PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.119

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

10 – 16 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 Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the execution of Ghada Sabatin of Husan, Bethlehem, as a victim of international double standards. (April 10, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Prime Minister: The international community must put an end to Israeli aggression and to the killing policies in Jenin, Hebron, and the Palestinian territory.(April 11, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Commission of Detainees Affairs calls on the international judicial system, as well as legal and human rights institutions, to take immediate action to end Israeli judicial violations, Regarding the Israeli Supreme Court compensation demand for Israeli victims’ families.(April 11, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian presidency expresses concern about settlers slaughtering offerings at the sacred Al-Aqsa mosque.(April 12, 2022). For further details, click here
• Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the UN calls on the international community to take urgent measures to end the bloodshed of the Palestinian people.(April 14, 2022).For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE: The lies of the Occupation’s Foreign Minister regarding freedom of worship in Jerusalem are misleading, colonial, and racist. (April 15, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The Israeli Prime Minister has condemned the Palestinian assault into Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus (April 11, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Israeli government is discussing withdrawing allocations from the “Arab attackers family in Israel”. (April 13, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The European Union expresses its outrage at Israel’s killing of a woman in Bethlehem and demands that those responsible be brought to justice. (April 11, 2022). For further details, click here
• The European Union is concerned about the recent escalation of violence in the northern West Bank, which has included military incursions and violent clashes in Jenin.(April 10, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab Lawyers Union strongly condemns Israel’s ongoing operations, raids, and lack of legitimacy in the West Bank.(April 11, 2022).For further details, click here
• Arab Parliament condemns the Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people, and calls on the international community and international organizations to assume their responsibility. (April 13, 2022). For further details, click here
• OIC condemns the Israeli violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque, and calls on the international community, and the UN Security Council, to put an end to these repeated violations. (April 13, 2022). For further details, click here
• Jordanian MOFAE condemns the extremists’ calls that incite to intensify the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque, warning against allowing them to carry out practices that violate the sanctity of the mosque. (April 13, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Secretary-General of the Arab League warns against sparking the situation at the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and holds Israel’s occupation responsible.(April 13, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Secretary-General of the United Nations has called for an immediate and complete investigation into all sorts of use of force in the West Bank that result in murder or injury.(April 14, 2022). For further details, click here
• The European Union demands that holy sites be respected as they are, expressing concern about the recent escalation in the Bank and clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.(April 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Egyptian, Jordanian, Algerian, Saudi, Oman, Tunisian, Yemeni, Syrian, Mauritanian, Bahraini, Emirates, Foreign Ministry condemn the Israeli occupation’s storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the attack on worshipers.(April 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) condemns with the strongest terms the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the attack on worshipers. (April 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• Turkish MOFAE condemns the storming of the Israeli occupation of Al-Aqsa Mosque.(April 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and other UN officials are concerned about what is occurring in Jerusalem, specially Al-Aqsa Mosque, as a result of Israeli attacks on worshipers and frequent infections. (April 15, 2022).For further details, click here
• Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly stresses the necessity of solidarity with the people of Palestine and supporting them with any effort.(April 15, 2022). For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• The General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW) condemns Israel’s serial killings of Palestinians.(April 12, 2022). For further details, click here
• The BDS encourages Al-Quds newspaper to abandon its normalization strategy after taking part in a Project funded by “Heart of a Nation” in collaboration with the radical Israeli publication “Jerusalem Post.” (April 13, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns Israel’s occupation forces’ frequent incursions into educational institutions and assaults on students and academic personnel. (April 13, 2022). For further details, click here
• Arab Observatory for Human Rights: The storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque is a flagrant violation of human rights principles and a crime against humanity.(April 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• US Palestinian Affairs Unit condemns the settlers’ attempts to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque.(April 15, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab Human Rights Committee calls on the International Commission of Inquiry to expedite the issuance of its report to hold Israel accountable. (April 16, 2022). For further details click, here
• The Palestinian Confederation in America (COPLAC) callson the governments of Latin American and Caribbean islands to boycott Israel for its crimes against the Palestinian people. (April 16, 2022). For further details click, here