[News] Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the occupied Palestinian territories
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PCHR Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (11- 17
December 2014)
author Tuesday December 23, 2014 03:32author by PCHR-Gaza
*http://www.imemc.org/article/70089*
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against
Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian
territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 11- 17 December 2014.
*_Shootings:_*
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian
civilian in excessive use of force in Qalandya refugee camp, north of
occupied Jerusalem. They also wounded 9 Palestinian civilians in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip, including 2 children; 5 of whom were wounded
in the West Bank and 5 others were wounded in the Gaza Strip. Moreover,
6 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children and 2 women, were wounded
due to the explosion of a suspicious object, north of the Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, in excessive use of force, on 16 December 2014, a
Palestinian civilian was killed in Qalandya refugee camp, north of
occupied Jerusalem, when Israeli forces moved into the camp to arrest
Palestinians.
Israeli forces used excessive force against peaceful protests 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, a 14-year-old child
sustained a bullet wound to the chest and a 16-year-old one sustained a
bullet wound to the leg.
In the Gaza Strip, on 12 December 2014, 4 Palestinian civilians were
wounded when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of
Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of
civilians, who were present around.
In the context of explosions of suspicious objects of the Israeli
military remnants in the Gaza Strip, 6 Palestinian civilians, including
3 children and 2 women, sustained moderate wounds, due to the explosion
of a suspicious object in the north of the Gaza Strip.
*_Incursions:_*
During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted at least 29
military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
During these incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least 54
Palestinians, including 8 children and 2 women. Thirty-one of these
Palestinians, including 6 children and a woman, were arrested in Jerusalem.
In the Gaza Strip, on 16 December 2014, Israeli forces moved about 150
meters into the east of al-Fokhari village, southeast of Khan Yunis in
the southern Gaza Strip. They levelled lands along the border fence for
few hours and withdrew later.
Furthermore, Israeli forces station along the border fence, east of
al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, arrested 2 Palestinian
children who attempted to sneak into Israel through the border fence.
*_Restrictions on movement:_*
Israel continued to impose a tight 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 been 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 8 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 grave violations of the economic, social and cultural rights
and a deterioration of living conditions for 1.8 million people. The
Israeli authorities have 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. They also aim at imposing a
complete ban on the Gaza Strip’s exports. During the reporting period,
Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian patient who obtained a permit to
travel to the West Bank for medical treatment, while another civilian
accompanying his father was arrested while the father was denied travel
for medical treatment.
_*Efforts to create a Jewish demographic majority in occupied East
Jerusalem:*_ Israeli municipality issued more house demolition notices.
On 14 December 2014, they handed notices to demolish a number of houses
in Silwan village under the pretext of lacking construction permits.
Most of the houses were established 15 years ago. They also handed
notices to destroy numerous houses in ‘Ain al-Foqa neighborhood.
_*Settlement activities and attacks by settlers against Palestinian
civilians and property:*_
On 14 December 2014, Israeli forces moved into al-Koum village, south
west of Hebron and handed 6 residents notices to demolish their houses
under the pretext of illegal construction in Area “C”.
On 15 December 2014, Israeli forces moved into Beit Ummar village, north
of Hebron, and handed two residents notices to demolish their houses
under the pretext of illegal construction in Area “C”.
On the aforementioned day, Israeli forces moved into Tqou’ village,
southeast of Bethlehem, and handed 4 residents notices to demolish their
houses under the pretext of illegal construction in Area “C”.
*_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 organized 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, 3 demonstrators were wounded.
In the same context, 2 Palestinian children were wounded during 2 other
protests organized against the Israeli forces' and settlers' attacks in
al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
*/(PCHR keeps the names of the wounded in fear of being arrested by the
Israeli forces within its policy to oppress the peaceful protests and
prevent Palestinian civilians from participating)./*
_Demonstrations against the construction of the annexation wall and
settlement activity_
· Following the Friday prayer, on 12 December 2014, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights
defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in Bil’in, west of
Ramallah, in protest at the killing of Minister Ziad Abu 'Ain, Director
of the Palestinian Authority Commission against the Annexation Wall and
Settlement Activity. The demonstrators took the streets raising the
Palestinian flags and headed to the liberated territories near the
annexation wall. Early in the morning, Israeli forces closed all
entrances to the city to prevent Palestinian civilians and international
and Israeli human rights defenders from participating in the protests.
Protestors marched by the annexation wall and tried to cross the fence.
