September 23, 2010
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (16-22 September 2010)
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (16-22 September  2010)

The outcome of an Israeli air strike against a house belonging to
‘Atwa Abu Sitta in Khan Yunis – 16 September 2010

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

 

· IOF extra-judicially
executed a Palestinian in Nour Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm.

 

· Guards of
Israeli settlements killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded two others in
Silwan village in Jerusalem.

 

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

 Two Palestinian
children and two human rights defenders were wounded. 

 IOF arrested
two Palestinian civilians and two human rights defenders.   

 

· IOF launched a
number of air strikes against civilian targets in the Gaza Strip.

 A store and a
country house were destroyed.

 

· IOF conducted 37
incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.  

 IOF arrested 38
Palestinian civilians, including 7 children.

 IOF broke into
a school in Hebron and arrested two school children.

 

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

 IOF started to
construct a new section of the annexation wall in Shu’fat refugee camp.

 

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

 IOF have
imposed a total closure on the OPT until the end of September because of Jewish
holidays.

 Israeli troops
stationed at military checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank
arrested at least 7 Palestinian civilians.

 

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

 IOF delivered notices to 8 Palestinian
civilians in Deir Ballout village ordering them to stop building their houses.

 Israeli settlers uprooted 70 grape trees in
Hebron.

 

 

Summary

 

Israeli
violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued
during the reporting period (16 – 22 September 2010):

 

Shooting:

 

During the reporting period, IOF extra-judicially executed a
Palestinian in Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm. They also wounded two Palestinian children
and two human rights defenders. Additionally, a guard of Israeli settlements killed a Palestinian
civilian and wounded two others in Silwan village in East Jerusalem.  

 

On 17 September 2010, IOF committed a new extrajudicial execution
crime in Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm.  This crime claimed the
life of Eyad Asa’ad Ahmed Abu Shilabaya, 38, an activist of Hamas
movement. The Israeli military spokesman claimed that soldiers opened fire
at Abu Shilabaya as they realizes that he “was posing a threat to their
lives.” He stated that Abu Shilabaya who is “wanted” continued
to walk towards the soldiers while putting his hands behind his back although
the soldiers asked him to stop.  According to the military spokesman’s
claims, the soldiers were afraid and opened fire accordingly.  After
checking the body of Abu Shilabaya, it was found out that he did not have any
weapons.  Investigations conducted by PCHR) revealed that the crime was
committed in a bedroom with a single door.  Blood was just in front of the
bed, only approximately one meter far from the door.  Such findings refute
the Israeli military spokesman’s claims.

 

On 22 September
2010, a
guard of Israeli settlements in Silwan village to the south of the old town of
East Jerusalem shot dead Samer Mahmoud Sarhan, 32. The guard fired a number of bullet from his
pistol at a number of Palestinian civilians, killing Sarhan and wounding
another two civilians. The Israeli
police claimed that the guard collided with a burning garbage container that
was placed in the streets by Palestinian civilians. They further claimed that those civilians
threw stones at the guard, so he fired from his pistol through his car’s
window. However, eyewitnesses refuted
such claims, and emphasized that the guard got down of the car and chased these
civilians. He fired at them from 3
different places, even through those civilians left the street. 

 

During, 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, two Palestinian children and two human rights defenders were wounded
wounded, and dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights
defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation or sustained bruises.  IOF also arrested two Palestinian civilians
and two human rights defenders.

 

 

Incursions:

 

During the reporting period, IOF conducted at
least 37 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during
which they arrested 38 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children.  IOF also broke into a school in Hebron and
arrested two Palestinian school children.  

 

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 18 September 2010, IOF started to built
concrete blocks at the entrances of Ras Khamis neighborhood and Shu’fat refugee
camp, northeast of Jerusalem, as part of the process of the construction of a
section of the annexation wall in the area, to completely separate it from
Jerusalem and establish a new military post. A PCHR field worker reported that the concrete blocks are 12 meters high and extend
over a 600-meter-long distance. The
construction of this section of the wall will separate Shu’fat refugee camp,
‘Anata village and Ras Khamis, Rash Shihada and al-Salam from the center of
Jerusalem. As a result, at least 55,000 Palestinians will be separated from
Jerusalem. 

