 13 July 2013

 

At approximately 01:30, Israeli forces moved into
Azzoun village, east of Qalqilia. They patrolled the streets and raided and
searched a house belonging to the family of Asyad Yasser Rashed Salim (23).
They arrested the aforementioned person and withdrew later.

 

At
approximately 06:00, Israeli forces moved into Qalqilia. They patrolled the streets
for some time and withdrew later.  Neither
house raids nor arrests were reported.

 

At
approximately 09:30, Israeli forces moved into Sheqba village, northwest of
Ramallah. They patrolled the streets for some time and withdrew later.  No arrests were reported.

 

At
approximately 23:30, Israeli forces moved into Abween village, northwest of
Ramallah. They patrolled the streets for some time and withdrew later.  No arrests were reported. 

 

Sunday, 14 July
2013

 

At
approximately 03:30, Israeli forces moved into Jenin. They patrolled the
streets for some time and withdrew later.  Neither house raids nor arrests were reported.

 

At
approximately 13:00, Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, northeast
of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of workers
collecting metal pieces in the landfill, northeast of Beit Hanoun, about 400
meters away from the border fence. As a result, Khaled Shehada Hamad (18) was
wounded by a bullet to the left thigh (entered and exited). Hamad was taken
with the help of his brother Salah (19) and other workers by a cart to Beit
Hanoun Hospital, where he received the first aid. He was then taken by an
ambulance to Martyr Kamal Odwan Hospital in Beit Lahia. His wound was moderate.
According to what Hamad said to PCHR’s fieldworker, the former used to go to
that area daily and collect iron, aluminium and copper pieces to sell them. The
area was quiet when he was wounded. Only one shot was heard, which reflects
that Israeli forces aimed to cause him injury.   

 

At
approximately 18:00, Israeli forces moved into Jenin. They patrolled the
streets for some time and withdrew later. Neither house raids nor arrests were
reported.

Monday 15 July 2013

At
approximately 11:00, Israeli forces moved into Deir Qeddis
village, west of Ramallah.  They
patrolled the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were
reported.

 

At
approximately 22:30, Israeli forces moved into Senjal village, north of
Ramallah. They patrolled the streets in a provocative way and withdrew later.
No arrests were reported.

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

 

At approximately 01:00, Israeli force moved into Karza
village, to the south of Doura, southwest of Hebron.  They patrolled the streets for some time and
withdrew later. Neither house raids nor arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 03:30, Israeli forces moved into
al-Samou’ village, south of Hebron.  They
patrolled the streets and stationed themselves in the centre of the
village.  A number of boys gathered and
threw stones at the Israeli soldiers, who in response fired sound bombs and
tear gas canisters. As a result, a number of civilians suffered tear gas
inhalation. Neither material damage nor arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 10:00, Israeli forces moved nearly
200 meters into the east of al-Shuhada’ cemetery, east of Jabalia, in the
northern Gaza Strip. They opened fire and shelled agricultural lands and
levelled lands adjacent to the border fence until 15:00, on the same day. No casualties
were reported.

 

At approximately 13:00, Israeli forces moved into
Sahlet Abu Diab, to the east of Yatta, south of Hebron.  They searched 2 houses belonging to Khaled
Ahmed al-Khatib (44) and Fadel Ahmed al-Khatib (47). Meantime, an Israeli
bulldozer demolished a part of a tin-made barrack used for cattle breeding and
damaged a number of trees belonging to Fadel al-Khatib. Israeli forces arrested
the 2 sons of Fadel: Hamza (20) and Osama (23) and took them to an unknown
destination.

 

At approximately 18:30, Israeli forces moved into
Jabal al-Sheikh, southwest of al-Nabi Saleh village, northwest of
Ramallah.  A number of boys gathered and
threw stones at the soldiers, who in response fired rubber coated-metal
bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters. As a result, an 11-year-old boy
was wounded by a bullet to the right thigh and a 23-year-old civilian was
wounded by a bullet to the left knee.

  

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

 

At approximately 04: Israeli forces moved into
Tulkarm. They patrolled the streets and raided a house belonging to the family
of Emad Suleiman Maher (24). They arrested the aforementioned person and took
him to an unknown destination.

 

At approximately 06:15, Israeli gunboats stationed off
al-Waha resort, northwest of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened
fire and pumped water at the Palestinian fishing boats. As a result, a boat
belonging to Rajab Khaled Abu Riyala (26), from al-Shati’ refugee camp,
sustained damage by 4 bullets while sailing about 4 nautical miles off the
shore. Besides, his fishing net was damaged and lost. However, no casualties
were reported.

 

2. Use of excessive force against peaceful demonstrations protesting
settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall

 

During the reporting period, Israeli soldiers used
excessive force against peaceful demonstrations organised by Palestinian
civilians, international and Israeli human rights defenders in protest at the
construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West
Bank.  As a result, dozens of civilians
suffered due to tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises after being
beaten by Israeli forces.

