15 sept 2019
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) intends to convene an emergency meeting at the request of Saudi Arabia to discuss Israel’s stated intents to annex West Bank areas, according to Turkey’s foreign ministry.
The meeting, which will be attended by foreign minister of OIC member countries, is intended to discuss Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks about his intent to annex occupied Palestinian areas to Israel if he won the Knesset election.
Last Wednesday, Netanyahu said he would declare immediate sovereignty over the Jordan Valley if he won the election and formed his government. He also threatened to annex illegal settlements in the West Bank to Israel.
The meeting, which will be attended by foreign minister of OIC member countries, is intended to discuss Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks about his intent to annex occupied Palestinian areas to Israel if he won the Knesset election.
Last Wednesday, Netanyahu said he would declare immediate sovereignty over the Jordan Valley if he won the election and formed his government. He also threatened to annex illegal settlements in the West Bank to Israel.
The Hebrew media said that the Israeli government would hold its weekly meeting in the Palestinian Jordan Valley to discuss the establishment of a new settlement there.
According to Channel 7, Israeli attorney general Avichai Mendelblit opposed such step because it was taken for electoral considerations and two days before the Knesset election.
Last Wednesday, Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu said would declare immediate sovereignty over the Jordan Valley if he won the election and formed his government.
According to Channel 7, Israeli attorney general Avichai Mendelblit opposed such step because it was taken for electoral considerations and two days before the Knesset election.
Last Wednesday, Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu said would declare immediate sovereignty over the Jordan Valley if he won the election and formed his government.
A horde of Jewish settlers on Saturday embarked on bulldozing a tract of land behind the separation wall in Abu Dis town, southeast of Occupied Jerusalem in order to set up an outpost.
According to al-Quds newspaper, this area was previously annexed by the Israeli occupation authority in order to establish a settler neighborhood containing 400 housing units.
This neighborhood, if established, will overlook Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque.
In another incident, some settlers at dawn Sunday set up a new outpost on Mount Mintar in the east of as-Sawahira town, southeast of Jerusalem.
Local sources said that a number of settlers placed prefabricated homes, water tanks and other structures on the mount at 04:00 am.
According to al-Quds newspaper, this area was previously annexed by the Israeli occupation authority in order to establish a settler neighborhood containing 400 housing units.
This neighborhood, if established, will overlook Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque.
In another incident, some settlers at dawn Sunday set up a new outpost on Mount Mintar in the east of as-Sawahira town, southeast of Jerusalem.
Local sources said that a number of settlers placed prefabricated homes, water tanks and other structures on the mount at 04:00 am.
Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Thursday, strongly condemned statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he pledged, if elected, to annex the occupied Jordan Valley in the eastern West Bank, reported WAFA.
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, spoke from Cairo, where Arab foreign ministers were meeting to discuss Netanyahu’s declaration as a dangerous escalation, that will torpedo the foundations of the peace process, fuel the conflict and push the entire region towards violence.
He stressed, according to the Jordanian news agency Petra, Jordan’s rejection and condemnation of Netanyahu’s declaration, which he considered a flagrant violation of international law and an election ploy whose price will be the killing of the peace process while undermining the right of people in this region to live in peace.
He described the Israeli declaration as a threat to security and peace in the region and the world.
The Qatari foreign ministry condemned the policy in a statement, that this step would totally destroy all chances of peace, calling it another step in Israeli violations of international law, while doing all it can to steal the Palestinian land and deny the Palestinian people their basic rights.
The Saudi royal court made a statement declaring Netanyahu’s intentions to be a very serious and a blatant violation of the United Nations Charter and international laws and conventions.
It said it undermines all efforts to bring a just peace to the Middle East, stressing that there will be no peace without the Palestinian people getting their land and rights, proclaiming that any such declaration will be considered null and void and will have no legal base.
“The Kingdom condemns and rejects this declaration,” the statement said, affirming that “the Arab and Muslim worlds’ preoccupation with many local and regional crises will not affect the status of the Palestinian issue among Arab and Muslim countries and governments and will not stop the Arab nation, which asserted its commitment to peace through the Arab Peace Initiative, from confronting these unilateral measures taken by Israel and the constant attempts to change the facts of history, geography and violation of legitimate Palestinian rights.”
It called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the level of foreign ministers, to discuss this issue and to come up with an urgent action to confront this declaration.
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, spoke from Cairo, where Arab foreign ministers were meeting to discuss Netanyahu’s declaration as a dangerous escalation, that will torpedo the foundations of the peace process, fuel the conflict and push the entire region towards violence.
He stressed, according to the Jordanian news agency Petra, Jordan’s rejection and condemnation of Netanyahu’s declaration, which he considered a flagrant violation of international law and an election ploy whose price will be the killing of the peace process while undermining the right of people in this region to live in peace.