 

On 20 September 2010, the Israeli police,
accompanied by officials of the Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem, stormed the
compound of the Salah family in Beit Safafa village, south of Jerusalem, and
arrested Mahmoud ‘Ali Salah, 45, and Baker Isma’il Salah, 36. They also delivered a notice ordering the
demolition of an 80-square-meter house belonging to Isma’il Salah, in which 20
individuals live. Earlier in the
morning, Israeli settlers seized Isma’il Salah’s house. Quarrels erupted between settlers and members
of the Salah family. The Israeli police
intervened and arrested Mahmoud and Baker Salah. The two civilians were released on a bail of
10,000 NIS on Tuesday evening, 21 September 2010. On Wednesday morning, 22 September 2010, the
Israeli police arrested Isma’il Salah. 

 

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 19 September 2010, IOF delivered 8 notices to Palestinian
civilians ordering stopping the construction of a facility and a number of
houses in Deir Ballout village, southwest of Slafit, claiming that they area
being built without licenses. 

 

Also on 19 September 2010, a number of Israeli settlers from
“Kharsina” settlement, east of Hebron, uprooted 70 grape trees
belonging to ‘Abdul Rahman Shareef Sultan in al-Bwaira area. 

 

On 20 September 2010,
a number of Israeli settlers from “Ramat
Gilad” settlement attacked Palestinian agricultural areas in Jainsafout
village, east of Qalqilya. According to
sources of the Municipality of Jainsafout village, Israeli settlers attacked a
tract of agricultural land belonging to ‘Abdul Hafiz Kamel ‘Obaid, and started
to cultivate olives. A number of
Palestinian civilians protested, but the Israeli settlers claimed that they had
purchased the land. When the owner
learned about the attack, he arrive at his land, and the settlers then left it.

 

On 22 September 2010, at least 60 armed Israeli settlers from
“Jabal Aldayr” and ‘Ein Harsha” settlements stormed a housing
project in Western al-Mazara’a village, northwest of Ramallah, and station atop
of a number of houses. They photographed
the area.

 

 

 

Israeli Violations Documented during
the Reporting Period (16 – 22 September 2010)

 

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

 

Thursday, 16 September 2010

 

· At approximately 00:10, IOF moved into ‘Azzoun
village, east of Qalqilya. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later.

 

· At approximately 00:25, IOF moved into Kufor
Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilya. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later.

 

· At approximately 00:35, Israeli warplanes fired
two missiles at a 350-square-meter store serving as a factory of cleaning
materials belonging to Ayman Darwish al-Agha in al-Satar al-Gharbi area in the
north of Khan Yunis. The store was
completely destroyed, and a factory of agricultural tools and a number of
houses and greenhouses were damaged. According to al-Agha, work in his factory was stopped one year ago due
to the lack of raw materials. He
estimated losses at US$ 17,000.

 

· At approximately 00:45, Israeli warplanes fired
two missiles at a 200-square-meter country house belonging to ‘Atwa ‘Abdul
Karim Abu Sitta, in which 7 people live, in Qouz al-Lahham area in the
southwest of Khan Yunis. The house,
which was empty at the time of bombardment, was completely destroyed. Two nearby basins for raising fish were also
damaged. 

 

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Qabatya
village, southeast of Khan Yunis. They
raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:

 

1. Ahmed Hisham Kmayel, 26; and

2. Yousef Ahmed ‘Assaf, 27.

 

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into
Hebron. They raided and searched a
number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians:

 

1. Sufian Hashem Jamjoum, 37;

2. Mustafa Kamal Shawar, 55; and

3. Marwan al-Sarsour, 30. 

 

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Beit
Liqya village, west of Ramallah. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

· At approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Bir Zeit
village, north of Ramallah. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 11:20, IOF moved into ‘Azzoun
village, east of Qalqilya. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· Also at approximately 11:20, IOF moved into
‘Izbat al-Tabib village, east of Qalqilya. They patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 15:50, IOF moved into Brouqin
village, west of Salfit. They patrolled
in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 18:40, IOF moved into Marda
village, north of Salfit. They patrolled
in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

Friday, 17 September 2010

 

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into
Hebron. They raided and searched a
number of houses and arrested ‘Alaa’ ‘Aahed al-Baqali, 26.

