PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue. 104

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

26 Dec 2021 – 1 Jan 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

• The Governor of Jerusalem condemns the demolition in Hizma and holds the Israeli occupation responsible for this crime.(Dec. 27, 2021).For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE condemns the ongoing Israeli crimes in Jerusalem and calls on the Security Council to assume its responsibilities and respect its obligations.(Dec. 27, 2021). For further details, click here
• The spokesman for the Palestinian presidency stresses the necessity of opening the US consulate in East Jerusalem and considers it an official US commitment. ( 28, 2021).For further details, click here
• The Permanent Representative of Palestine to the UN sends identical messages to UN officials about the situation in the State of Palestine and renews his appeal to the international community to end Israel’s crimes and provide protection for the Palestinian people.(Dec.29, 2021).For further details, click here
• Head of the General Authority for Civil Affairs: Approval of the second batch of Palestinian families unification.(Dec. 29, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian president warns the Israeli defense minister that changes to the Aqsa Plaza will lead to “unstoppable” violence.(Dec. 30, 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestinian PM condemns the execution of the young man, Amir Rayan, and considers it an extension of the policy of killing for the sake of murder.(Dec. 31, 2021).For further details, click here
• Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs holds the Israeli government fully responsible for the life of the prisoner Hisham abu Hawash, calling for his immediate release.(Jan. 1, 2022).For further details, click here

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

• The Israeli Knesset approves laws allowing the army to intervene in Israeli prisons and protests inside the Green Line territories.(Dec. 28, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Israeli DM informs the Palestinian President, during a meeting between them, of his plan to continue combating acts of violence and sabotage, as he described it, in addition to advancing confidence-building measures in the economic and civil fields.(Dec. 28, 2021).For further details, click here
• Israel’s transportation minister makes it clear that Labor’s main role is to resist any efforts that might jeopardize the two-state solution.(Dec. 29, 2021).For further details, click here
• The Israeli Minister of Justice supports the legalization of a settlement outpost in the northern West Bank, after the killing of an Israeli who was studying there. (Dec.29, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israel claims to ease pressure on Gaza and Hamas to maintain peace.(Dec. 30, 2021).For further details, click here
• Israel eases restrictions imposed on the entry of American citizens of Palestinian descent at Ben Gurion Airport as part of an agreement with the US side regarding Israel’s accession to the visa waiver program.(Dec. 30, 2021).For further details, click here

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

• The United States of America announces funding of $99 million for UNRWA.(Dec.31, 2021).For further details, click here
• The United Nations publishes a report on the 2021 review that summarizes the hostilities that took place between Gaza and Israel.(Dec. 31, 2021).For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) calls on the international community to assume its responsibilities towards the escalation of settler attacks in the West Bank.(Dec. 27, 2021).For further details, click here
• Palestinian Digital Rights Coalition and Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) warn of the dangerous repercussions of passing the Facebook law in the Israeli Knesset on Palestinian digital rights.(Dec. 29, 2021). For further details, click here
• Arab Organization for Human Rights: We call on the High Commissioner for Human Rights to rescue the detainee in the prisons of the Israeli occupation, Hisham Abu Hawash, who has been on a hunger strike for 136 days.(Dec. 30, 2021). For further details, click here
• Prisoners’ Institutions in Palestine issue their annual report entitled: “The Israeli Occupation Arrested About 8000 Palestinians from the Palestinian Territory during the year of 2021”.(Jan.1, 2022). For further details, click here

Academic research and studies

• Researcher Qasem Bilal Bder publishes his master’s thesis on the law of Palestinian Nationality”. (June 9, 2021). For further details, click here
• Authors Petr Pavlík and Radka Havlová publish an article on the ‘second-best solution’ to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. (Feb.28, 2021).For further details, click here
  Researcher Arabi Hammani publishes a study on the ICC and Palestine.(Aug.24, 2021). For further details, click here
• Researcher Nadia R. Sirhan publishes a paper entitled: “Media Censorship in the Reporting of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”.(Aug. 29, 2021).For further details, click here
• Researcher Ahmed Abu Bakar publishes a study entitled: “Israel-Palestine Conflict: The World’s Most Intractable Conflict”.(Nov. 18, 2021).For further details, clickhere
• Researcher Johan Vyver publishes a paper entitled: “Israel and the Territorial Integrity of States”. (Dec. 28, 2021). For further details, click here
• Researcher Daniela Huber publishes a paper on equal Rights and the European stance on Israel/Palestine.(Dec. 26, 2021).For further details, click here
• Researcher Jasem Mohammad Zakaria publishes a paper on International responsibility for Israel on grave violations at OPT.(Dec. 27, 2021). For further details, click here
• Researcher Iyad Abu Mustafa publishes a study on the principle of military necessity and Israel’s violations during the war on Gaza (May 2021 AD).(Dec. 2021). For further details, click here