PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.122

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

1- 7 may 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 calls on the US administration to pressure Israel to end the collective sanctions against the Palestinian people.(May 1, 2022).For further details, click here
• Palestinian National Council calls on federations, trade unions, and the International Labor Organization to implement international labor agreements that guarantee the rights of Palestine workers.(May 1, 2022). For further details, click here
• Hussein Al Sheikh, member of the Executive Committee of the PLO says that Israeli settlers’ threat to raise the Israeli flag in Haram al-Sharif is a challenge to the feelings of Palestinians and Muslimsand fueling areligious war.(May 3, 2022). For further details, click here
• MOFAE calls on the international community and the relevant UN institutions and organizations to exert pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities to immediately release prisoner Muhammad Al-Halabi.(May 5, 2022).For further details, click here
• Palestinian PM warns of the consequences of thousands of Israeli settlement units being built in the West Bank as well as the demolition of 12 Yatta towns. (May 6, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• Israeli Supreme Court rejects a petition submitted by Palestinians cut off from their lands by the wall. (May 2, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli Supreme Court rejects an appeal against the establishment of a new settlement in the Old City of Hebron.(May 3, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli Supreme Court rules that the army can forcibly transfer an entire Palestinian region, under the guise of using the land for “military training”.(May 5, 2022).For further details, click here
• Israeli Supreme Court paves the way for the demolition of eight Palestinian villages in the West Bank.(May 5, 2022).For further details, click here
• Israeli Supreme Court approves the evacuation of more than 1,200 Palestinians from MasaferYatta near Hebron.(May 6, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• Members of the US Congress call on the US Secretary of State to pressure Israel to guarantee freedom of worship in Jerusalem.(April 29, 2022).For further details, click here
• The US Ambassador to the UN says that the Palestinians deserve peace and prosperity, not unilateral steps. (May 3, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation calls on the international community to assume its responsibilities and stop the repeated attacks by settlers and the Israeli occupation forces on Al-Aqsa Mosque.(May 4, 2022).For further details, click here
• The United Nations Special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process calls on all parties to avoid provocative actions in Jerusalem.(May 4, 2022). For further details, click here
• Jordanian MOFAE condemns allowing extremists to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police and calls on Israel to end their measures to change the historical and legal situation.(May 5, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab Lawyers Union condemns the Israeli storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and considers it a provocation toward Muslims and the Palestinian people. Saying that confronting this is a duty.(May 5, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People discusses with the Irish Foreign Minister possible steps to advance the peace process in Palestine.(May 5, 2022). For further details, click here
• The European Union says that Israel, as the occupying power, must protect Palestinians, not expel them.(May 5, 2022). For further details, click here
• Qatar and Kuwait strongly condemn the Israeli settlers’ storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the occupation forces storming the Southern Mosque. Kuwait calls on the Security Council to curb these violations and assume its responsibilities to end the attacks against the Palestinian people.(May 5, 2022).
• The United Nations Middle East Peace Coordinator urges everyone to condemn the violence that has erupted in reaction to the latest Palestinian assault in Israel.(May 6, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar warns against ratifying the occupation, which will result in the construction of 4,000 additional settlement units in the Bank. (May 6, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Egyptian Foreign Ministry says Israel’s settlement and displacement policies exacerbate tensions, promote violence, and undermine the two-state solution. (May 7, 2022).For further details, click here
• Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns Israeli authorities against displacing Palestinians in Yatta Hebron and continuing their plans to build 3988 settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territory. (May 7, 2022).For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• The American newspaper “The Harvard Crimson” publicly supports the boycott of Israel. (April 29, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Australian University of Melbourne Student Union announces its support and adoption of the academic boycott of Israeli institutions amid accusations of anti-Semitism. (April 30, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights calls on the international community to exert pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop violating the rights of Palestinian workers and assume its full responsibilities as an occupying power in accordance with the Fourth Geneva Convention. (May 1, 2022). For further details, click here
• PCHR condemns Israel’s decision to build thousands of housing units in occupied West Bank settlements at a time when the Israeli Supreme Court has certified the displacement of hundreds of Palestinians from their land in Hebron. (May 7, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian Prisoner’s Club says that the occupation escalates the crime of collective punishment in order to retaliate against prisoners and their families. (May 7, 2022).For further details, click here

Academic research and studies

• Researcher MuntaserJaraar published a study titled: “Palestine’s National Strategy to put an end to Israeli Occupation.” .(January 30, 2022).For further details, click here.
• Researcher Doron Bar published an article titled: “The changing identity of Muslim/Jewish holy places in the State of Israel, 1948-2018.”.(March 9, 2022). For further details, click here
• Researcher Lynn Welchman published a book titled: “Al-Haq: A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization.”.(March 20, 2022).For further details, here
• Researcher AsafSiniver published a book titled: “Routledge Companion to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”.(March 31, 2022). For further details, click here