 

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Nour
Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm. They extra-judicially executed a member of Hamas (see the section of
extra-judicial executions below). They
also raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 11 supporters of
Hamas:

 

1. Nidal Bassam Abu Zarifa;

2. Ahmed Yousef ‘Assas;

3. Tayseer Mahmoud Jaber;

4. Mohammed Ahmed al-Ghoul;

5. Kamal Mahmoud Masharqa;

6. Mohammed Hafez Abu Dayya;

7. Ashraf Mahmoud Fouda;

8. Mohammed Mahmoud Abu al-Khair;

9. Usayd Waleed ‘Ali;

10. Nidal
Yousef Abu Hilal; and

11. ‘Aassem
‘Ali Abu Daya.

 

· At approximately 03:00, IOF moved into
Tulkarm. They raided and searched a
house belonging to the family of Mohammed Yasser al-Jayoussi, 32, in al-Sawana
neighborhood in the east of the town, and arrested him.

 

 

 

Sunday, 19 September 2010

 

· At approximately 00:00, IOF moved into Deir
Ghassana village, northwest of Ramallah. They patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Yasouf
village, east of Salfit. They raided and
searched a house belonging to the family of Mahmoud Raja ‘Abdul Fattah, 22, and
another one belonging to the family of ‘Imad Mahmoud ‘Abdul Fattah, 28, and
summoned the two persons for investigation.

 

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into
Kharabtha al-Misbah village, west of Ramallah. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 4 Palestinian
civilians, including two children:

 

1. Ameer Hassan Zaid, 19;

2. Anas Rabee’ Zaid, 15;

3. ‘Alaa’ Hassan ‘Alqam, 15; and

4. Mohammed Harb Hussein, 22.

 

· At approximately 13:00, IOF moved into Bidya
village, northwest of Ramallah. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 14:00, IOF moved into Kufol
Hares village, north of Salfit. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 14:45, IOF moved into Bil’ein
village, west of Ramallah. They
provocatively patrolled in the streets. A number of Palestinian boys gathered and threw stones at Israeli
military vehicles. Immediately, Israeli
troops fired at those boys, but no casualties were reported.

 

· At approximately 19:00, IOF moved into Hijja
village, east of Qalqilya. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 21:00, IOF moved in Nabi Elias
village, east of Qalqilya. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 22:15, IOF moved into Kufor
Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilya. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

Monday, 20 September 2010

 

· At approximately 00:15, IOF moved into Tulkarm
town and refugee camp. They patrolled in
the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Seilat
al-Zaher village, south of Jenin. They
raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:

 

1. ‘Adnan Mohammed Maloul, 30; and

2. ‘Allam Ma’zouz al-Kailani, 24.

 

· At approximately 01:15, IOF moved into Qabatya
village, southeast of Jenin. They raided
and searched a house belonging to the family of ‘Imad Subhi Malaisha, 28, and
arrested him.

 

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Kufor
Ra’ei village, southwest of Jenin. They
raided and searched a house belonging to Nabil Sa’ad Diab, but no arrests were
reported.

 

· Also at approximately 01:30, IOF moved into
Jenin town and refugee camp. They raided
and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

 

· Also at approximately 01:30, IOF moved into
Yassouf village, northeast of Salfit. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into
al-Sheikh quarter in Hebron. They raided
and searched a house belonging to Zakaria ‘Ali al-Ja’bari, 40, and arrested
him.

 

· In the early morning, IOF moved into Silwan
village, south of the old town of Jerusalem. They raided a number of houses and arrested 4 Palestinian civilians,
including two children:

 

1. Ahmed Na’im Muhaisen, 20;

2. ‘Alaa’ Hassan Diab, 21;

3. Muneer Kayed Mahmoud, 16; and

4. Khaled Bilal Muhaisen, 17.

 

· At approximately 06:30, Israeli gunboats
stationed opposite to Beit Lahia beach in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire
at Palestinian fishing boats. They also
fired flash bombs over the area. No
casualties were reported.

 

· At approximately 07:30, IOF moved into ‘Azzoun
village, east of Qalqilya. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 10:00, IOF moved into Yassouf
village, northeast of Qalqilya. They
stopped, checked and interrogated a number of Palestinian civilians. They withdrew later, and no arrests were reported.