 

Demonstrations against the construction of the
annexation wall and settlement activity

 

Following the Friday Prayer, 12 July 2013, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders
organised a peaceful demonstration in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, in
protest at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activity.  The demonstrators marched through the streets
of the village, chanting slogans calling for national unity, raised Palestinian
flags and made their way towards the lands adjacent to the annexation
wall.  Israeli forces had closed all
entrances to the village since early morning to prevent Palestinians,
journalists, and international activists from joining the protest. The
demonstrators walked along the wall and attempted to breach it. Israeli forces
stationed behind the western side of the wall, and dozens of soldiers who were
deployed along the route of the wall, fired live ammunition, rubber-coated
metal bullets, sound bombs, tear gas canisters, and waste water at the
demonstrators, and chased them across olive fields.  As a result, dozens of demonstrators suffered
from tear gas inhalation, and others sustained bruises.

 

Also, following the Friday Prayer, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders
organised a peaceful demonstration in Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah, in
protest at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities.
The demonstrators made their way towards the annexation wall. Israeli forces
closed the wall gate with barbed wire and, when the demonstrators attempted to
access the lands behind the barbed wire, they were stopped by Israeli soldiers.
The demonstrators threw stones at the Israeli soldiers who responded with live
ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs, and tear gas canisters,
and chased them across fields of olive trees as far as the outskirts of the
village. As a result, dozens of demonstrators suffered tear gas inhalation and
others sustained bruises.

 

Around the same time on Friday, dozens of Palestinian
civilians, Israeli and international human rights activists gathered at
the Martyrs Square in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, to hold a
weekly peaceful protest against the construction of the annexation wall and
settlement activities. The protesters walked towards Palestinian lands that
Israeli settlers from the nearby “Halmish” settlement are trying to
seize.  From the morning, Israeli forces
had closed all entrances to the village to prevent Palestinians, international
activists, and journalists from joining the demonstration.  Upon their arrival in the area, Israeli
soldiers fired live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, sound bombs, and tear
gas canisters, chased the demonstrators into the village and sprayed them and
civilian houses with waste water. As a result, dozens of Palestinians suffered
from tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises.

 

Following Friday Prayer, dozens of
inhabitants of al-Ma’sara village, south of Bethlehem, international and
Israeli human rights activists, and activists in the Popular Resistance
Committees gathered for the weekly peaceful demonstration against the
construction of the annexation wall and settlement activity.  It started outside Shomou’ Cultural Centre in
the centre of the village. Upon their arrival at the wall, Israeli forces
stationed there, dispersed them and declared the village a closed area, banning
vehicles from entering or leaving.

 

At approximately 13:10 on Friday, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders organised a
peaceful demonstration in the centre of Kufor Kadoum village, northeast of
Qalqilya, in protest at the continuous closure of the eastern entrance of the
village which has been ongoing since the outbreak of al-Aqsa Intifada. Upon the
demonstrators’ arrival to the afore-mentioned gate, Israeli forces had set up
ambushes for them and started chasing them, firing rubber-coated metal bullets,
sound bombs and tear gas canister at them. 
Demonstrators suffered due to tear gas inhalation.

 

3. Continued closure of the oPt

 

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

 

 

Gaza Strip

 

Israeli forces continuously tightens the
closure of the Gaza Strip and closes all commercial crossings , making the Karm
Abu Salem crossing the sole commercial crossing of the Gaza Strip, although it
is not suitable for commercial purposes in terms of its operational capacity
and distance from markets.

 

Israeli forces have continued to apply the
policy, which is aimed to tighten the closure on all commercial crossings, by
imposing total control over the flow of imports and exports.

 

The total closure of al-Mentar
(“Karni”) crossing since 02 March 2011 has seriously affected the
economy of the Gaza Strip. Following this closure, all economic and commercial
establishments in the Gaza Commercial Zone were shut off. It should be noted
that al-Mentar crossing is the biggest crossing in the Gaza Strip, in terms of
its capacity to absorb the flow of imports and exports. The decision to close
al-Mentar crossing was the culmination of a series of decisions resulting in
the complete closure of the Sofa crossing, east of the Gaza Strip in the
beginning of 2009, and the Nahal Oz crossing, east of Gaza City, which was
dedicated for the delivery of fuel and cooking gas to the Gaza Strip, in the
beginning of 2010.

 

Israeli forces have continued to impose a
total ban on the delivery of raw materials to the Gaza Strip, except for very
limited items and quantities. The limited quantities of raw materials allowed
into Gaza do not meet the minimal needs of the civilian population of the Gaza
Strip.

 

The cooking gas crisis, which erupted last
November, has continued to affect the Gaza Strip due to the closure of Karm Abu
Salem for long periods per month and also due to limited quantities recently
allowed by the Israeli authorities. 
According to PCHR’s follow-up, Israeli authorities only allow around 98
tonnes of cooking gas into Gaza per day. 
This limited quantity is less than half of the daily needs, which is 200
tonnes per day, of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip during the winter.

 

For almost 6
consecutive years, Israeli forces have continued to prevent the delivery of
construction materials to the Gaza Strip. During the reporting period, Israeli
forces approved the delivery of limited quantities of construction materials
for a number of international organisations in the Gaza Strip.  Israeli forces also continued to impose
almost total ban on the Gaza Strip exports, including agricultural and
industrial products, except for light-weighted products such as flowers,
strawberries, and spices.

 

Israel has continued to
close the Beit Hanoun (“Erez”) crossing for the majority of Palestinian
citizens from the Gaza Strip. Israel only allows the movement of a limited
number of groups, with many hours of waiting in the majority of cases. Israel
has continued to adopt a policy aimed at reducing the number of Palestinian
patients allowed to move via the Beit Hanoun crossing to receive medical
treatment in hospitals in Israel or in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israel
denied permission to access hospitals via the crossing for new categories of
patients from the Gaza Strip.

