PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.118

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

3 – 9 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

• Palestinian MOFAE condemns the Israeli Foreign Minister’s storming of Bab al-Amud (Damascus Gate)(April 3, 2022). For further details, click here
•  The Commission of Detainees Affairscalls for providing legal and humanitarian protection for Palestinian children inside Israeli jails (April 5, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE condemns the statements of the Israeli Defense Minister and considers them an explicit recognition that the current Israeli government is a government of settlements (April 5, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian PM renews his demand for Britain to recognize the State of Palestine and stresses the need to apply international law to Israel and hold it accountable for its violations against the Palestinian people (April 6, 2022). For further details, click here
• The head of the Commission of Detainees Affairs calls on the World Health Organization (WHO) to focus its attention during the current year on the conditions of sick prisoners inside the Israeli occupation jails(April 7, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns against right-wing parties exploiting the political chaos in Israel to escalate settlements and Judaize Jerusalem. (7 April 2022) For further details, click here
• Palestinian President: Killing Palestinian and Israeli civilians only leads to a further deterioration of the situation. (April 8, 2022) For further details, click here

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

• The Israeli Minister of Justice has stated that settlement construction in the West Bank will not be halted (April 2, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli Supreme Court rejects a petition calling for a moratorium on raising funds for settlement outposts in the West Bank (April 3, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Israeli Minister of Defence states that he will continue to meet with the Palestinian Authority President and the Jordanian King in an effort to preserve calm, and warns Palestinian groups against a deliberate escalation in the West Bank (April 4, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Israeli Prime Minister vows no limits in order to eliminate “terrorism” after the shooting attack carried out by a Palestinian in Tel Aviv. (April 8, 2022) For further details, click here

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

• The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees publishes a paper on the international protection needs of Palestinians fleeing the Gaza Strip, in addition to the deportations to the Strip between (February 2015 – March 2022). (March 2022) For further details, click here
• Egyptian MOFAE condemns the Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people (April 3, 2022). For further details, click here
• OIC condemns the escalation of Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people and calls on the international community to intervene to stop them (April 4, 2022). For further details, click here
• The European Union (EU) expresses its concern over settlers’ violence against citizens and human rights defenders, calling on the Israeli authorities to take all necessary measures to protect Palestinians and their property from settler violence (April 7, 2022). For further details, click here
• The EU: We condemn the attacks against Israeli civilians and remain firmly committed to the prevention and fight against terrorism and violent extremism. (April 8, 2022). For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• FIDH and the French League for Human Rights file a criminal case against the Israeli company NSO, which used the “Pegasus” spy program to hack the phone of the French-Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hammouri. (April 5, 2022)For further details, click here
• Arab Lawyers Union condemns the arrest of the Governor of Jerusalem by the Israeli occupation and the closure of 28 Palestinian institutions (April 5, 2022).For further details, click here
• The American Middle East Studies Association denounces the restrictions imposed on academics and education in Palestine, and sends a letter of protest to the Israeli Prime Minister and a number of his government ministers. (April 5, 2022) For further details, click here
• The Arab Lawyers Union condemns the continuing policy of medical neglect against Palestinian detainees by the occupation prisons administration and calls on the international community and the ICC to take urgent action to end these violations (April 6, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemns the statements made by the Israeli PM regarding his support for the crimes of Jewish settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and calls on the international community to halt settlements in the Palestinian territories (April 6, 2022). For further details, click here
• BDS movement calls for escalated pressure on the international community and the UN to comply with their legal obligations to end Israeli apartheid (April 8, 2022). For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• Sapienza University of Rome refuses to allow a presentation of Amnesty International’s report on the crime of apartheid committed by Israel against the Palestinians (April 4, 2022).For further details, click here