 

· At approximately 20:00, IOF moved into Zeita
village, north of Tulkarm. They
patrolled in the streets for some time and withdrew later. No arrests were reported.

 

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

 

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into
Bethlehem. They raided and searched a
house belonging to the family of Hassan Hassouna Shouka, 23, and arrested him. .

 

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Housan
village, west of Bethlehem. They raided
and searched a house belonging to the family of Mohammed Ma’arek Hamamra, 21,
and arrested him.

 

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Faqqou’a
village, east of Jenin. They raided and
searched a house belonging to the family of Ahmed Lafi Salama, 19, and arrested
him.

 

· At approximately 03:00, IOF moved into
al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron. They raided a house belonging to Mohammed ‘Abbas Abu Raya, and arrested
his child, 16-year-old ‘Ali.  They also
confiscated the child’s mobile phone. According to the father, IOF transferred the child to a military post in
“Etzion” settlement, south of Bethlehem. He went there in the evening to ask about his
child. An Israeli police officer
informed him that he had to pay a fine of 1,500 NIS (approximately US$ 400) in
order for his child to be released, claiming that the child threw stones. As banks and post offices were shut down at
that time, the police officer proposed to take the money in cash. When the father paid the money, the child was
released and his mobile phone was given back to him.

 

· At approximately 07:20, a young Israeli settler
provoked some Palestinian school children while going to schools in
Hebron. IOF and the settler’s father
were in the scene and saw what was going on. The father claimed that his on was beaten by two school children from
the Ibrahimiya School, and requested IOF to intervene and arrested the two
children. At approximately 09:00, IOF
broke into the yard the school, accompanied by the settlers. Teachers attempted to stop IOF from storming
the building of the school. However, at
approximately 09:40, they stormed the building pointing their guns and teachers
and students. They arrested Anas ‘Aaref
Jaber, 14, and Diaa’ ‘Eissa Bishr, 14. They took them to a police station near “Kiryat Arba”
settlement, southeast of Hebron, and interrogated them. They allowed a teacher to accompany the two
children. The Israeli police released
the two children at approximately 01:15 after warning them of “carrying
out suspicious acts.”

 

A
Palestinian Civilian Killed by a Guard of Israeli Settlements in Silwan Village

 

On Wednesday
morning, 22 September 2010, a
guard of Israeli settlements in Silwan village to the south of the old town of
East Jerusalem shot dead Samer Mahmoud Sarhan, 32. The guard fired a number of bullet from his
pistol at a number of Palestinian civilians, killing Sarhan and wounding another
two civilians. The Israeli police
claimed that the guard collided with a burning garbage container that was
placed in the streets by Palestinian civilians. They further claimed that those civilians threw stones at the guard, so
he fired from his pistol through his car’s window. However, eyewitnesses refuted such claims,
and emphasized that the guard got down of the car and chased these
civilians. He fired at them from 3 different
places, even through those civilians left the street. 

 

According to investigations
conducted by PCHR, at approximately 03:30, a guard of Israeli settlements was
seen in Wad Hilwa quarter in Silwan village getting down of his car and chasing
a number of Palestinian civilians. He
was pointing his pistol. A few minutes
later, dozens of guards were seen chasing a number of Palestinian
civilians. At approximately 03:45,
sounds of shooting were heard. The guard
was seen firing from his pistol in 3 different places. Soon, IOF moved into the village and
surrounded the quarter. They escorted
the guard out of the area. According to
eyewitnesses, ambulances arrived at the area 45 minutes later. They stopped in the area until 05:45, when
Palestinian civilians saw a covered corpse being put into an ambulance. The Israeli police also arrested two
Palestinian civilians who were wounded. According to the family of Sarhan, a father of 5 children, he was on his
way to his work when he was shot. Later,
IOF surrounded Wad Hilwa and al-Bustan quarters in Silwan village. They fired rubber-coated metal bullets, tear
gas canisters and sound bombs at Palestinian civilians. As a result, at least 20 civilians suffered
from tear gas inhalation.