 

For around a year,
Israeli forces have allowed Palestinian detainees’ families to visit their sons
in the Israeli jails according to special and unfair conditions after more than
5 years of deprivation in violation of international humanitarian law.

 

The Egyptian
authorities allow the population of the Gaza Strip to travel via Rafah
International Crossing Point, which connects the Gaza Strip with the outside
world.  Only limited and specified
categories are allowed, including patients, students, persons that hold
residencies in Egypt or abroad, men over 40 years, females in all ages,
children under 18, persons who hold Arab and foreign nationalities, and members
of Arab and international humanitarian delegations.  It should be mentioned that the crossing
point opens seven days a week.  On
Friday, 05 July 2013, the Egyptian authorities closed the crossing point due
the current situation in Egypt.  

 

Beit Hanoun (“Erez”) crossing, in
the north of the Gaza Strip, is dedicated for the movement of individuals, and
links the Gaza Strip with the West Bank.

 

Movement at Beit Hanoun (“Erez”) crossing

10-16 July 2013

 

 

Detaining a
civilian by Israeli authorities while accompanying a dead body at Beit Hanoun
Crossing

 

At approximately 13:00
on Thursday, 11 July 2013, Israeli authorities stationed at Beit Hanoun
Crossing “Erez” in the northern Gaza Strip arrested Mohammed Mohammed Ibrahim
Abu Harbid (55) from Martyr Bassem Na’aim Street in Beit Hanoun when he was on
his way back to the Gaza Strip.  The
aforementioned civilian was accompanying his brother, Soliman (58), who died at
“Okhlof” Hospital in Israel on the same day morning, and he was questioned
about the number of his family members and his relation with Palestinian armed groups.  At approximately 18:15 on the same day, he
was released.

 

Mohammed Abu Harbid
Said to a PCHR fieldworker that a tumour was discovered in his brother’s,
Soliman, stomach and doctors immediately gave him necessary documents to
transfer him into Israel for medical treatment. 
He already got an appointment at “Okhlof” Hospital on 16 June 2013.  He added that he accompanied his brother to
the hospital, where doctors gave him 5 dozens of chemotherapy, and he remained
at the hospital till 28 June 2013, when he came back to the Gaza strip.  They got an appointment to see his doctors on
14 July 2013.  Two days after his return
to Gaza, his health condition deteriorated as a result of intensive
chemotherapy doses he was given.  He was
then entered into Beit Hanoun governmental hospital and also Shifa Hospital in
Gaza but in vain.  Doctors recommended
transferring him into Israel again. 
Thus, he was transferred and got an appointment on 08 July 2013.

 

He added:

 

“At approximately 13:00
on Monday, 08 July 2013, he was taken by an ambulance belonging to the
Palestinian Ministry of Health due to his serious condition.  When we arrived at Beit Hanoun Crossing
“Erez”, an ambulance came from the Israeli side to take us to “Okhlof”
Hospital, where doctors said that his health condition is very serious.  Thus, he was entered into the Intensive care
Unit (ICU), where he was lying till they declared his death at approximately
06:00 on Thursday, 11 July 2013.”

 

He also said that he immediately completed all
needed procedures to deliver the dead body to the Gaza Strip.  At approximately 13:00 on the same day, he
handed his ID card and his brother’s as well to the soldiers in a room at Beit
Hanoun Gate.  One of the soldiers asked
him to wait inside the ambulance outside the crossing gate, and he waited for
20 minutes to be allowed then to enter the crossing.  They put the ambulance in an isolated place
inside the crossing, where 6 persons, including 2 ladies, were standing wearing
civilian clothes, and they asked the ambulance staff to uncover the corpse, but
the staff refused.  Mohammed Abu Harbid
then uncovered his brother’s body, and they then asked him to accompany
them.  He went with them inside the
building, and they walked into a long passage. 
He was thoroughly searched for 20 minutes and then taken to a room in an
underground floor, where he was detained for 4 hours without anyone talking to
him.  At approximately 17:00 on the same
day, he was taken to a detention centre, where he was questioned about his
personal data, some of his family members and if he has any relation with
persons affiliated with Hamas or Islamic Jihad. 
The questioning continued for an hour, during which he was informed that
his brother’s body was delivered to the Palestinian side.  At approximately 18:15 on the same day, he
came back home to find his sole brother’s body buried by his relatives as they
thought that his detention would last longer.

 

Movement at Rafah
International Crossing Point

 

The Egyptian Authorities re-opened Rafah
International Crossing Pont, after closing it for 5 consecutive days, for
humanitarian cases, patients, holders of foreign passports and holders of
residency permits, and the crossing was open only for 4 hours daily.  It should be mentioned that the crossing was
closed in light of developments that Egypt witnessed and the intervention of
the Egyptian Army to oust President Mohammed Morsi following protests in the
Egyptian cities at the end of June.

 

 

 

Movement at Rafah International Crossing Point

 10-16 July 2013

 

 

Movement at Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing

09-15 July 2013

 

 

Exports:

 

· On Sunday, 14 July 2013, Israeli forces allowed the
exportation of 1 truckload (180 kilograms) of Basil, 320 kilograms of garlic
leaves and 90 kilograms of mints.