Israeli soldiers stationed behind the wall, in the western area, and a
large number of soldiers deployed along it, fired live bullets, tear gas
canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets, sound bombs and wastewater at
them and chased them into the olive fields. As a result, a protestor was
hit by a gas canister to the head and another was hit by a gas canister
to the leg. Moreover, a number of demonstrators suffered tear gas
inhalation and others sustained bruises as Israeli soldiers beat them up.
· On the same day, dozens of Palestinian civilians organised a peaceful
demonstration in the centre of Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah, in
protest at the killing of Minister Ziad Abu 'Ain, Director of the
Palestinian Authority Commission against the Annexation Wall and
Settlement Activity. The demonstrators took the streets and headed to
the annexation wall. Israeli forces closed the gates of the wall with
barbwires and prevented the demonstrators from crossing to the land
behind it before they responded by throwing stones. Israeli soldiers
fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear
gas canisters at the civilians, and chased them into the village. As a
result, a protestor sustained a bullet wound to the thigh. Moreover,
many civilians suffered tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises
as Israeli soldiers beat them up.
· Around the same time, dozens of Palestinian civilians and Israeli and
international human rights defenders organised a peaceful demonstration
in al-Nabi Saleh village, southwest of Ramallah, in protest at the
killing of Minister Ziad Abu 'Ain, Director of the Palestinian Authority
Commission against the Annexation Wall and Settlement Activity. The
demonstrators made their way in the streets raising the Palestinian
flags and chanting slogans against the occupation and in support of the
Palestinian unity resistance, and then they headed to the lands that the
settlers are trying to rob by force near “Halmish” settlement. Israeli
forces had closed all the entrances of the village since the morning to
prevent Palestinian and international activists and journalists from
participating in the demonstration. When they arrived at the
aforementioned land, demonstrators were met by live bullets, tear gas
canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets, sound bombs and skunk water and
were chased into the village. As a result, many demonstrators suffered
tear gas inhalation and other sustained bruises as Israeli soldiers beat
them up.
· Also at approximately 13:20, Palestinian civilians and international
solidarity activists organized a protest in the center of Kufor Qaddoum
village, northeast of Qalqilya, heading to the eastern entrance of the
village in protest against closing that entrance since the beginning of
al-Aqsa Intifada with an iron gate. The demonstrators threw stones at
Israeli soldiers, who fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters in
response. As a result, many demonstrators suffered tear gas inhalation
and other sustained bruises as Israeli soldiers beat them up.
_Other Demonstrations_
· On Thursday afternoon, 12 December 2014, dozens of Palestinian young
men gathered in the center of Beit Ommar village, north of Hebron, in
protest at Israeli policies and the killing of Minister Ziad Abu 'Ain,
Director of the Palestinian Authority Commission against the Annexation
Wall and Settlement Activity. They headed to al-Daher and Safa areas
near "Karmi Tsour" settlement, west of the village. Once they approached
there, Israeli soldiers fired sound bombs, tear gas canisters and
rubber-coated metal bullets in response. As a result, a 14-year-old
child sustained 2 bullet wounds to the chest and leg. He was then taken
to the village's medical compound for medical treatment.
· Also on Friday afternoon, dozens of Palestinian youngsters gathered in
the southern neighbourhoods of Hebron to protest at Israeli policies and
the killing of Minister Ziad Abu 'Ain, Director of the Palestinian
Authority Commission against the Annexation Wall and Settlement
Activity. Israeli forces fired sound bombs, tear gas canisters and
rubber-coated metal bullets at the demonstrators. As a result,
35-year-old Abdul Razaq Abdul Hay Abu Turky and 15-year-old Taleb Ghaleb
Taha were wounded.
· On the same day, dozens of Palestinian civilians gathered at the
western entrance of Selwad village, northeast of Ramallah, on
Selwad-Yabroud road near street (60) to organize a protest against
Israeli policies. The protestors set fire to tires and threw stones and
empty bottles at Israeli soldiers, who fired live ammunition,
rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters in
response. As a result, a number of protestors suffered tear gas
inhalation, and others sustained bruises as Israeli soldiers beat them up.
*_Continued closure of the oPt:_*
Israel continued to impose a tight 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 tighten the closure of the Gaza Strip and
close 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 were 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 has fluctuated due to the closure of Karm Abu
Salem for security claims. According to PCHR’s follow-up, Israeli
authorities only allow an average of 98 tons of cooking gas into Gaza
per day. This limited quantity is less than half of the daily needs,
which is 200 tons per day of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip
during winter. The crisis has unprecedentedly aggravated for around six
weeks due to cold weather and overconsumption in addition to the power
outage and using gas as an alternative in many instances of electricity.
