PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE – Issue. 94

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

17-23 Oct 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

• Palestinian MOFAE condemns Israeli government’s decision to allocate millions of shekels for monitoring Palestinian construction in Area C, holds international community responsible for silence over illegal Israeli settlement building and expansion. (Oct. 17, 2021). For further details, click here
• Commission of Detainees’ Affairs calls for international efforts to release the “prisoners of pre-Oslo”. (Oct. 17, 2021). For further details, click here
• The permanent representative to the UN calls on the Security Council to take practical steps to prevent settlement building, attacks on holy sites, and end Gaza siege. (Oct. 17, 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestinian PM calls on United Nations to establish a database of settlers involved in acts of terrorism. (Oct. 18, 2021). For further details, click here
• Adviser to Palestinian President of Jerusalem Affairs condemns Israeli occupation court’s decision regarding Al-Yusufiyah Cemetery, considers it forced displacement for the living and the dead (Oct. 18, 2021). For further details, click here
• Head of General Authority of Civil Affairs: we obtained approval for 4,000 Palestinian IDs and Passports based on understandings with Israel regarding family reunification (Oct. 19, 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestinian PM calls on Sweden and friendly countries in Europe to push for political path based on international law and UN resolutions. (Oct. 19, 2021). For further details, click here  
• Palestinian MOFAE calls for an immediate international investigation into Israel’s ongoing crimes. (Oct. 20, 2021). For further details, click here
• Islamic-Christian Committee for the Support of Al-Quds and the Holy Sites condemns the brutal attack on those celebrating Prophet’s birthday in Bab al-Amud. (Oct. 20, 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestinian Supreme Fatwa Council condemns Israel’s violation of Muslim graves in Jerusalem, changing features of holy city. (Oct. 21, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian MOFAE: the international community’s silence on Israeli Settlement Construction renders it complice in establishing the “apartheid” regime. (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestine’s permanent representative to the UN sends identical letters to UN officials regarding the escalating Israeli practices and policies in occupied Palestine. (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian MOFAE condemns Israel’s decision of labling six civil society organizations with terrorism, says the international community position does not raise to the occasion. (Oct 23. 2021). For further details, click here

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

• Israeli government approves law to expand police inspections without judicial authorization to combat crime in the Arab community. (Oct. 17, 2021).For further details, click here
• Israeli Magistrate’s Court rejects petition to halt construction of biblical garden in Yusufiya cemetery in occupied Jerusalem. (Oct. 17, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israel’s Regional Cooperation Minister calls for enabling Israeli police to fight crime in Arab communities, vows government will not establish residential community or religious presence in Eviatar settlement. (Oct. 17, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israel issues plan to double number of settlers in Jordan Valley over next four years. (Oct. 19, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israel approves update of registration of nearly 4,000 people in the Palestinian population registry. (Oct. 19, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israeli government publishes plan to combat violence in Arab community. (Oct. 20, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israeli Supreme Court refused to freeze administrative detention of prisoner Alaa al-Araj, who has been on hunger strike for 73 days. (Oct. 20, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israel designates six Palestinian rights groups as terrorists (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here

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

• After Swedish-Israeli ties warmed up, the Swedish foreign minister visits Israel, says she believes current government is interested in pursuing two-state solution. (Oct. 17, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Arab Parliament calls for the formation of a UN fact-finding committee to investigate violations in Israeli prisons. (Oct. 18, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Swedish Foreign Minister affirms her country’s support for negotiations based on the two-state solution and on international law. (Oct. 19, 2021). For further details, click here
• Security Council discusses Israeli violations in the Palestinian territories, Tor Wennesland stresses need for parallel steps by Israeli government, PA and international community. (Oct. 19, 2021). For further details, click here
• US Senate bill proposes $225 million in aid to Palestinians. (Oct. 20, 2021). For further details, click here
• Saudi Arabia affirms support for right of Palestinian people to self-determination, to restore legitimate rights, to establish their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. (Oct. 20, 2021). For further details, click here
• European Union: It is shocking to witness a series of Israeli violations against Palestinian children. (Oct. 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• In light of Israeli designation of six Palestinian rights groups as terrorists, the Office of UN Human Rights in Palestine: Anti-terrorism legislations should not be used to restrict legitimate human rights (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• Washington forms a joint team to discuss reopening US consulate in Jerusalem (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• US State Department will call for clarifications on designating six Palestinian organizations as terrorists (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• Congress members Betty McCollum, Mark Pocan, and Chuy García condemn the Israeli occupation declaring six civil society organizations as terrorists (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Al-Haq condemns Israel’s revocation of Jerusalem residency for lawyer and human rights defender Salah Al-Hammoury. (Oct. 19, 2021). For further details, click here
• Civil Society Organizations Commission (COC) calls for activating executive mechanisms to implement Palestinian Presidential decree banning settlement products in 2010. (Oct. 20, 2021). For further details, click here
• Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (aka MIFTAH) holds UN Security Council responsible for the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people for failing to take practical measures to hold them accountable for their crimes. (Oct. 20, 2021). For further details, click here
• The American Sunrise Movement announces its withdrawal from a major rally for voting rights in Washington DC due to the participation of Zionist organizations within the coalition organizing the rally. (Oct. 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• Prisoners’ Organizations: The occupation’s decision to classify 6 Palestinian organizations as “terrorist organizations” is an attempt to eradicate Palestinian civil society. (Oct. 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian NGO Network: the occupation is the main reason of terrorism, whereas the Civil Society organizations set an example of professional work (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• Independent Commission for Human Rights denounces the Israeli’s decision to designate Palestinian organizations as “terrorist”. (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and B’Tselem reject Israeli occupation  decision that designated six Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist organizations”. (Oct  22, 2021). For further details, click here
• Student Senate of Virginia Tech University adopts the resolution of boycotting Israel and considers it an “Apartheid” state. (Oct 22, 2021). For further details, click here
• Al-Haq rejects Israel’s decision that designates it, and five fellow Palestinian civil society organizations as “terror organizations”, and calls on the International Community to take Concrete Actions to Rescind Barbarous Israeli Designations. (Oct 23, 2021). For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• Umm al-Fahm municipality in pre-1948 lands announces general strike in protest of Israel’s killing of Palestinians in the city. (Oct. 20, 2021). For further details, click here

Announcements regarding upcoming human rights activities and opportunities

• The Institute of Women’s Studies at Birzeit University holds a seminar on Women’s imprisonment experiences. (Oct 21, 2021). For further details, click here