 

Other Imports:

 

 

On Tuesday, 09 July 2013, Israeli forces
allowed the entry of 280 tonnes of cement, 13 tonnes of construction steel, 40
tonnes of white cement and 700 tonnes of construction aggregates for UNRWA; 980
tonnes of construction aggregates for the private sector; 1,400 tonnes of construction
aggregates and 320 tonnes of cement for the Water Authority; 268 tonnes of
cement and 3,220 tonnes of construction aggregate for the UNDP; and 120 tonnes
of cement for the German Development Bank (GDB).  They also allowed the entry of 1,092 tonnes of
fodders and 663 tonnes of wheat.

 

On Wednesday, 10 July 2013, Israeli forces
allowed the entry of 524 tonnes of cement, 29 tonnes of construction steel; and
40 tonnes of white cement for UNRWA; 980 tonnes of construction aggregates for
the private sector; 1,400 tonnes of construction aggregate for the Water
Authority; 3,850 tonnes of construction aggregate for UNDP; and 210 tonnes of
construction aggregate and 94 tonnes of cement for the GDB.  They also allowed the entry of 975 tonnes of
fodders and 858 tonnes of wheat.

 

On Thursday, 11 July 2013, Israeli forces
allowed the entry of 308 tonnes of cement and 36 tonnes of construction steel
for UNRWA; 980 tonnes of construction aggregates for the private sector; 70
tonnes of construction aggregate for the Turkish Hospital; 3,780 tonnes of
construction aggregate for the UNDP; and 1400 tonnes of construction aggregate
for the Water Authority.  They also
allowed the entry of 780 tonnes of fodders and 390 tonnes of wheat.

 

On Sunday, 14 July 2013, Israeli forces allowed
the entry of 188 tonnes of cement for UNRWA; 980 tonnes of construction
aggregates for the private sector; 1400 tonnes of construction aggregate and
176 tonnes of cement for the Water Authority; and 40 tonnes of cement for the
Turkish Hospital.  They also allowed the
entry of 741 tonnes of fodders and 897 tonnes of wheat.

 

On Monday, 15 July 2013, Israeli forces
allowed the entry of 1,680 tonnes of construction aggregates, 36 tonnes of
construction steel, 242 tonnes of cement for UNRWA; 980 tonnes of construction
aggregates for the private sector; 1400 tonnes of construction aggregate for
the Water Authority; and 72 tonnes of cement for the GDB.  They also allowed the entry of 702 tonnes of
fodders and 741 tonnes of wheat.

 

Empty Plastic
Containers Returned to Israel via Karm Abu Salem

 

 

On Tuesday, 09 July 2013, Israeli
forces allowed 4 truckloads of empty plastic containers to be returned via Karm
Abu Salem.

On Wednesday, 10 July 2013, Israeli
forces allowed 4 truckloads of empty plastic containers to be returned via Karm
Abu Salem.

On Thursday, 11 July 2013,
Israeli forces allowed 3 truckloads of empty plastic containers to be returned
via Karm Abu Salem.

On Sunday, 14 July 2013,
Israeli forces allowed 3 truckloads of empty plastic containers to be returned
via Karm Abu Salem.

On Monday, 15 July 2013,
Israeli forces allowed 4 truckloads of empty plastic containers to be returned
via Karm Abu Salem.

 

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

 

Ramallah: Israeli
forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of
Palestinian civilians.  At approximately 05:30
on Thursday, 11 July 2013, Israeli forces established a checkpoint on the road
between the villages of Beit Loqaya and Kherbtha al-Mesbah, southwest of
Ramallah.  The checkpoint was later
removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 09:30 on Friday, 12 July 2013, Israeli
forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of al-Nabi Saleh village,
northwest of Ramallah.  At approximately
20:30, another checkpoint was established at the entrance of Beit ‘Aor al-Foqa,
southwest of the city.  The two
checkpoints were later removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 19:00 on
Sunday, 14 July 2013, Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the entrance
of al-Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah.  The checkpoint was later removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 09:00 on
Monday, 15 July 2013, Israeli forces established a checkpoint under the bridge
of Kherbtha al-Mesbah, west of Ramallah. 
At approximately 10:00, they established another checkpoint at the entrance
of Couper village, northwest of Ramallah. 
At approximately 20:00, another checkpoint was established near the
intersection of ‘Ayoun al-Haramiyah on the main road between Ramallah and
Nablus, northeast of Ramallah.  All
checkpoints were later removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 15:00 on
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, Israeli forces re-stationed at ‘Atarah checkpoint at the
northern entrance of Birzeit, north of Ramallah, and prevented Palestinians
from entering or leaving the aforementioned checkpoint.  They later withdrew, and no arrests were
reported.