 

2. Extra-Judicial Execution

 

On Friday dawn, 17 September 2010, the Israeli Occupation forces
(IOF) committed a new extrajudicial execution crime in Nour Shams refugee camp,
east of Tulkarm. This crime claimed the life of Eyad Asa’ad Ahmed Abu
Shilabaya, 38, an activist of Hamas movement. The Israeli military
spokesman claimed that soldiers opened fire at Abu Shilabaya as they realizes
that he “was posing a threat to their lives.” He stated that Abu
Shilabaya who is “wanted” continued to walk towards the soldiers
while putting his hands behind his back although the soldiers asked him to
stop. According to the military spokesman’s claims, the soldiers were
afraid and opened fire accordingly. After checking the body of Abu
Shilabaya, it was found out that he did not have any weapons.  Investigations
conducted by PCHR) revealed that the crime was committed in a bedroom with a
single door.  Blood was just in front of the bed, only approximately one
meter far from the door.  Such findings refute the Israeli military
spokesman’s claims.

 

According to investigations conducted by PCHR and statements given
by eyewitness, at approximately 02:00 on Friday, 17 September 2010, backed by
approximately 25 military vehicles, IOF moved into Nour Shams refugee camp,
east of Tulkarm. Many Israeli soldiers surrounded a house belonging to the
family of Mohammed Asa’ad Ahmed Abu Shilabaya, 40, and then blew up the
entrance of the house. They raided the house while the residents were
sleeping. When Mohammed Abu Shilabaya got up, one of the soldiers
questioned him about his relatives who live in Nour Shams refugee camp. The
soldiers then ordered him to lead them to his uncle’s house. On their way,
they asked him about the house of his brother Eyad. He pointed to Eyad’s
house and the soldiers walked towards the house. The soldiers noticed that
the house is composed of two floors, so they asked Mohammed where Eyad was
living and asked him to describe the internal structure of the
house. Mohammed then saw them brining a device and installing it near the
door. They then connected it to the lock. They ordered him to turn
his face to the opposite wall. He heard an explosion and he heard the
soldiers mounting the stairs of his brother’s house. He heard Eyad crying:
“Who … Who is there?” He then heard three bullets being
fired. Approximately five minutes later, the soldiers took Mohammed inside
Eyad’s house and forced him to stay in a corner in a salon in the western part
of the house, less than five meters far from his brother’s bedroom. They
asked him to turn his face to the wall. Shortly later, Mohammed called his
brother loudly as he was anxious about him. One of the soldiers put his
hand on Mohammed’s mouth to silence him. Mohammed remained in the salon
for approximately 20 minutes, while the soldiers where in his brother’s
room. Mohammed could hear the soldiers going down the stairs. One of
them asked him not to move until they order him to do. He then heard the
neighbors talking. He asked them about the soldiers and they told him that
they had left. Mohammed walked towards his brother’s bedroom to know what
happened. Some of the neighbors followed him. In the bedroom, he saw
blood on the ground, on the bed and on the wall. He also saw three used
bullets. His brother was not there and no body knew where he was.

 

Later, it was found out that IOF transferred Eyad’s body to the
Israeli Military Liaison Office, west of Tulkarm. At approximately 06:00
on Friday, they delivered the body to an ambulance of Palestinian Red Crescent
Society. The body was then taken to Dr. Thabet Thabet Public Hospital in
Tulkarm. Medical sources at the Hospital reported that Eyad was hit by
three bullets; one in the neck and two ones in the chest.

 

3. 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. As a result, two Palestinian children and two
human rights defenders were wounded. Dozens
of civilians and human rights defenders also suffered from tear gas inhalation
and others sustained bruises.   

 

· Following the
Friday Prayer on 17 September 2010, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
international and Israeli human rights defenders organized a peaceful
demonstration in protest to the construction of the Annexation Wall in Bil’ein
village, west of Ramallah. They moved
towards the annexation wall. Israeli
troops stationed in the area fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and
tear gas canisters at the demonstrators. As a result, two Palestinian children and an Israeli human rights
defender were wounded:

1. Amjad ‘Aayed Abu Rahma, 16, hit by a tear gas
canister to the back;

2. Fadi Fadel al-Khatib, 15, hit by a tear gas
canister to the right hand; and

3. Tal Shapira, 25, an Israeli human rights
defender, hit by a tear gas canister to the right foot.

 

A number of demonstrators also suffered from tear gas inhalation
and others sustained bruises as they were beaten by Israeli troops.  

 

· Also following
the Friday Prayer on 17 September 2010, 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,
several demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation, and others sustained
bruises.  