He described the Israeli declaration as a threat to security and peace in the region and the world.
The Qatari foreign ministry condemned the policy in a statement, that this step would totally destroy all chances of peace, calling it another step in Israeli violations of international law, while doing all it can to steal the Palestinian land and deny the Palestinian people their basic rights.
The Saudi royal court made a statement declaring Netanyahu’s intentions to be a very serious and a blatant violation of the United Nations Charter and international laws and conventions.
It said it undermines all efforts to bring a just peace to the Middle East, stressing that there will be no peace without the Palestinian people getting their land and rights, proclaiming that any such declaration will be considered null and void and will have no legal base.
“The Kingdom condemns and rejects this declaration,” the statement said, affirming that “the Arab and Muslim worlds’ preoccupation with many local and regional crises will not affect the status of the Palestinian issue among Arab and Muslim countries and governments and will not stop the Arab nation, which asserted its commitment to peace through the Arab Peace Initiative, from confronting these unilateral measures taken by Israel and the constant attempts to change the facts of history, geography and violation of legitimate Palestinian rights.”
It called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the level of foreign ministers, to discuss this issue and to come up with an urgent action to confront this declaration.
14 sept 2019
Campaigning group Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank, and has called on the UK Government to hold Israel to account for its ongoing violations of international law.
The comments were made just a week before fresh elections take place in Israel, as Netanyahu cited “maximum coordination with Trump” as a key factor in the move towards annexation.
This proposed move follows a series of acts by the Netanyahu government that has attacked the collective rights of the Palestinian people; whether those living under military occupation or as citizens of the state of Israel.
Earlier this year, when Netanyahu ran for re-election and subsequently failed to form a government in the Knesset, he publicly reasserted his belief that that Israel “is not a state of all its citizens.”
While Palestinian citizens of Israel are allowed to vote in the upcoming elections, the “Nation State Law” passed in 2018 in Israel enshrines discrimination against them into the constitution.
Since 1948, Israel has passed over 60 laws which discriminate against Palestinian citizens of Israel in housing, welfare provision, education, public works and building permission.
The move to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank seeks to entrench the de facto sovereignty Israel is exercising over the 2.8 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank under Israeli military control which denies them basic human rights.
None of these Palestinians have voting rights in the Israeli elections; nor do the millions of Palestinians refugees who have been forcibly expelled from their homes since 1948.
Campaigners say this pledge is yet more evidence that Benjamin Netanyahu will continue to violate international law without fear of consequences, and that the global community has an obligation to hold Israel to account for these crimes.
They also stress that this proposed annexation will remove the possibility of a viable Palestinian state, leaving any potential state having no border with any other state than Israel.
PSC has reaffirmed its call for fundamental change in Israel, stressing that all candidates for Prime Minister in the upcoming elections have demonstrated commitment to ongoing military occupation and apartheid.
Ben Jamal, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: “This pledge is not only a stark reminder of the Israeli government’s staunch commitment to stripping Palestinians of their rights and their homeland, but it also highlights that the fundamental issues with the Israeli state run far deeper than one politician or government.
Netanyahu is making this pledge because he is confident that it will win him votes at next week’s elections. There is no meaningful pressure for change coming from within Israel, and so pressure needs to be exerted externally.
It is incumbent upon the UK government, which continues to repeat the mantra of its support for a two-state solution, to accept the reality that these steps remove the possibility of a Palestinian state. Actions, and not words are required.
– PSC reaffirms its call for an immediate ban on the import of settlement goods and an end to the arms trade with Israel, and calls upon UK civil society to continue applying pressure on all companies complicit in Israel’s human rights abuses.”
Source : Palestine News Network
The comments were made just a week before fresh elections take place in Israel, as Netanyahu cited “maximum coordination with Trump” as a key factor in the move towards annexation.
This proposed move follows a series of acts by the Netanyahu government that has attacked the collective rights of the Palestinian people; whether those living under military occupation or as citizens of the state of Israel.
Earlier this year, when Netanyahu ran for re-election and subsequently failed to form a government in the Knesset, he publicly reasserted his belief that that Israel “is not a state of all its citizens.”
While Palestinian citizens of Israel are allowed to vote in the upcoming elections, the “Nation State Law” passed in 2018 in Israel enshrines discrimination against them into the constitution.
Since 1948, Israel has passed over 60 laws which discriminate against Palestinian citizens of Israel in housing, welfare provision, education, public works and building permission.
The move to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank seeks to entrench the de facto sovereignty Israel is exercising over the 2.8 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank under Israeli military control which denies them basic human rights.