The lack of diesel and benzene led to the aggravation of the crisis as a
result of using the gas cylinder for cars or as an alternative for
benzene to run generators. As a result, the demand for gas further
increased.
For almost 7 consecutive years, Israeli forces have continued to prevent
the delivery of construction materials to the Gaza Strip. Two years ago,
Israeli forces approved the delivery of limited quantities of
construction materials for a number of international organizations in
the Gaza Strip. On 17 September 2013, they allowed the entry of limited
quantities of construction materials for the private sector. However, on
13 October 2013, they re-banned it claiming that these materials are
used for constructing tunnels. Last week, Israeli forces allowed the
entry of construction materials only for UNRWA and UNDP projects. As a
result, construction works have completely stopped impacting all sectors
related to construction and an increase in unemployment levels. During
the 51-day Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014,
Israeli authorities did not allow the entry of any construction
materials. As a result, vital and infrastructure projects have been
obstructed so far.
Israeli forces also continued to impose an 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.
_West Bank_
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:
· Hebron: Israeli forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on
the movement of Palestinian civilians. At approximately 07:00 on
Saturday, 13 December 2014, Israeli forces established two checkpoints:
one at the entrance of Halhoul and the other at the entrance of Sa’ir
village. The checkpoints were removed and no arrests were reported.
At approximately 07:00 on Monday, 15 December 2014, Israeli forces
established two checkpoints: one at the entrance of Halhoul and the
other at the entrance of Sa’ir village, northeast of Hebron. The
checkpoints were removed and no arrests were reported. At approximately
08:00, another checkpoint was established at the northern entrance of
the city. All checkpoints were removed and no arrests were reported.
In the morning hours of Tuesday, 16 December 2014, Israeli forces
established a number of checkpoints in different areas: the entrance of
Sair, northeast of the city; the northern entrance of Halhoul, north of
the city; the northern entrance of the city; and the entrance of
al-Fawwar, west of the city. All checkpoints were removed and no arrests
were reported.
· Qalqilya: Israeli forces have continued to impose severe restrictions
on the movement of Palestinian civilians. At approximately 15:00 on
Sunday, 07 December 2014, Israeli forces established a checkpoint at the
entrance of Izbat al-Tabib village.at approximately 15:45, another
checkpoint was established at the eastern entrance of the city. All
checkpoints were removed and no arrests were reported.
· Tulkarm: Israeli forces have continued to impose severe restrictions
on the movement of Palestinian civilians. At approximately 17:30 on
Friday, 12 December 2014, Israeli forces stationed ‘Annab military
checkpoint which is established on the road between Tulkarm and Nablus,
east of the city, tightened their restriction against civilians and
obstructed their movement. Later that day, he tightening ended and no
arrests were reported.
· Jenin: Israeli forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on
the movement of Palestinian civilians. At approximately 14:00 on
Tuesday, 12 December 2014, Israeli forces established a checkpoint on
the road between Kufur Dan and al-Yamoun villages, north of the city.
Later, the checkpoint was removed and no arrests were reported.
· Salfit: Israeli forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on
the movement of Palestinian civilians. At approximately 17:25 on
Thursday, 11 December 2014, Israeli forces established a checkpoint
under Kasaka Bridge, east of the city. Later, the checkpoint was removed
and no arrests were reported.
At approximately 17:30 on Friday, 12 December 2014, Israeli forces
established a checkpoint in the northern entrance of the city. Later,
the checkpoint was removed and no arrests were reported.
At approximately 21:35 on Saturday, 13 December 2014, Israeli forces
established a checkpoint at the entrance of Deir Ballout village, west
of the city. Later, the checkpoint was removed and no arrests were reported.
At approximately 23:00 on Sunday, 14 December 2014, Israeli forces
established a checkpoint under Kasaka Bridge, east of the city. At
approximately 23:40, they established a checkpoint at the northern
entrance of the city.
*_Arrests and Maltreatment of Palestinian Civilians at Military
Checkpoints:_*
· On Thursday morning, 11 December 2014, Israeli forces stationed at the
Container checkpoint arrested Qutaiba Salah Qassem (28) from Hindaza
mountain area in Bethlehem, and Mahmoud Karim Ayyad (30) from al-Dheisha
refugee camp, south of the city, and took them to an unknown destination.
· On the aforementioned day, Israeli forces stationed at the Container
checkpoint arrested Osama Shahin(26) from Doura, southwest of Hebron,
and took him to an unknown destination.
· On aforementioned day, Israeli forces stationed at the entrance of
Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron, arrested Jihad Khalil Hamad
al-‘Allami (19) and Bilal Habes Hamdan al-Allami (19) and took them to
an unknown destination.