 

· Also following
the Friday Prayer on 17 September 2010, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
international and Israeli human rights defenders organized a peaceful
demonstration in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, 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, ‘Omar Saleh al-Tamimi, 22,
sustained bruises. A number of
demonstrators also suffered from tear gas inhalation. 

 

· At
approximately 11:30 on Saturday, 18 September 2010, dozens of Palestinian
civilians and international human rights defenders organized a peaceful
demonstration in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. They moved towards areas of Palestinian land,
which are threatened of confiscation by IOF, near “Karmi Tsur”
settlement, south of the village. IOF
attacked and fired at the demonstrators. As a result, Anna, 32,
a Swedish journalist, was injured by shrapnel from a
sound bomb. Additionally, Mohammed ‘Ayad
‘Awadh, 48, a
member of the Palestinian Solidarity Project, sustained bruises to the back and
the left hand, and Shungua, 21,
a Japanese human rights defender, sustained bruises to
the back. IOF also arrested Younis Mousa
‘Arar, 24; Mousa Hussein Abu Hashem, 45; and two international human rights
defenders: Ran, 24, a
British citizen; and Maria Luis, 21, an American citizen.  

 

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

15 –
21 September 2010

 

Date

Details

15 September 2010

547 Palestinians were
allowed to travel to Egypt and 397 others were allowed into the Gaza Strip.

16 September 2010

565 Palestinians were
allowed to travel to Egypt and 489 others were allowed into the Gaza Strip.

17 September 2010

297 Palestinians were
allowed to travel to Egypt and 765 others were allowed into the Gaza Strip.

18 September 2010

489 Palestinians were
allowed to travel to Egypt and 323 others were allowed into the Gaza Strip.

19 September 2010

538 Palestinians were
allowed to travel to Egypt and 234 others were allowed into the Gaza Strip.

20 September 2010

447 Palestinians were
allowed to travel to Egypt and 438 others were allowed into the Gaza Strip.

21 September 2010

442 Palestinians were
allowed to travel to Egypt and 303 others were allowed into the Gaza Strip.

 

Movement
at Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) Crossing

14 –
21 September 2010

 

Date

Imports

Category

Amount

Tons

Liters

14 September 2010

Foodstuffs

1,045

 

Agricultural materials

279

 

Various goods

1,106

 

Humanitarian aids

721

 

Cooking gas

183

 

Industrial fuel

 

313,840

15 September 2010

Foodstuffs

615

 

Agricultural materials

197

 

Various goods

1,780

 

Humanitarian aids

672

 

Cooking gas

189

 

Industrial fuel

 

472,990

16 September 2010

Foodstuffs

1,016

 

Agricultural materials

235

 

Various goods

1,130

 

Humanitarian aids

389

 

Cooking gas

161

 

Industrial fuel

 

541,574

19 September 2010

Cooking gas

180.800

 

Industrial fuel

 

592,598

20 September 2010

Foodstuffs

1,349

 

Agricultural materials

269

 

Various goods

13,362

 

Humanitarian aids

773

 

Cooking gas

155.080

 

Industrial fuel

 

518,594

08 September 2010

Foodstuffs

1,016

 

Agricultural materials

332

 

Various goods

1,483

 

Humanitarian aids

1,215

 

Cooking gas

155

 

Industrial fuel

 

518,594

 

Al-Mentar (Karni) Crossing: IOF
partially opened the crossing on Thursday, 16 September 2010, and allowed the
entry of 1,284 tons of wheat and 2,379 tons of fodder. They opened it again on Monday, 20 September
2010, and allowed the entry of 819 tons of wheat and 897 tons of fodder. They also opened it on Tuesday, 21 September
2010, and allowed the entry of 390 tons of wheat and 1,043 ton
s of
fodder. 

 

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.

 

PCHR was not able to document the state of movement at the crossing
during the reporting period due to the closure of the crossing because of
Jewish holidays.

 

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.  

 

· Bethlehem: IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. They have maintained their presence at 41
checkpoints around the town. The town
has been also impacted by the construction of the annexation wall to the north
and west, and large areas of Palestinian land have been isolated by the
wall. During the reporting period,
Israeli troops stationed at the 300 checkpoint (Rachel Toms), north of
Bethlehem, continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian
civilians wishing to travel to Jerusalem. Palestinian civilians are forced to wait in queues on two routes outside
the checkpoint. They are then checked by
Israeli soldiers using electronic checking machines. Such checking is often prolonged and
humiliating. During the reporting
period, only Palestinians who have permits were allowed to travel to
Jerusalem.   