None of these Palestinians have voting rights in the Israeli elections; nor do the millions of Palestinians refugees who have been forcibly expelled from their homes since 1948.
Campaigners say this pledge is yet more evidence that Benjamin Netanyahu will continue to violate international law without fear of consequences, and that the global community has an obligation to hold Israel to account for these crimes.
They also stress that this proposed annexation will remove the possibility of a viable Palestinian state, leaving any potential state having no border with any other state than Israel.
PSC has reaffirmed its call for fundamental change in Israel, stressing that all candidates for Prime Minister in the upcoming elections have demonstrated commitment to ongoing military occupation and apartheid.
Ben Jamal, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: “This pledge is not only a stark reminder of the Israeli government’s staunch commitment to stripping Palestinians of their rights and their homeland, but it also highlights that the fundamental issues with the Israeli state run far deeper than one politician or government.
Netanyahu is making this pledge because he is confident that it will win him votes at next week’s elections. There is no meaningful pressure for change coming from within Israel, and so pressure needs to be exerted externally.
It is incumbent upon the UK government, which continues to repeat the mantra of its support for a two-state solution, to accept the reality that these steps remove the possibility of a Palestinian state. Actions, and not words are required.
– PSC reaffirms its call for an immediate ban on the import of settlement goods and an end to the arms trade with Israel, and calls upon UK civil society to continue applying pressure on all companies complicit in Israel’s human rights abuses.”
Source : Palestine News Network
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Saturday stormed an agricultural structure at the main entrance to Zeita town in Tulkarem and wreaked havoc on its contents.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that several Israeli soldiers stormed a prefabricated storehouse used for agricultural purposes and embarked on smashing its contents.
The IOF also threatened to remove the structure next Tuesday.
Zeita town, which is located near the Israeli separation wall in al-Sha’rawiya area of Tulkarem, is exposed, like many West Bank towns and villages, to frequent Israeli demolition campaigns.
Local sources told a reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that several Israeli soldiers stormed a prefabricated storehouse used for agricultural purposes and embarked on smashing its contents.
The IOF also threatened to remove the structure next Tuesday.
Zeita town, which is located near the Israeli separation wall in al-Sha’rawiya area of Tulkarem, is exposed, like many West Bank towns and villages, to frequent Israeli demolition campaigns.
Five leading European powers issued a joint statement last Thursday condemning Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to impose Israeli sovereignty on the Jordan Valley, saying it would be “a serious violation of international law.”
“France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom are deeply concerned about the announcement of a possible annexation of areas in the West Bank, particularly the Jordan valley and the northern shore of the Dead Sea,” the statement said.
“This would, if implemented, constitute a serious breach of international law,” it said, warning that such moves “imperil the viability of a two-state solution, based on the 1967 lines, and make it harder to achieve a just and lasting peace.”
The European countries’ position joined widespread international condemnation of Netanyahu’s announcement.
Battling to win reelection on September 17, Netanyahu made the pledge on Tuesday night, drawing strong condemnation from the Palestinians, Arab states, the United Nations, the European Union and different countries.
He also repeated his intention to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, but in coordination with US president Donald Trump.
“France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom are deeply concerned about the announcement of a possible annexation of areas in the West Bank, particularly the Jordan valley and the northern shore of the Dead Sea,” the statement said.
“This would, if implemented, constitute a serious breach of international law,” it said, warning that such moves “imperil the viability of a two-state solution, based on the 1967 lines, and make it harder to achieve a just and lasting peace.”
The European countries’ position joined widespread international condemnation of Netanyahu’s announcement.
Battling to win reelection on September 17, Netanyahu made the pledge on Tuesday night, drawing strong condemnation from the Palestinians, Arab states, the United Nations, the European Union and different countries.
He also repeated his intention to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, but in coordination with US president Donald Trump.
13 sept 2019
The Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday ordered the confiscation of Palestinian-owned lands in Nablus district to expand Yitzhar settlement.
The village councils of Burin, Huwara, Asira al-Qibliya, Madama, Urif and Einabus received copies of an Israeli order to seize Palestinian-owned lands in the vicinity of Yitzhar settlement.
Anyone wishing to file a complaint against the Israeli move has a 21-day time limit, according to the written order.
The village councils of Burin, Huwara, Asira al-Qibliya, Madama, Urif and Einabus received copies of an Israeli order to seize Palestinian-owned lands in the vicinity of Yitzhar settlement.
Anyone wishing to file a complaint against the Israeli move has a 21-day time limit, according to the written order.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday welded shut the door of a Palestinian home in the Old City of al-Khalil.
Local sources said that the Israeli Civil Administration, accompanied by IOF soldiers, stormed al-Shuhadaa Street and welded shut the main entrance to Sami Zahdeh's house.
