Archives for 07 February 2014

Excellency,

I regret to inform you of the continuing deterioration of the situation in the Occupied State of Palestine due to the illegal, provocative policies that continue to be pursued by Israel, the occupying Power, against the Palestinian people and their land.

Despite the fact that fragile peace talks are under way, Israel continues to carry out grave violations of international law, ranging from military raids into Palestinian villages and towns, daily arrests and detentions and the injury of Palestinian civilians.  At the same time, the occupying Power persists with its massive colonial settlement campaign throughout the Palestinian land, including in and around East Jerusalem. Israel’s blatant intransigence is being yet again reaffirmed to Palestine and the international community as a whole as such actions clearly indicate an Israeli rejection of relinquishing its status of an occupying Power, of truly ending the occupation of the Palestinian and Arab lands it occupied in June 1967, and of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace agreement. [Read more…]