PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.117

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

20 March – 2 April 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 Prime Minister warns against the continued assault on Palestinian lands and holy sites and allowing settlers to storm Al-Aqsa. (March 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian president expresses his condemnation of the killing of Israeli civilians, stressing that the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians only leads to a further deterioration of the situation. (March 29, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Minister of Jerusalem Affairs condemns the settlers’ storming of the Petra Hotel in Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Square in the Bab Al-Khalil area, under the protection of the Israeli police. (March 29, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE Condemns the extrajudicial executions in Jenin and Bethlehem, as well as the assault on Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir in the courtyards of the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque (March 30, 2022).For further details, click here
• Palestinian PM condemns the assassination of the three young men in Jenin and calls for international protection for the Palestinian people. (April 2, 2022). For further details, click here
• The permanent representative of the State of Palestine to the UN sends identical letters to UN officials regarding Israel’s intensification of its repression and attacks against Palestinian people in serious violation of international law. (April 2, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The Israeli government has authorized the establishment of four settlements in the Negev and is planning to establish five more. For further details, click here.
• The Israeli Defense Minister briefs Jordan on the actions Israel will take to protect Palestinians’ right to freedom of worship in Jerusalem during Ramadan.(March 29, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Israeli Prime Minister says that Israel is facing a “wave of Arab terrorism” following the latest wave of killings in Israel. (March 30, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The European Union stresses that high levels of settler violence only increase tension and Palestinians must be protected in accordance with Israel’s obligations under international law. (March 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• Jordan condemns the storming of the Petra Hotel in the Old City of Jerusalem. (March 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab League on Land Day: It is time to end the Israeli occupation and enable the Palestinian people to gain independence.(March 29, 2022). For further details, click here.
• France supports Palestine with a value of 29 million euros through the signing of several agreements, the first of which seeks to restore the archaeological site of Tel Umm al-Amer in the Gaza Strip; for inclusion in the list of World Heritage Sites by “UNESCO”. (March 29, 2022). For further details, click here
• The leader of the British Labor Party declares that his party supports the establishment of a fully sovereign Palestinian state as part of the two-state solution on the 1967 borders. (March 29, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Secretary-General of the United Nations condemns the recent killings in Israel that claimed at least 11 Israelis. (March 29, 2022). For further details, click here
• The US Secretary of State announces his trip to Israel to consult with partners on a range of regional and global priorities, including Israeli-Palestinian relations and preserving the possibility of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (March 30, 2022). For further details, click here
• A United Nations committee emphasizes the urgent need for international solidarity to allow Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determination.(March 30, 2022). For further details, click here
• The United Nations emphasizes the need of maintaining the status quo in relation to Jerusalem’s holy sites and avoiding any moves that might escalate tensions as Ramadan approaches.(March 31, 2022). For further details, click here
• Jordan’s Foreign Ministry condemns the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Knesset member Ben Gvir.(March 31, 2022). For further details, click here
• Human Rights Council adopts several resolutions on accountability and justice in Palestine, including resolutions on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and others on the illegality of Israeli settlements.(April 1, 2022). For further details, click here

Academic Research and Studies

• Researchers Kieran McEvoy and Anna Bryson published an article on the Boycott, Resistance and the Law.(August 11, 2021). For Further details, click here
• Researchers Yoav Kapshuk and Lisa Strombom issued a new study titled: “Israeli Pre-Transitional Justice and the Nakba Law”. (September 13, 2021). For further details, click here
• Researchers Aviv Gaon and Amnon Rubinstein published an article titled: “When the Majority Becomes the Minority: The Case of Israel”.(November 16, 2021). For further details, click here
• Researchers Oshrat Hochman and Rebeca Rajiman published a study on attitudes towards Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants arriving in Israel.(January 11, 2022). For further details, click here
• Researcher Mai Taha, Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics, has recently published a new article in the Osgoode Hall Law Journal.(February 3, 2022). For further details, click here .

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights holds the occupation authorities responsible for the death of a sick girl from the Gaza Strip as a result of depriving her of treatment, and calls on the international community to work to end the siege of Gaza.(March 27, 2022). For further details, click here
• OCHA issues a report entitled “Palestinians Resisting Forcible Transfer in Masaffer Yatta”. (March 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Jordanian Association for Return and Refugees, “Returnees,” calls on the international world to play a part in ending Israel’s savagery against the Palestinian people.(March 30, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) welcomes the resolution issued by the Human Rights Council demanding accountability for war criminals in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.(April 1, 2022). For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• The Tunisian-Palestinian week event, concerning the duty of solidarity towards Palestinian detainees in occupation jails, have come to an end. (March 27, 2022). For further details, click here

Upcoming Human Rights Events and Opportunities

• BDS announces: “Week of Resistance to Colonialism and Israeli Apartheid.” (March 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab League organizes a symposium entitled “Supporting the rights of prisoners in the face of Israeli violations and abuse”.For further details, click here
• Students of the PhD Program in Social Sciences at Birzeit University calling for submissions or their second conference. (March 30, 2022). For further details, click here