· On Sunday morning, 14 December 2014, Israeli forces arrested Asmaa
Jawdat Jamil Balhawi (38) when she was entering “Kisaout” prison in
Negev Desert in a visit to her husband Salah Balhawi, who is sentenced
to 4 years in Israeli prisons, and took them to an unknown destination.
· On the aforementioned day, Israeli forces stationed at the entrance of
Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron, arrested Rami Fahmi Abdul Latif
Bahar (34) and took him to an unknown destination.
· At approximately 23:00, Israeli forces arrested Musab Hasan Balasma
(22), from Salfit, when he was crossing Howara checkpoint, south of
Nablus and took them to an unknown destination.
*_Efforts to create Jewish demographic majority in occupied East
Jerusalem:_*
_Bulldozing Activities_
· At approximately 10:00 on Sunday, 14 December 2014, Israeli
municipality staffs, guarded by Israeli special forces, handed notices
to demolish residential buildings in Silwan village under the pretext of
not having construction permits. According to Hani Gaith, Israeli
special forces moved into is older brother’s house, ex-prisoner Adnan
Ghaith, the secretary of Fatah movement in Jerusalem, in the central
neighborhood in Silwan. They handed the family an administrative order
prescribing that their house, which was established 25 years ago, would
be destroyed. He added that the Israeli soldiers verbally abused the
family, particularly his 65-year-old father. The verbal clash finally
led to the arrest of his brother Bilal (37).
Furthermore, Israeli municipality staffs handed Muhammad Tawfiq Ghaith
notices to destroy his house in Silwan, where he and his wife reside.
They also handed administrative orders to 3 houses belonging to Ahmed
al-‘Abbasi and his sons in Ain al-Louza neighborhood. The houses were
established on an area of 300 square meters, 20 years ago. The
municipality staff also handed notices to destroy houses in Ain al-Foqa
neighborhood.
· At approximately 14:00 on Monday, 15 December 2014, Israeli
municipality staffs and Israeli special forces moved into a house
belonging to Mu’taz Hijazi in al-Thaouri neighborhood in Silwan. They
handed the family a notice to destroy their house. It should be noted
that Mu’taz Hijazi was killed on 30 October 2014 by Israeli special
forces under the pretext of shooting at Rabbi Yehuda Glick.
· At approximately 16:00 on the aforementioned day, Israeli municipality
handed Jamal ‘Amro a notice to destroy his house in al-Souana
neighborhood in the Old City in Jerusalem under the pretext of not
having a construction permit. The aforementioned civilian told PCHR that
the house was established in 1945 and it consists of two floors and
resided by 19 persons. He added that the decision to destroy the house
is purely political aiming to punish the family. The aforementioned
person’s wife was arrested more than once, and his eldest son who works
in the Islamic Waqf was also arrested.
_Arrests and Incursions_
· At approximately 04:00 on Thursday, 11 December 2014, Israeli forces
moved into al-Thouri neighborhood, east of the Old City in Jerusalem.
They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 4 residents:
Muhammad Nour al-din al-Tawil (26); Ahmed Amin al-Juba (23); Muhammad
Naser ‘Alawat (19); and Ahmed Faraj Taha (19).
· At approximately 09:00 on the aforementioned day, Israeli forces
raided a house belonging to al-Shaloudi family the family intends to
reconstruct after Israeli forces destroyed it on 19 November 2014 in
al-Bustan neighborhood, south of the Old City in Jerusalem. It should be
noted that Abdel Rahman al-Shaloudi was killed on 22 October 2014 by the
light train guards in al-Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood claiming that he ran
down a group of settlers.
· At approximately 04:30, on Friday, 12 December 2014, Israeli forces
moved into Jabal al –Mukabber neighborhood, southeast of Jerusalem. They
raided and searched a number of houses and arrested: Ali Ahmed Oweisat
(18); Said Ibrahim Abu Jamal (37); Rifat Muhammad Khaiyat (34); and
Younis Samih Eliyan (27).
· At approximately 04:40, on the aforementioned day, Israeli forces
moved into a house belonging to Sharif Abdu in Wadi al-Jouz
neighborhood. They arrested his son Abdullah (17) and took him to an
unknown destination.
· At approximately 05:00, Israeli forces moved into a house belonging to
Muhammad Dandis in Ras al-Amoud neighborhood, east of the Old City in
Jerusalem. They arrested his son Abdul Rahman (23).
· At approximately 06:00, on the aforementioned day, Israeli forces
moved into al-Isawiah. They raided and searched a number of houses and
arrested 3 residents: Ahmed Haid Mahmoud (28); Tareq Ziad Darwich (24);
and Ali Muhammad Darwich (22).
