PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.108

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

23-29 January 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 Palestinian Cabinet condemns the Israeli settlers’ attacks against the supportive activists in Burin village in Nablus and warns against their escalating violence in the West Bank.(23 Jan, 2022). For further details, clickhere
• The Commission of Detainees Affairs calls on human rights institutions to urgently and immediately intervene; to pressure Israel to release the prisoner Nasser abu Hamid.(Jan. 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinain MOFAE condemns the Israeli court’s postponement of the Salhia family’s case after the demolition of the homes and stresses that the international silence encourages the Israeli government to persist in implementing its colonial and expansion projects.(Jan. 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs condemns the policy of deliberate medical neglect against prisoners; especially the prisoner Shadi Helsa during his arrest and calls on the international community to immediately intervene to save them. (Jan. 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE: the incitement of the ongoing investigation committee is an official Israeli terrorism covering up the crimes of the occupation and settlers against Palestinians. (Jan. 27, 2022). for further details, click here

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

• In the weekly cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister endorses the decision of delivering additional resources against the BDS movement due to its growing role in isolating the occupation regime at the global level.(Jan. 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Israeli police minister denounces attacks against Palestinians and Israeli activists by Jewish extremists in the north of the West Bank last week, describing it as “organized acts by terrorist group”. (Jan. 23, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Israeli district court declines to hear the Salhia family case; the family will appeal to the ICC. (Jan. 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli soldiers admit arresting the elderly Omar Asaad, handcuffing him and assaulting him, which led to his death.(Jan. 24, 2022). For Further details, click here
• Israeli security forces issue a decision to demolish the illegal “Givat Ronen” outpost in the West Bank, days after an attack by Jewish extremists against Palestinians.(Jan. 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Israeli government redraws the map by evacuating Al -khan alahmer and displacing its residents.(Jan. 25, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning a campaign to forestall accusations as a result of the UN investigation, which may describe it as an “apartheid state”. (January 28, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The German Federal Administrative Court renders a decision protecting the right to hold supporting activities to the BDS, being a form of “freedom of speech” guaranteed by the German constitution.(Jan. 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• UNRWA announces the renewal of a four-year agreement with UNICEF to provide support to Palestine refugees in its fields of operation, the agreement aims to strengthen humanitarian coordination, including in times of crisis. (January 24, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Egyptian president and his Algerian counterpart underline the importance of engaging in the political settlement to reach a just, comprehensive, and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue in accordance with international references.(Jan. 25, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Speaker of the Arab Parliament addresses letters to the United Nations, the international community and regional parliaments to demand an end to the policy of administrative detentions against the Palestinians.(Jan. 25, 2022). For further details, click here
• UNRWA calls on Israel to investigate the entry of large quantities of tear gas into its facilities, besides the circumstances of the death of Palestinian Fahmi Abdul Rauf Hamad.(Jan. 28, 2022). For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Gulf Coalition against Normalization Condemns the Israeli participation in the Emirates International Dental Conference and the Arab Dental Exhibition “AEEDC”, and calls on all Gulf companies and bodies participating in the conference to withdraw, and on dentists in all Gulf countries to boycott the conference.(Jan. 22, 2022). For further details, click here
• “Gisha”: Dozens of Palestinian Christians residing in Gaza Strip obtained permits to visit holy sites outside the Strip, as a result of petitions submitted by the organization against the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the military authorities. (January 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• “Adalah” publishes an article about the Israeli Council of Ministers approval of new copies of the Temporary Citizenship law and Entry into Israel, which has been renewed 21 times over the past 18 years. (January 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• “Adalah” sends a letter to the Israel Land Authority, the Minister of Housing and to the government Chancellor of Justice, stating that afforestation in the Negev is illegal. (January 27, 2021). For further details, click here
• Physician for Human Rights and HaMoked organizations file a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court, calling for the Israeli prison authority, Ministry of Health, and Israeli army to develop procedures to organize the medical briefing for the prisoners’ families.(Jan 23,2022). For further details, please clickhere
• ALECSO adopts resolutions in favor of the State of Palestine and the occupied city of Jerusalem in particular. (Jan. 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab Lawyers Union organizes a solidarity stand with the prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid. (Jan. 28, 2022). For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• BDS launches an electronic campaign calling on all Arab dentists, their unions and associations, and dental supplies companies, to boycott the “AEEDC / Dubai 2022” conference due to Israeli participation in the exhibition’s activities.(Jan. 22, 2022). For further details, click here
• Jerusalem Fund and Endowment organizes a symposium entitled: “Environmental Bias in the Occupied Palestinian Territories”. (January 21, 2021). For further details, click here
• “Americans for Peace Now” is holding a webinar with Israeli journalist Barak Ravid to discuss his new book, Trump’s Peace. (January 21, 2021). For further details, click here

Announcements regarding upcoming human rights activities and opportunities

• The Coalition for the Palestinian right of return organizes a symposium entitled: “Defending the Negev: Palestinians Confronting the Terror of the Jewish National Fund and Zionist Colonialism”. (January 24, 2022). For further details, click here