Archives for 2015

Excellency,

In follow-up to my letter, dated 9 June 2015, on the 48^th year of Israel’s military occupation, I draw attention to the illegal policies and practices of the recent period, which continue to destabilize the situation and to inflict grave hardship on the Palestinian people.

In this regard, it should be noted that the illegal practices being highlighted in this letter reflect only a small sample of Israel’s violations throughout the Occupied State of Palestine, including East Jerusalem.  The fact is that no one has been spared the occupation’s subjugation, oppression and aggression as Palestine men, women, children, disabled, ill and elderly persons have all been victims of the grave and systematic violations of international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, perpetrated every single day by Israel, the occupying Power.

In the recent period, civilian casualties continued to be caused by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, including children and peaceful demonstrators.  On 10 June, the occupying forces killed a young man in Jenin in a violent military raid on the area.  Izz al-Din Bani Gharra, age 23, was shot in the back by Israeli soldiers as he came out of a mosque after prayers.  This was preceded by a dawn raid on 8 June, where undercover units invaded the Beit Jala Hospital in Bethlehem and attempted to abduct two wounded Palestinians, Mo’tasem Nabil Shweiki, age 21, and Mahmoud Emad Shweiki, age 18, who were receiving treatment after being shot by the occupying forces on 7 June in Beit Jala. [Read more…]

Excellency,

I write to draw your attention to the critical situation ongoing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and more specifically, to the grave reality faced by Palestinian children as a direct result of the Israeli military occupation.

The vulnerability of Palestinian children is deepening as they continue to bear the brunt of increasingly oppressive, violent and illegal Israeli policies and practices being systematically perpetrated against the Palestinian people. For nearly 50 years, Palestinian children have suffered at the hands of Israeli occupying forces and will tragically continue to suffer as long as Israel, the occupying Power, remains immune from consequences for their human rights violations and crimes.  In this regard, we are of the firm conviction that only accountability can remedy the prevailing culture of impunity and compel respect for international law and human rights. [Read more…]