 

Hebron: Israeli
forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of
Palestinian civilians. At approximately 07:00 on Thursday, 11 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the northern entrance of Hebron, as
this entrance is connected with Bypass Road (60).  At approximately 17:00, Israeli forces
established another checkpoint at the entrance of al-Fawwar refugee camp, south
of the city.  The two checkpoints were
later removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

 At
approximately 07:00 on Friday, 12 July 2013, Israeli forces established a
checkpoint at the entrance pf al-Koum village, west of Dura, southwest of
Hebron.  The checkpoint was later
removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 18:00 on Saturday, 13 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of Ezna, west of
Hebron.  The checkpoint was later
removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 07:00 on Monday, 15 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of al-Fawar refugee
camp, south of Hebron.  At approximately
07:30, another checkpoint was established at the northern entrance of the
city.  At approximately 07:30, they
established another checkpoint at the southern entrance of Dura, southwest of
Hebron.  The two checkpoints were later
removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

Tulkarm: Israeli
forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of
Palestinian civilians.  At approximately
08:00 on Thursday, 11 July 2013, Israeli forces established a checkpoint on the
main road between the villages of ‘Ezbet Shofah and Shofah, southeast of Jenin,
southeast of Tulkarm.  The checkpoint was
later removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 08:30 on Saturday, 13 July 2013,
Israeli forces stationed at ‘Inab checkpoint on the main road between the
villages of ‘Ezbet Shofah and Shofah, southeast of Jenin, southeast of
Tulkarm.  The checkpoint was later
removed, and no arrests were reported.  At
approximately 15:00, Israeli forces re-established the checkpoint in the
aforementioned area.

 

At approximately 09:00 on Sunday, 14 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint on the main road between the villages
of ‘Ezbet Shofah and Shofah, southeast of Jenin, southeast of Tulkarm.  The checkpoint was later removed, and no
arrests were reported.  At approximately
15:00, Israeli forces re-established the checkpoint in the aforementioned area.

 

Qalqilya: Israeli
forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of
Palestinian civilians.  At approximately
21:30 on Friday, 12 July 2013, Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the
entrance of Amateen village, northeast of Qalqilya.  At approximately 21:00, they re-established
the checkpoint.  The two checkpoints were
later removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 19:00 on Sunday, 14 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of Jeet village,
northeast of Qalqilya.  At
approximately19:40, they removed the checkpoint, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 21:00 on Monday, 15 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of ‘Azoun village, east
of Qalqilya.  The checkpoint was later
removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

Jenin: Israeli
forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of
Palestinian civilians. At approximately 19:00 on Saturday, 13 July 2013,
Israeli forces stationed at al-Jalmah checkpoint, which separates Jenin from
Israel, northeast of Jenin, closed the aforementioned checkpoint to the
movement of Palestinians that have permits and Palestinians who live in
Israel.  Palestinian security sources
stated to a PCHR fieldworker that Israeli forces informed the Palestinian
liaison that they would close the checkpoint at 19:00 daily and cancel the Facilities
previously announced, which included opening the checkpoint till midnight
during Ramadan.

 

At approximately 23:00 on Sunday, 14 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of Romanah village,
northwest of Jenin.  The checkpoint was
later removed and no arrests were reported.

 

Jericho: Israeli forces have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians.  At approximately 11:00 on Thursday, 11 July
2013, Israeli forces established a checkpoint on al-Mo’arajat Road between
Jericho and Ramallah. The checkpoint was later removed, and no arrests were
reported.

 

At approximately 09:00 on Friday, 12 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint near the entrance of al-Zbeidat, north
of Jericho.  The checkpoint was later
removed, and no arrests were reported. 
At approximately 17:00, another checkpoint was established at the
southern entrance of Jericho.  At
approximately 19:30, they established a similar checkpoint near the entrance of
Marj Na’ajah village, north of the city. 
The two checkpoints were later removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

At approximately 09:30 on Sunday, 14 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of Fasayel village,
north of Jericho.  At approximately
15:20, another checkpoint was established near the southern entrance of the
city.

 

At approximately 23:30 on Monday, 15 July 2013,
Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the entrance of al-Jiftlik village,
north of Jericho.  The checkpoint was
later removed, and no arrests were reported.

 

Arrests at military
checkpoints

 

At approximately 07:30 on Thursday, 11 July
2013, Israeli forces stationed at ‘Inab checkpoint, east of Tulkarm imposed
arbitrary measures against the Palestinian civilians and obstructed their
movement.  They arrested Yazan Muhanned
‘Abdullag Helal (16) and took him to an unknown destination.  The tightening later ended.

 

At approximately 11:00 on the same day, Israeli
forces stationed in the vicinity of al-Ibrahimi Mosque and the old town in
Hebron, arrested 5 children, aged between 7 and 16.  Israeli forces claimed that the five children
threw stones at them, and they were then released and taken to the Palestinian
Liaison after a couple of hours in detention. 
The arrested children were identified as: Wadi’a Karim Meswadi (7);
Mohammed ‘Adnan ‘Ali al-Shemali (10); Mahmoud ‘Ali Abu Sneinah (14); Mohib
Mohammed Abu Nejmeh (14); and Hussam Hussein Abu Sneinah (16).

 

At approximately 14:00 on the same day,
Israeli forces, who were patrolling the streets if the southern and eastern
areas of Hebron, arrested 4 Palestinians and took them to a police station near
“Karayat Arba’a” settlement, east of the city. 
Israeli forces claimed that the four civilians refused to obeythe
soldiers’ orders.  After a couple of
hours, they were released and taken to the Palestinian Liaison in the
city.  The arrested civilians were
identified as: Ahmed Mohammed al-Karaki (21); Jamal Jamil al-Jamal (20); Fadi
Fayez ‘Ashour (22); and ‘Abdullah Thaher al-Karaki (19).