 

· Hebron: IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. On Saturday morning, 18
September 2010, IOF closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron throughout the day and
the following morning, allegedly to allow Israeli settlers to celebrate the
Jewish Kippur.  The closure continued
from 04:00 until Sunday morning, 19 September 2010.  

 

· Nablus: IOF
have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian
civilians. They have continued to
establish checkpoints on the roads leading to the city and to stop and search
Palestinian civilian vehicles. 

 

· 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 erected a number of temporary checkpoints, and stopped
and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles. At approximately 20:10 on Thursday, 16 September 2010, IOF established a
checkpoint under ‘Ein Yabroud Bridge, northeast of Ramallah. They stopped and
searched Palestinian civilian vehicles. At
approximately 20:25 on Friday, 17 September 2010, 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, but no arrests were reported. At approximately 16:30 on Saturday, 18
September 2010, IOF established a checkpoint at the entrance of al-Mughayar
village, northeast of Ramallah. They
stopped and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles, but no arrests were
reported. At approximately 18:40 on the
same day, IOF established a checkpoint at the entrance of Deir ‘Ammar village, northwest
of Ramallah. They stopped and searched
Palestinian civilian vehicles, but no arrests were reported.  At
approximately 21:30 on Sunday, 19 September 2010, IOF established a checkpoint
at the entrance of Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah. They stopped and searched Palestinian
civilian vehicles, but no arrests were reported.  

 

· Qalqilya:  IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF have continued to close the agricultural
road located to the east of ‘Azzoun village, east of Qalqilya, since 2009. The village is also separated from road #55,
which links between Nablus and Qalqilya, with a barbwire fence. The fence cuts off the village from
agricultural land belonging to it in the north. During the reporting period, IOF continued to erect temporary checkpoints
on the main roads leading to Qalqilya. On Thursday, 16 September 2010, IOF established two temporary
checkpoints around Qalqilya. On Friday, 17
September 2010, IOF established 3 temporary checkpoints around the town. On Saturday, 18 September 2010, IOF
established 3 checkpoints around the town. On Sunday, 19 September 2010, IOF established 5 checkpoints around the
town. Israeli troops stationed at those
checkpoints stopped and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles.

 

· Tulkarm: IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. On Thursday, 16 September 2010, IOF
established 4 temporary checkpoints around the town. They stopped and searched Palestinian
civilian vehicles. At approximately 08:30
on Friday, 17 September 2010, IOF closed Ennab checkpoint, east of Tulkarm, for
some time. At approximately 09:00, IOF
established a checkpoint at the entrance of Beit Leed village, east of Tulkarm. At approximately 13:00, IOF established a
checkpoint at ‘Anabta intersection, east of Tulkarm. At approximately 18:00 on Saturday, 18
September 2010, IOF established a checkpoint in al-Kafriyat areas on
Tulkarm-Qalqilya. They 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 08:00 on Thursday, 16
September 2010, IOF established a checkpoint near Eskaka village, north of
Salfit. 

 

· Jericho: IOF have continued to impose severe
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. At approximately 18:30 on Friday, 17
September 2010, IOF established a checkpoint at the entrance of ‘Ein al-Dyouk
village, north of Jericho. They stopped
and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles. At approximately 21:40 on Friday, 17 September 2010, IOF established a
checkpoint at the entrance of Fasayel village, north of Jericho. They stopped and searched Palestinian
civilian vehicles.    

 

 

Arrests at Military Checkpoints

 

· At approximately 21:00 on Friday, 17 September
2010, Israeli troops stationed at Za’tara checkpoint, south of Nablus, arrested
Thabet Yasser Suleiman, 25, from Bita village south of Nablus.

 

· At approximately 19:00 on Saturday, 18
September 2010, Israeli troops stationed at a checkpoint on ‘Anabta-Bzaria
road, east of Tulkarm, arrested Mustafa Mohammed Hijji, 28, from Burqa village
northwest of Nablus.

