PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE – Vol. 75

Your weekly survey of the most important publications and activities related to Palestine and law, from local and international sources

6- 12 June 2021

Issued every Sunday by Law for Palestine

This weekly report reviews the legal dynamics of the Palestine question, and everything related to international law and Palestine. The report includes an account of the most important publications, activities and conferences related to Palestine at the local, regional, international levels. The report further covers decisions, decrees, and judicial orders affecting the Palestinian cause, whether made at the official, academic or public levels. The report aims to be a reference for monitoring, documenting and archiving the latest human rights developments related to Palestine, and to present them to individuals, researchers, study centers, and official, academic and legal institutions concerned.

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Judicial decrees, decisions, positions, and orders issued by official Palestinian bodies

• The PLO calls on holding Israel accountable for its violations against journalists in Palestine. (June 6, 2021). For further details, click here
• MOFAE: Ending settlement building is a serious approach to reviving the peace process. (June 7, 2021). For further details, click here
• The PLO Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) releases statement on Israel’s apartheid system. (June 8, 2021). For further details, click here
• MOFAE calls on the US administration to stand against Netanyahu’s attempts to stir up the situation in Jerusalem. (June 8, 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestinian Foreign Minister calls on African countries to recognize Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories as illegal. (June 8, 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs denounces the Israeli occupation’s ban on its vehicles from working in Waqf/endowment land in Jericho. (June 8, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Italy calls on the Italian Parliament to urge their government to recognize the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders. (June 9, 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestinian President condemns the Israeli forces killing of two Palestinian officers and a former prisoner in Jenin, West Bank. (June 10, 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestinian Ministry of Information condemns extending the closure of Palestine TV office In Jerusalem. (June 11, 2021). For further details, click here.

Judicial decrees, decisions, positions, and orders issued by official Israeli bodies

• The Israeli Attorney-General refuses to intervene in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood case and considers it a legal matter. (June 7, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israeli police decide to prevent the Israeli “flag march” in Jerusalem. (June 7, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Israeli cabinet to allow the flag march next Tuesday, June 15. (June 9, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israeli Foreign Ministry: EU continues to fund Palestinian textbooks that contain antisemitic components. (June 9, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israeli Supreme Court rejects petition by prisoner Ghadanfar Abu Atwan requesting end to his administrative detention. (June 10, 2021). For further details, click here

Judicial decrees, decisions, positions, and orders issued by Arab, European, and international bodies

• Tunisian Parliament to discuss law criminalizing normalization in its next session. (June 7, 2021). For further details, click here
• The SGAL warns against the Israeli occupation’s efforts to spark another round of violence in Jerusalem. (June 7, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Tunisian president warns against the negligent the international community and waning support for the Palestinian cause. (June 7, 2021). For further details, click here
• US Secretary of State: UNRWA should reform the content of its educational materials that erase Israel from maps. (June 9, 2021). For further details, click here
• US Secretary of State: reopening the consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinian Authority is essential and important. (June 9, 2021). For further details, click here
• EU report: Palestinian textbooks incite children to hate and to be violent against Jews. (June 9, 2021). For further details, click here
• Jordanian MOFA condemns attacks of Israeli occupation police against Jerusalemites at Damascus Gate in occupied Jerusalem. (June 11, 2021). For further details, click here.
• UN stresses need for Gaza-Israel ceasefire to take hold, condemns continued home demolitions in East Jerusalem neighborhoods. (June 7, 2021). For further details, click here

Academic research and studies

• Researcher Natasha Spreadborough publishes a research paper titled “From the River to the Sea: Water Conflict and International Law in Israel and Palestine”. (May 4, 2021). For further details, click here
• Researcher Abigail Rosemary Mulligan publishes paper titled “Naming as Survival: Law, Water and Settler Colonialism in Palestine”. (June 3, 2021). For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• The Palestinian Center for Human Rights organizes a conference on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip after the latest Israeli aggression. (June 9, 2021). For further details, click here
• Members of CCAWR protest at office of their representative in Congress against supporting Israel. (June 10, 2021). For further details, click here
• Over 500 American journalists called in a joint letter for reporting the truth on the Israeli occupation practices against the Palestinian. (June 12, 2021). For further details, click here

Announcements regarding upcoming human rights activities and opportunities

• A panel discussion entitled “Israeli Apartheid Exposed: What’s Next?”. (June 15, 2021). For further details, click here