 

At approximately 14:00 on Friday, 12 July
2013, Israeli forces stationed in the vicinity of al-Ibrahimi Mosque and the
old town in Hebron arrested Ghazi ‘Omer Taha al-Sweiti (19) from Beit ‘Awa,
southwest of Dura, southwest of the city. 
The aforementioned civilian was arrested after being detained while
passing in al-Ibrahimi Moque area at one of the electronic gates.  He was then taken to a police station in
“Karayat Arba’a” settlement and then transferred to the detention centre in
“Kfar ‘Asyon” complex, south of Bethlehem.

 

At approximately 15:00 on the same Friday,
Israeli forces stationed in the vicinity of al-Ibrahimi Mosque and the old town
in Hebron arrested wadi’a Karam Zain Meswadi (5).  They took him and his father to a camp in the
closed al-Shuhadaa’ Street in the centra of the old town.  After a couple of hours, they were released
and taken to the Palestinian Liaison. 
Israeli forces claimed that Mesawadi threw a stone at a car belonging to
one of the settlers.

 

In his testimony, Karam
Fakhri Meswadi, father of the aforementioned child, said to a PCHR fieldworker
the following:

 

“At approximately 15:30
on Friday, 12 July 2013, I was at work in Halhoul, north of Hebron, when I
received a phone call from Amir Meswadi (25), one of my relatives, who told me
that Israeli soldiers arrested my son, Wadi’a (5) and asked me to come
immediately.  I directly went home and
arrived at approximately 16:00.  Five
soldiers were standing in front of my house and I started communicating with
them in Hebrew, which I speak very well, saying that I am the owner of the house.  When I entered the house, I saw 3 soldiers
talking with my wife and asking her to hand my son Wadi’a because they wanted
to arrest him.  She asked them about
their reason for arresting a five-year-old boy, and then a soldier showed her a
stone in the size of a child’s palm.  The
soldier said that this stone was thrown by Wadi’a at a settler’s car.  I tried to convince them to stop doing this,
but in vain. An officer then said to me that we would arrest you instead of
him.  I then went to one of the rooms in
order to search for Wadi’a, and I found him hiding in the closet and covering
himself with blankets and in tears.  I
held his hand and walked to the house door. 
Israeli soldiers then took us to the closed al-Shuhadaa’ Street, which
we are denied access into, and took us near an Israeli camp, where they
handcuffed blindfolded me.  At that
moment, I heard one of them talking in Hebrew on the phone saying that they
arrested a person, who threw stones at a settler’s car, accompanied with his
father.  They were asked to send pictures
of us, and after two minutes I heard him talking loudly to them on phone saying
that he is very young and hand him to the Palestinian Liaison.  Meanwhile, someone arrived at the camp and
talked with my son in Arabic.  He asked
him if he threw stones at a settler’s car, Wadi’a then answered that he did throw
a stone but at a dog, which was in the area, and then by accident hit the car’s
tyre.  At approximately 17:00, they
entered us into one of the rooms in the place and forced us to stand for half
an hour and then walked us to the northern entrance of al-Shuhadaa’ Street as I
could see through under the cover they put on my eyes.  They seated me on a chair and minutes later
someone came and identified himself as the officer who deals with the
Palestinian Liaison.  He talked with the
soldiers and rebuked them saying: “How could you arrest a blind-folded person
with a kid beside him under the sight of cameras of photographers and
journalists.  He also said that these
actions made a lot of trouble, and then directed his words to one of the
soldiers asking them if they were new to this job and why they did not put him
in the detention room.  He then told them
to distance photographers from here and asked them to undo the handcuffs.  When they removed the cove from my eyes, I saw
a number of persons, including representatives from the Temporary International
Presence in Hebron (TIPH), taking photos. 
We were then taken to the Palestinian Liaison, who transferred us to
Janid police station in the centre of the city. 
In the police station, they asked us to sign a pledge not to throw
stones again at Israeli soldiers and then we were allowed to leave the
station.”

 

At approximately 10:00 on Sunday, 14 July
2013, Israeli forces stationed at the entrance of “Ghosh ‘Asyon”, south of
Bethlehem, arrested Mohammed Hussein Mahmoud al-Teet (17) from Kherbet Safa,
west of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.  The
aforementioned was arrested when he was on his way to the Israeli intelligence
for an interview after he had been summoned days ago.

 

At approximately 10:00 on the sae Sunday,
Mahmoud ‘Abdel Qader Mohammed Shamalakh (42), a farmer from al-Sheikh ‘Ajlin
neighbourhood, west of Gaza, went for an interview with the Israeli intelligence
in Beit Hanoun Crossing “Erez” in the northern Gaza Strip after he applied to
accompany his ill wife, Ne’amah ‘Abdel Fattah Freih (35), who suffers Eye
Movement Disorders and obtained a medical referral from the External, Treatment
Department to Musalam Hospital in Ramallah in the West Bank.  He went to the crossing upon being informed
by the Ministry of Civil Affairs that the Israeli intelligence wanted to
interview him.

