PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.121

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

24- 30 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 president’s advisor on religious affairs called on the international community to put an end to Israeli violations of religious freedom in Jerusalem (April 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Executive Committee of PLO calls on the Commissioner-General of UNRWA to retract his recent positions regarding the possibility of referring the Agency’s services to other international institutions because these statements contradict international resolution 302 establishing the agency (April 25, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) condemns the criminal execution of young Ahmed Ibrahim Oweidat and calls on the ICC to break its silence (April 26, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFA condemns the closure of Beit Hanoun crossing and calls for urgent international intervention to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip (April 26, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian MOFA condemns the execution of Ahmed Mohammed Lutfi Masad, a young man from Burqin, and the injury of three others during Israel’s attack on Jenin and its camp (April 27, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFA condemns Israel’s attempts to impose a temporal division on the existing reality in Al-Aqsa Mosque (April 29, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian MOFA said that executing the young Yahya Adwan is a natural result of the failure of the international community to protect human rights principles. (April 30, 2022) for further details click, here

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

• Israeli Supreme Court rejects petition against closure of investigation into Bakr boys’ killings during 2014 Gaza war (April 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli foreign minister affirms Israel’s commitment to respect the status quo on the holy Al-Haram Al-Sharif and accuses Hamas of fomenting riots in the region (April 25, 2022). For further details, click here
• Coordinator of Military Liaison with the Palestinians announces the reopening of the Erez crossing with the Gaza Strip (April 26, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The American Bar Association addresses the Israeli Prime Minister on the 6 Palestinian civil society organizations classified as “terrorist organizations” in October 2021. (April 22, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab Parliament discussed ways to deal with the Israeli violations in Jerusalem during its emergency meeting and confirmed that they will remain in a permanent session to monitor the Palestinian question (April 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Commissioner-General of UNRWA presents a proposal to solve its financial problem by providing services to refugees through other international organizations (April 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns Israel’s restriction on the arrival of Christians in Jerusalem (April 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• An Egyptian-Emirati-Jordanian summit emphasizes the need to protect Al-Haram Al-Sharif’s historical status as well as the necessity for Israel to both prevent the situation from escalating into a political crisis and cease actions that undermine the two-State solution. (April 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• UN experts urge all governments to resume funding the six Palestinian civil society organizations that Israel had labeled as “terrorist organizations” upon Israel’s failure to prove the grounds for their designation (April 25, 2022). For further details, click here
• The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process calls on the Israeli authorities to end the demolition of Palestinian properties and the eviction of Palestinians (April 25, 2022). For further details, click here
• OIC condemns the continued attack and incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque and its worshipers and affirms the sovereignty of the State of Palestine over all the occupied Palestinian territories in 1967, including East Jerusalem (April 25, 2022). For further details, click here
• The King of Jordan and the US President stress the importance of continuing coordination and work at all levels to prevent the recurrence of attacks on Jerusalem, its sanctities, and its people (April 26, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Lebanese President emphasises that any long-term solution to the Middle East conflict must begin with an end to Palestinian suffering (April 26, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab Parliament rejects any interference with UNRWA’s jurisdiction over Palestinian refugees (April 26, 2022). For further details, click here
• Saudi Arabia emphasises the need to end Israel’s occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state (April 26, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Sultanate of Oman calls on the international community to assume its responsibilities to end the Israeli occupation (April 27, 2022). For further details, click here
• Pakistan calls on the international community to take urgent measures to put an end to the Israeli violations in Palestine. (April 29, 2022) for further details click, here
• The Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization condemns the recurrent attacks by the Israeli occupation against Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinian worshipers. (April 29, 2022) for further details click, here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• The Arab Trade Union Confederation condemns Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people (April 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• Al-Haq sends a letter to the US Vice President’s office objecting to its support for businesses in the illegal Israeli settlements based on apartheid and settler colonialism (April 25, 2022). For further details, click here
• Tunisian organizations call on the international community to classify Israel as an outlaw country in protest of the violations it is committing against the Palestinians and the restriction placed on their access to holy sites (April 26, 2022). For further details, click here
• Jerusalemite human rights organizations submit a petition to the Supreme Court to repeal the law preventing family unification (April 27, 2022). For further details, click here
• Al Mezan Center for Human Rights denounces the escalation of the Israeli occupation’s violations against fishermen and calls on the international community to protect civilians and end the systematic Israeli violations committed against them (April 27, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Administrative Court of Stuttgart in Germany issued a ruling confirming the right to boycott the Israeli colonial and arbitrary system after the campaign launched by the BDS movement (April 27, 2022). For further details, click here

Academic research and studies

• Researcher Nuha Dwaikat publishes a thesis on Housing Rights Denial in so-called Area C, West Bank, Palestine (November 2021). For further details, click here
• Jason Hart publishes a chapter titled: “Child Protection in Palestine and Jordan: From Rights to Principles?” (February 19, 2022). For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• 100 professors at Canadian McGill University reject the intervention of their administration to cancel a decision to boycott Israel (April 25, 2022). For further details, click here