They reported that the house was set on fire about two weeks ago and the IOF prevented the fire crews from entering the area.
The Palestinian residents were forced to make a hole in the wall of one of the neighboring houses to extinguish the fire.
The Civil Administration later ordered the family to enter the house from that hole, and told them not to reopen the closed door.
Local sources said that the Israeli Civil Administration, accompanied by IOF soldiers, stormed al-Shuhadaa Street and welded shut the main entrance to Sami Zahdeh's house.
They reported that the house was set on fire about two weeks ago and the IOF prevented the fire crews from entering the area.
The Palestinian residents were forced to make a hole in the wall of one of the neighboring houses to extinguish the fire.
The Civil Administration later ordered the family to enter the house from that hole, and told them not to reopen the closed door.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has censured Israeli minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, terming it as a gross violation of international law.
“Such steps, if implemented, would constitute a serious violation of international law,” Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Wednesday.
The UN chief said such a move would undermine chances for peace in the Middle East region.
It would “be devastating to the potential of reviving negotiations and regional peace, while severely undermining the viability of the two-state solution,” he said.
Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to annex the Jordan Valley in the West Bank if he emerges victorious in the snap legislative elections on September 17.
Netanyahu’s pledge was roundly condemned by the Palestinians as well as countries in the Middle East, including Jordan, Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Netanyahu hinted that US President Donald Trump’s yet-t-be-unveiled |peace” proposal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would allow the regime to annex the Jordan Valley — which accounts for a quarter of the West Bank — and the northern Dead Sea.
He said he expected Trump to present his highly controversial plan just days after Israel’s September 17 elections, and that he would look to apply “sovereignty” over the settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in coordination with Washington.
International bodies like the UN, the European Union (EU) and the Arab League also denounced the plan.
The EU said it would not recognize any change to Israel’s borders that was not agreed to by both sides.
The UN on Tuesday warned that the plan would have no “international legal effect.”
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also said it would hold an emergency foreign ministers’ meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue.
OIC Secretary General Yousef bin al-Othaimeen strongly condemned Netanyahu’s intention, emphasizing that the “dangerous announcement is another aggression against the Palestinian people’s rights.”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed that all agreements signed with Israel and their resulting obligations would end if the Tel Aviv regime annexes the Jordan Valley.
“We have the right to defend our rights and achieve our goals by all available means, regardless of the consequences, as Netanyahu’s decisions contradict with United Nations resolutions and international law,” Abbas pointed out.
Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War in a move never recognized by the international community.
The Jordan Valley accounts for around one-third of the West Bank.
Israeli right-wing politicians have long viewed the 2,400-square kilometer (926.65-square mile) strategic area as a part of the territory they would never retreat from and stated that the Israeli military would maintain its control there under any peace agreement with the Palestinians.
“Such steps, if implemented, would constitute a serious violation of international law,” Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Wednesday.
The UN chief said such a move would undermine chances for peace in the Middle East region.
It would “be devastating to the potential of reviving negotiations and regional peace, while severely undermining the viability of the two-state solution,” he said.
Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to annex the Jordan Valley in the West Bank if he emerges victorious in the snap legislative elections on September 17.
Netanyahu’s pledge was roundly condemned by the Palestinians as well as countries in the Middle East, including Jordan, Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Netanyahu hinted that US President Donald Trump’s yet-t-be-unveiled |peace” proposal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would allow the regime to annex the Jordan Valley — which accounts for a quarter of the West Bank — and the northern Dead Sea.
He said he expected Trump to present his highly controversial plan just days after Israel’s September 17 elections, and that he would look to apply “sovereignty” over the settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in coordination with Washington.
International bodies like the UN, the European Union (EU) and the Arab League also denounced the plan.
The EU said it would not recognize any change to Israel’s borders that was not agreed to by both sides.
The UN on Tuesday warned that the plan would have no “international legal effect.”
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also said it would hold an emergency foreign ministers’ meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue.
OIC Secretary General Yousef bin al-Othaimeen strongly condemned Netanyahu’s intention, emphasizing that the “dangerous announcement is another aggression against the Palestinian people’s rights.”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed that all agreements signed with Israel and their resulting obligations would end if the Tel Aviv regime annexes the Jordan Valley.
“We have the right to defend our rights and achieve our goals by all available means, regardless of the consequences, as Netanyahu’s decisions contradict with United Nations resolutions and international law,” Abbas pointed out.
Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War in a move never recognized by the international community.
The Jordan Valley accounts for around one-third of the West Bank.
Israeli right-wing politicians have long viewed the 2,400-square kilometer (926.65-square mile) strategic area as a part of the territory they would never retreat from and stated that the Israeli military would maintain its control there under any peace agreement with the Palestinians.
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