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<h1 class="reader-title">Israel Top Court Liable For War Crimes
For Forcibly Transferring Palestinians: Rights Group</h1>
February 7, 2019</div>
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<p>Israel’s human rights organization <a
href="https://www.btselem.org/sites/default/files/publications/201902_fake_justice_eng.pdf"
target="_blank">B’Tselem released a report</a> Tuesday
in which it said that Israel’s Civil Administration
which governs Area C of the Occupied West Bank, and
Israel’s High Court of Justice could be liable for war
crimes for the <a
href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Approves-Expansion-of-Illegal-Settlement-as-Netanyahu-Makes-Last-minute-Election-Push-20190109-0024.html"
target="_blank">“forcible transfer” of Palestinians</a>
in the occupied West Bank.</p>
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<p>The report, titled, “Fake Justice; The Responsibility
Israel’s High Court Justices Bear for the Demolition of
Palestinian Homes and the Dispossession of
Palestinians,” looks at the planning policies in West
Bank with regards to Palestinian property rights.</p>
<p>The policies include reclassifying West Bank
territories as Israeli state lands which are often done
without due process and does not allow Palestinians to
file legal complaints. “The planning apparatus Israel
has instituted in the West Bank serves its policy of
promoting and expanding Israeli takeover of land across
the West Bank,” the report said.</p>
<p>B’Tselem also said that Isreal High Court’s support of
this policy is similar to supporting “forcible transfer”
which constitutes a war crime under international law.</p>
<p>The report said that “despite hearing arguments that
challenged the lawfulness of [Israel’s planning]
proceedings, in each and every case the Court has
accepted the state’s argument that Palestinian
construction is unlawful”.</p>
<p>Due to this, many Palestinians are being dispossessed
of their homes and facing demolition orders. According
to Civil Administration figures, 16,796 demolition
orders were issued against Palestinians from 1988 to
2017.</p>
<p>“It stands to reason that [Israeli] judges are
well-aware, or ought to be, of the judicial foundations
they are cementing in their rulings, and the devastating
implications of these rulings, including the violation
of the IHL [international humanitarian law] prohibition
on forcible transfer,” the report said.</p>
<p>“Therefore, they too – along with the prime minister,
senior ministers, the chief of staff and other senior
military officers – bear personal liability for the
commission of such crimes.”</p>
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