 

· On Sunday evening, 19 September 2010, Israeli
troops stationed at a checkpoint to the east of Qalqilya arrested Ussama Rasmi
‘Amru, from Dura village southwest of Hebron.

 

· On Tuesday morning, 21 September 2010, Israeli
troops stationed at a checkpoint to the south of Jenin arrested Mohammed Nabil
Milhem, 28, from Kufor Ra’ei village southwest of Jenin. 

 

· Also on Tuesday morning, Israeli troops
stationed at a gate on the annexation wall near Flamia village, northeast of
Qalqilya, arrested Yousef Jamal Zaher, 46, from Flamia village. 

 

· On Tuesday noon, Israeli troop stationed at
al-Karama International Crossing Point on the Jordanian border arrested
Mohammed Ahmed Khdour, 19, from Faqqou’a village east of Jenin, when he was on
his way back to the West Bank from Jordan.

 

· On Wednesday morning, 22 September 2010, Israeli
troops stationed at the Container checkpoint, southeast of Jerusalem, arrested
Jihad al-Rjabi, 23, from Hebron.

 

5. 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.

 

· On Saturday morning, 18 September 2010, IOF
started to built concrete blocks at the entrances of Ras Khamis neighborhood
and Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem, as part of the process of the
construction of a section of the annexation wall in the area, to completely
separate it from Jerusalem and establish a new military post. A PCHR field worker reported that the
concrete blocks are 12
meters high and extend over a 600-meter-long
distance. The construction of this
section of the wall will separate Shu’fat refugee camp, ‘Anata village and Ras
Khamis, Rash Shihada and al-Salam from the center of Jerusalem. As a result, at
least 55,000 Palestinians will be separated from Jerusalem. 

· On Monday noon, 20 September 2010, the Israeli
police, accompanied by officials of the Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem,
stormed the compound of the Salah family in Beit Safafa village, south of
Jerusalem, and arrested Mahmoud ‘Ali Salah, 45, and Baker Isma’il Salah,
36. They also delivered a notice
ordering the demolition of an 80-square-meter house belonging to Isma’il Salah,
in which 20 individuals live. Earlier in
the morning, Israeli settlers seized Isma’il Salah’s house. Quarrels erupted between settlers and members
of the Salah family. The Israeli police
intervened and arrested Mahmoud and Baker Salah. The two civilians were released on a bail of
10,000 NIS on Tuesday evening, 21 September 2010. On Wednesday morning, 22 September 2010, the
Israeli police arrested Isma’il Salah. 

 

6. 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 Sunday, 19 September 2010, IOF delivered 8
notices to Palestinian civilians ordering stopping the construction of a
facility and a number of houses in Deir Ballout village, southwest of Slafit,
claiming that they area being built without licenses. The notices were delivered to: Edris Jibara
‘Abdullah; Najeh Daoud ‘Abdullah; Khaled Ahmed Abu Khair; ‘Abdullah Mahmoud Abu
Khair; Jaber Ahmed ‘Abdullah; ‘Abdul Ghafer Jiabara Mustafa; ‘Abdul Wahab Husni
Mousa; and ‘Abdul Wahab Mohammed ‘Abdullah. 

 

· On Sunday evening, 19 September 2010, a number of Israeli
settlers from “Kharsina” settlement, east of Hebron, uprooted 70
grape trees belonging to ‘Abdul Rahman Shareef Sultan in al-Bwaira area. 

 

· At approximately 11:00 on Monday, 20 September 2010, a number of Israeli
settlers from “Ramat Gilad” settlement attacked Palestinian
agricultural areas in Jainsafout village, east of Qalqilya. According to sources of the Municipality of
Jainsafout village, Israeli settlers attacked a tract of agricultural land
belonging to ‘Abdul Hafiz Kamel ‘Obaid, and started to cultivate olives. A number of Palestinian civilians protested,
but the Israeli settlers claimed that they had purchased the land. When the owner learned about the attack, he
arrive at his land, and the settlers then left it.

 

· At approximately 07:00 on Wednesday, 22
September 2010, at least 60 armed Israeli settlers from “Jabal
Aldayr” and ‘Ein Harsha” settlements stormed a housing project in
Western al-Mazara’a village, northwest of Ramallah, and station atop of a
number of houses. They photographed the
area.

 

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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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