· At approximately 13:00, on Saturday, 13 December 2014, Israeli forces
moved into al-Tour neighborhood, east of the Old City in Jerusalem after
dozens of Palestinians threw stones at an Israeli settler’s vehicle.
They fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters. They
arrested Imran Rabaia (18) and Fadi Talal al-Sayyad (21).
· At approximately 14:00 on Sunday, 14 Decmber 2014, Israeli forces
moved into Bab Hatta neighborhood. They raided and searched number of
houses and arrested 3 children: Tawfiq Najeeb (16); Zakarya Izz al-Din
al-Bakri (16); and Mustafa Isamil Abu Sneina (15).
· At approximately 02:00 on Monday, 15 December 2014, Israeli forces
raided a house belonging to Omar Shalabi (30) former secretary of Fatah
movement in Jerusalem. They confiscated a number of computers and
attacked the family members. They arrested the aforementioned and took
him to an unknown destination.
· At approximately 02:30, Israeli forces raided a house belonging to
ex-prisoner Fawzi Omar Mheisin (30) in Shufat refugee camp. They
arrested him and confiscated his computer and mobile phone.
· At approximately 14:00, Israeli forces arrested Diala Ali (25) when
she was leaving through al-Silsila gate in Jerusalem.
· At approximately 21:00, Israeli forces arrested the head of Fatah
Youth Movement Ibrahim Abu Ghariba (39) when he was in Beit Hanin
village, north of the city. According to Muhammad al-Sharbati, Israeli
forces arrested Abu Ghariba after he was stopped at a checkpoint then he
was taken Nabi Yaqoub police station.
· At approximately 14:00 on Tuesday, 16 December 2014, Israeli forces
arrested Yazan Imad al-‘Abbasi (11) and Ahmed Abdul Hadi al-‘Abbasi (11)
in Ain al-Louza neighborhood. According to eyewitness testimonies, the
children were arrested when they were heading home from school.
*_Settlement activities and attacks by settlers against Palestinian
civilians and property:_*
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.
· On Sunday morning, 14 December 2014, Israeli forces accompanied by a
vehicle belonging to the Construction and Organization Department in the
Israeli Civil Administration Department moved into al-Kou village,
southwest of Hebron. They stationed at Firjas and Qisteen areas. They
handed 6 residents notices to stop construction in their houses under
the pretext of not having a construction permit in area C. The residents
of the houses were identified as:
- Abdul Rahman Ahmed Ali al-Rujoub, a house under construction with an
area of 160 square meters;
- Ismail Ahmed Ali al-Rujoub, a house under construction with an area of
160 square meters;
- Arafat Ahmed Ali al-Rujoub, a house under construction with an area of
160 square meters;
- Muhib Yaqoub Taim al-Rujoub, a house under construction with an area
of 130 square meters, and;
- Ramadan Hasan Mustafa al-Rujoub, two houses under construction; each
of them has an area of 150 square meters.
· On Monday morning, 15 December 2014, Israeli forces accompanied by a
vehicle belonging to the Construction and Organization Department in the
Israeli Civil Administration Department moved into Beit Amr village,
north of Hebron. They stationed in Taghrat al-Shabak area, north of the
village, near “Gosh Etzion” settlement. They handed two residents
notices to stop construction in their houses under the pretext of not
having a construction permit in area C. They were identified as:
- Bassam Khalil Abdel Muhsen al-‘Allami, an inhabited, one floor house,
which was established on an area of 80 square meters 9 years ago, and;
- Khaled Yousif Abdul Majeed Brighith, a house used for agricultural
purposes, which was established on an area of 60 square meters 4 years ago.
· In the evening of the aforementioned day, Israeli forces accompanied
by a vehicle belonging to the Construction and Organization Department
in the Israeli Civil Administration Department moved into Tqou’ village,
southeast of Bethlehem. They stationed at Kherbat al-Deir arre, near the
municipality intersection and handed 4 notices to stop construction in
houses belongin to: Musa Salem Musa; Ahmed Muhammed Suleiman; Saher Ali
Hajahija; and Mahmoud ‘Aish Hajahija.
*/Recommendations to the International Community:/*
PCHR emphasizes the international community’s position that the Gaza
Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are still under
Israeli occupation, in spite of Israeli military redeployment outside
the Gaza Strip in 2005. PCHR further confirms that Israeli forces
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 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, 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;
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 directly 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 violations
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.
/Full, detailed document
<http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10794:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-11-17-dec-2014&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183>,
including info on patrols and border crossings available at the official
PCHR website./
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