 

Jamal Badawiya, brother of the wife, said
that “his sister accompanied her husband till the Palestinian Liaison office
“55”, south of the main gate to the Beit Hanoun Crossing “Erez”, and she was
asked to wait.  Her husband went to the
Israeli side to meet with the Israeli intelligence, and after 3 hours she was
asked to go home.  The Palestinian
Liaison officers predicted that her husband was arrested because such
interviews do not take such a long time. 
Therefore, she went home, and till the reporting period her husband has
not returned yet.  There is still no
information about the place of his detention.

 

At approximately 12:00 on Tuesday, 16 July
2013, Israeli forces arrested Ibrahim Harbi Sayed al-Feirani (34) from Rafah
while he was passing through Beit Hanoun “Erez” in the northern Gaza
Strip.  Al-Feirani was on his way to
visit his ill elderly mother, Reda Khaled al-Samhouri from al-Ram area in
Ramallah.  The aforementioned civilian
had submitted through the Liaison to obtain a visit permit, which he obtained
for 4 days.  Thus, he went at
approximately 09:30 on Tuesday to the aforementioned crossing and was arrested.  His wife said to a PCHR fieldworker that on
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, she received a phone call from an unknown person who
identified himself as an officer from the Israeli Intelligence and told her
that her husband is under arrest for security reasons.

 

4. Settlement activities and attacks by settlers against Palestinian
civilians and property

 

Attacks carried out by Israeli forces

 

At approximately 08:00 on Thursday, 11 July 2013,
Israeli forces, accompanied by three military vehicles and a vehicle of the
Israeli Civil Administration, moved into Deir Samet village, in the west of
Doura, in the southwest of Hebron.  The
Civil Administration officer handed 3 civilians notices to halt construction
work in the area.  The notices included:

 

1. An occupied two-storey house of 250 square metres,
which is the property of the heirs of Rasmy Ahmed al-Sharha.

2. A tin-made barrack of 300 square meters, which is the
property of Salama Ataallah Abu Zyyed and his brothers.

3. Warehouses of 26- square meters, which are the
property of Ataallah Abu Zyyed and his brothers.

 

At approximately 09:00 on Saturday,
13 July 2013, Israeli forces, accompanied by a number of military vehicles,
moved into the farmlands near Kherbat Uml-Khair area, in the east of Yatta, in
the south of Hebron.  The soldiers chased
Palestinian shepherds of the Hathaleen family and detained 4 of them, including
3 children for few hours before releasing them. 
The Israeli forces claimed that the shepherds were in confiscated
lands.  The detained civilians were
identified as:  Moussa Suliman Eid
al-Hathaleen (17); Tariq Salem al-Hathaleen (19); Anys Yassir Eid al-Hathaleen
(17); and Zayed Suliman al-Hathaleen (17). 
It should be mentioned that the Israeli forces ban farmers and shepherds
of the Hathaleen family from accessing their lands, under the pretext that
these lands are confiscated, while. “Avigal” settlement, which is
established in the area, is witnessing an unprecedented expansion at the cost
of the Hathaleen’s lands.

 

Attacks carried out by settlers

 

At approximately 07:00 on Sunday, 14
July 2013, a group of settlers from “Gush Etzion” settlement, which
is established on the lands of al-Khader village, in the south of Bethlehem,
assaulted Salah Sa’id Shaheen’s house (65), which is located in Ayn Balout
area, in the center of “Gush Etzion” settlement compound, with stones
and empty bottles.  As a result,
Shaheen’s family members were traumatized.

 

At approximately 18:30 on Sunday, 3
settlers from “Mitzpe Yair” settlement, which is established on
Palestinians’ lands in the east of Yatta, attacked Omar Jebril Ahmed Houshye
(29), from Kherbat al-Markaz area in Yatta. 
The attack occurred while Houshye was grazing his sheep in Wad Lugha
area, in the west of the village; they beat him and threw stones at him.  He sustained bruises and cuts in his head and
was taken to Hebron Public Hospital for treatment.

 

In his testimony to a PCHR
fieldworker, Houshye said the following:

                                         

“At approximately 18:30 on
Sunday, 14 July 2013, I was grazing my sheep in Wad Lugha area.  Near sunset, I was trying to gather my sheep
in order to go back home, and in the meantime, 3 masked persons attacked me and
I realized they were settlers.  I fell on
the ground, and one of them started slapping me in the face, while another one
pinned my arms down and the third hit me on the head with a stone several
times.  I could not fight back as their
bodies were strong and big.  This
situation continued for approximately 5 minutes.  I saw 3 soldiers heading towards us, and when
they reached approximately 300 meters from us, the settlers ran from the
scene.  The soldiers chased them for a
short distance and then came back to me, as I was bleeding from my head and
they told me that they would bring me a doctor here.  In the meantime, the sheep had returned to my
house on their own.  At approximately
19:20, I received a phone call from my father after the sheep arrived home
alone, and I told him about the incident. 
A few minutes later, my father arrived at the scene, helped me walk
until we reached the Kherba, which is 1 kilometer from the place of the
attack.  I was then transferred in a
Mitsubishi SUV to the main street near the afore-mentioned settlement, where a
Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance was waiting for us and took us
to Hebron Public Hospital.  They ran some
tests and it was found that I had a cut in the back of my head, bruises in the
right arm, a swelling in the right jaw and cuts in the upper lip.”

