PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.124

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

15- 21 may 2022

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 Prime Minister calls on the Red Cross to open its archives in order to expose Israel’s violations against the Palestinian people since the Nakba. (May 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE condemns the criminal execution of young man Daoud al-Zubaidi and calls on ICC to hold the perpetrators responsibile. (May 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Prime Minister calls on CAF, a Spanish Company, to abstain from handing 57 trains over to the Israeli authorities. Such trains link the settlements to the city of Jerusalem and therefore violate International Law. (May 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian FM condemns the Israeli PM’s controversial visit to the occupied West Bank and calls on the UN security council to implement decision No. 2334. (May 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian President says the Israeli occupation forces’ attack on the mourners of martyr Walid al-Sharif was a brutal act and calls on the international community to stop perpetuating double standards and look at Palestine with a fair eye. (May 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• The PLO Department of Refugee Affairs and the Supreme National Committee delivered a memorandum to the UN on the 74th anniversary of the Nakba. (May 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian FM condemns the decision of the Israeli Minister of Internal Security for allowing the flag-waving march to walk through the old city of Jerusalem, considering it a part of the provocative and escalatory campaign led by the Israeli Occupation. (May 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian FM condemns what has been published in Hebrew newspapers concerning the Israeli army’s decision not to investigate the killing of the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. It considers this to be an evasion of responsibility and an attempt to act with impunity. (May 19, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian FM condemns the killing of martyr Amjad Al-Fayed and urges the International Criminal Court to accelerate its investigations. (May 21, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The head of the Jewish organization Lahava calls for the demolition of the Dome of the Rock on May 28th “Jerusalem Day”. (May 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Israeli Supreme Court rejected four petitions against the plan to build the cable car in West Jerusalem extending to the Moroccan Gate in the Old City that was approved by the Israeli government in November 2019. (May 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declares that Israel will continue to arrest those he describes as “terrorists” and calls on the Israeli army and police to attack them “wherever they are” with all kinds of weapons. (May 17, 2022).
• The Israeli Minister of Internal Security permits the Flag Parade to pass through the Old City of Jerusalem. (May 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Criminal Investigation Department of the Military Police of the Israeli army does not intend to conduct any investigation into the assassination of Abu Akleh and the army indicates they are not suspicious of any of their soldiers. (May 19, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• On the 74th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, LAS calls on the Security Council to take necessary, quick measures to pressure Israel to end its aggression against the Palestinian people. (May 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) renews its firm and absolute support for the Palestinian people in their struggle to recover and exercise their inalienable national rights on the 74th anniversary of the Nakba. (May 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• Jordanian MOFAE condemns the Israeli occupation forces’ attack on mourners of the body of martyr Walid al-Sharif. (May 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• OIC condemns Israeli occupation forces’ aggression against Walid al-Sharif funeral attendees in occupied Jerusalem.(May 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• Members of the US Congress, led by Rashida Tlaib, are calling for recognition of the Palestinian Nakba as a catastrophic crime whose effects are still present today. (May 17, 2022). For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Al Mezan Center for Human Rights calls on the international community to work to end the Israeli occupation and hold Israel accountable for violations of the rules and provisions of international law. (May 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• On the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, the Palestinian National Committee for Boycotting Israel renews its call to intensify the boycott campaign in order to cease worldwide involvement in allowing and perpetuating Israeli violence.(May 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• Al-Haq Foundation says that the international community must intervene to stop the escalating violence of the Israeli occupation forces and colonial settlers against the Palestinian people. (May 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemns the Israeli occupation forces and settlers’ attacks on journalists. (May 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• Civil society organizations endorse Salah Hammouri’s statement to the International Criminal Court urging them to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel in Jerusalem. (May 16, 2022). For further details, clickhere
• Palestinian prisoners’ institutions demand the release of administrative detainees, patients and martyrs whose bodies are being held. (May 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• In a press release, the Alliance for Jewish Values Foundation called the draft resolution ecognizing the plight of the Palestinians submitted by six members of the US Congress anti-Semitic and said that submitting such a bill is an “indelible stain on Congress.” (May 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• Salah Hammouri, an imprisoned Palestinian human rights lawyer, presents his case to the International Criminal Court urging the court to expedite its investigation of Israel’s war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. (May 19, 2022) For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• The Union of Young Women’s Christian Associations (YWCA) of Palestine, in partnership with the YWCA of Japan, organizes a virtual seminar on the 74th anniversary of the Nakba to shed light on the Union’s work in the refugee camps, especially the kindergartens in al-Jalazun camp in Ramallah and and in al-Bireh and Aqabat Jaber camp in Jericho. (May 17, 2022). For further details, click here

Announcements regarding upcoming human rights activities and opportunities

• Sharek Youth Forum, in partnership with the UNFPA, announces they are opening the door for participation in Model UN. (May 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Ibrahim abu-Lughod Institute announces a conference entitled: “The Palestinian Cause in a Turbulent Region”. (May 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• Adalah, Al-Haq, Al-Quds University, and the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights announce their International Conference “Spark towards liberation”. (May 20, 2022).For further details, click here