PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.111

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

13 -19 Feb 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 Jerusalem Governorate condemns what is happening in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and calls on the international community and world governments to provide protection to the residents of the neighborhood and prevent their forced displacement from their homes. (Feb. 13, 2022). for further details, click here
• The Palestinian MOFAE condemns the continuous Israeli aggression on Jerusalem, and stresses that the operations of “Israelization” and “Judaization” of Jerusalem are null and illegal and constitute a flagrant violation of international law. (Feb. 13, 2022). for further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE summons the Hungarian ambassador regarding dealing with illegal settlements, against the backdrop of activating a twinning agreement between the Hungarian city of Heviz and the Israeli Settlements Council.(Feb. 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Ministry of Education condemns the notification by the Israeli authorities to demolish Ras al-Tin school affiliated to the Birzeit Education Directorate and calls on all international and human rights institutions to take a clear stance towards these continuing violations.(Feb. 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian president calls on the US administration to implement its promises and revive the International Quartet.(Feb. 17, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• MK MossiRaz presents a bill to repeal the Absentee Property Law, which was passed in 1950 with the aim of seizing Palestinian property before 1948.(Feb. 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• Coalition government: The citizenship law is having trouble getting through the Knesset. (Feb. 18 2022)For further details, click here

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

• The European Union expresses its concern over the developments in Sheikh Jarrah, and stresses the need to stop the settlers’ provocations. (Feb. 13, 2022).For further details, click here
• OIC condemns the occupation’s attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem and calls on the international community to intervene immediately to end these continuing violations.(Feb. 14, 2022). For further details, click here
• US Congressman Alexandria Cortez accuses Israel of putting Palestinian children in cages and compares them to children held at the US border.(Feb. 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirms her country’s support for Israel and says it is committed to working to achieve the two-state solution in a meeting with the Israeli Defense Minister.(Feb. 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• United Nations: “We continue to call on the Israeli authorities to put an end to the demolitions and to evict Palestinian families, whether in Sheikh Jarrah or elsewhere in the occupied West Bank”.(Feb. 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• Egyptian MOFAE condemns the attempts to displace Palestinians from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem.(Feb. 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• US Congressman Jamal Bauman announces the withdrawal of his support for an American bill that encourages normalization with Israel.(Feb. 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) announces the establishment of a reconciliation commission to look into allegations of racial discrimination brought by Palestine against Israel.(Feb. 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• 13 Israelis are ready to take part in the Jordan Motorsport “Baha Rally,” supported by Jordanian sponsors, and the BDS calls for boycott. (Feb. 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab Parliamentary Union adopts resolutions supporting the Palestinian people and their struggle to end the Israeli occupation.(Feb. 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• The United Nations confirms the prohibition of forced displacement under international humanitarian law, in light of the Salem family facing the threat of eviction by the Israeli occupation in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. (Feb. 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• Jordan’s, Egypt’s, Germany’s, and France’s foreign ministers have all emphasized the need of halting all unilateral actions that undermine the two-state solution. (Feb. 19, 2022).For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and other human rights organizations are granted a petition from the Israeli court to resume the program of visits to the families of detainees from the Gaza Strip.(Feb. 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• Al-Haq Sends Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association on the Ability of Civil Society to Access Resources Ahead of 50th HRC Session. (Feb. 19, 2022). For further details, click here

Upcoming Human Rights Activities and Opportunities

• Birzeit University Law Institute Calls for papers for the Palestine Yearbook of International Law.(Feb. 10, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Foundation for Peace in the Middle East launches the “Gaza 101” series.(Feb. 10, 2022). For further details, click here