 

On Sunday, 14 July 2013, a group of
settlers from “Eddie Ad” settlement, which is established on
Palestinians’ lands in the east of Termis’ya village, north of Ramallah.,
uprooted 40 seedlings and 40 fruitful olive trees in the east of the village
that are 3 kilometers away from the abovementioned settlement.  According to information obtained by PCHR, on
Sunday, 14 July 2013, a group of settlers from “Eddie Ad” settlement,
which is established on Palestinians’ lands in the east of Termis’ya village,
north of Ramallah., uprooted 40 seedlings (1-4) years old; and 40 fruitful
olive trees (10-15) years old trees in the east of the village that are 3
kilometers away from the abovementioned settlement. The attacked trees belong
to Mohammed Suleiman Abu awwad. He planted the seedling and trees on a land of
20 dunums.

 

At approximately 07:30 on Tuesday,
16 July 2013, ten settlers, three of them were masked, from “Bat
Ayin” settlement, which is established on Palestinians’ lands in the east
of Beit Ummar village, in the north of Hebron, attacked Hammad Jaber al-Salibi
(78).  The attack occurred while
al-Salibi was present at his land, which is located near the afore-mentioned
settlement, as the settlers started insulting him and using foul language, he
ran from his land towards the village in fear for his life.

 

 

Recommendations to the International Community

 

 

PCHR emphasizes the international community’s position
that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which is still
under the Israeli occupation, in spite of the Israeli military redeployment
outside the Gaza Strip in 2005. PCHR further confirms that Israeli force have
continued to impose collective punishment measures on the Gaza Strip, which
have escalated since the 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections, in which
Hamas won the majority of seats of the Palestinian Legislative Council. PCHR
stresses that there is an international recognition of Israel’s obligation to
respect international human rights instruments and the international
humanitarian law, especially the Hague Regulations concerning the
Laws and Customs of War on Land and the
Geneva Conventions. Israel is bound to apply the international human rights law
and the law of war sometime reciprocally and other times in parallel in a way
that achieves the best protection for civilians and remedy for victims.

 

In light of continued arbitrary measures, land
confiscation and settlement activities in the West Bank, and the continued
aggression against civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially the latest offensive
that lasted for 8 days in November, PCHR calls upon the international community,
especially the United Nations, the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva
Convention and the European Union – in the context of their natural obligation
to respect and enforce the international law – to cooperate and act according
to the following recommendations:

 

1. PCHR calls upon the international community and the
United Nations to use all available means to allow the Palestinian people to
enjoy their right to self-determination, through the establishment of the
Palestinian State, which was recognized by the UN General Assembly with a vast
majority, using all international legal mechanisms, including sanctions to end
the occupation of the State of Palestine;

2. PCHR calls upon the United Nations to provide
international protection to Palestinians in the oPt, and to ensure the
non-recurrence of aggression against the oPt, especially the Gaza Strip;

3. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the
Geneva Conventions to compel Israel, as a High Contracting Party to the
Conventions, to apply the Conventions in the oPt;

4. PCHR calls upon the Parties to international human
rights instruments, especially the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and
the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to pressurize Israel to
comply with their provisions in the oPt, and to compel it to incorporate the
human rights situation in the oPt in its reports submitted to the concerned
committees;

5. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the
Geneva Conventions to fulfil their obligation to ensure the application of the
Conventions, including extending the scope of their jurisdiction in order to
prosecute suspected war criminals, regardless of the nationality of the perpetrator
and the place of a crime, to pave the way for prosecuting suspected Israeli war
criminals and end the longstanding impunity they have enjoyed;

6. PCHR calls on States that apply the principle of
universal jurisdiction not to surrender to Israeli pressure to limit universal
jurisdiction to perpetuate the impunity enjoyed by suspected Israeli war
criminals;

7. PCHR calls upon the international community to act in
order to stop all Israeli settlement expansion activities in the oPt through
imposing sanctions on Israeli settlements and criminalizing trading with them;

8. PCHR calls upon the UN General Assembly to transfer
the Goldstone Report to the UN Security Council in order to refer it to the
International Criminal Court in accordance with Article 13(b) of the Rome
Statute;

9. PCHR calls upon the United Nations to confirm that
holding war criminals in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a precondition to
achieve stability and peace in the regions, and that peace cannot be built on
the expense of human rights and victims;

10. PCHR calls upon the UN General Assembly and Human
Rights Council to explicitly declare that the Israeli closure policy in Gaza
and the annexation wall in the West Bank are illegal, and accordingly refer the
two issues to the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Israel to compel
it to remove them;

11. PCHR calls upon the international community, in light
of its failure to the stop the aggression on the Palestinian people, to at
least fulfil its obligation to reconstruct the Gaza Strip after the series of
hostilities launched by Israel which directed targeted the civilian
infrastructure;

12. PCHR calls upon the United Nations and the European
Union to express a clear position towards the annexation wall following the
international recognition of the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders, as the
annexation wall seizes large parts of the State of Palestine;

13. PCHR calls upon the European Union to activate Article
2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which provides that both sides must
respect human rights as a precondition for economic cooperation between the EU
states and Israel, and the EU must not ignore Israeli violation and crimes
against Palestinian civilians;

14. PCHR calls upon the Palestinian leadership to sign and
accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the Geneva
Conventions, and calls upon the international community, especially the United
Nations, to encourage the State of Palestine to accede to international human
rights law and humanitarian law instruments.

 

 

 

 

 

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