PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.130

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

26 june-2 July 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

• Head of Jerusalem Affairs Department in the PLO warns Jerusalemites of the Israeli projects aimed at registering wide spaces of the Palestinian lands in the name of Jews through the so-called “Ministry of Justice”. Such lands are located around the old town and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.(June 27, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian FM condemns the demolition crimes and continuous distribution of notices for the demolition of Palestinian houses and facilities in the occupied West Bank including in East Jerusalem. Recent demolitions included 17 houses and facilities. (June 28, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Prime Minister stresses the importance of removing the PLO from the terrorists list and considering it a peace partner after hosting number of members of US Congress in Ramallah. (June 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs calls on Vatican to intervene and protect the Holy City and Palestinian existence. (June 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• The High Presidential Committee of Church Affairs denounces the new judicial resolution by the occupation government placing the registration of the lands adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the name of Jews. This act paves the way for the implementation of the Israeli plans and practices to control and judaize the Holy City. (June 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian FM condemns the execution of Mohammed Merei by the Israeli occupation, and considers it an inevitable consequence of the Israeli impunity. (June 29, 2022). For further details, click here
• The presidency accused Israel of Captive Sadiya Farajullah’s martyrdom and demanded an international investigation into the circumstances of her death.( July 2, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The Israeli Prime Minister calls for integrating Palestinians into the Israeli technological sector. (June 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Parol Board of Al-Ramla Prison refuses to consider the release request of prisoner Ahmed Manasra. (June 28, 2022).For further details, click here

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

• UNRWA’s High Commissioner, Philippe Lazzarini, stresses the importance of bridging the gap in UNRWA’s funding and indicates that failing to address this issue will endanger the education of approximately one million Palestinian refugee. (June 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• During the Security Council meeting, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process calls on the Government of Israel to cease the advancement of all settlement activity immediately. (June 27,2022). For further details, click here
• China calls on the international community to take urgent and decisive action on the Palestinian-Israeli issue. (June 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• According to a United Nations report, 15 years after the siege of the Gaza Strip and imposition of the Israeli blockade, 62 percent of Gaza’s population needs food aid and the unemployment rate is among the highest in the world. (June 30, 2022). For further details, click here
• The European Commission has lifted its unlawful suspension of funding for Palestinian legal nonprofit Al-Haq. (July 1, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab Parliament’s President demands that the Palestine issue be a consistent item on the Non-Aligned Parliamentary Network’s agenda.(July 1, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab Parliament warns of the gravity of Israeli excavations targeting the foundations of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, requesting that UNESCO and international organizations undertake their responsibility to stop the continuous attack against Jerusalem and sacred sites. (July 2, 2022). For further details, click here

Publications of Human Rights NGOs

• The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ murder of Mohammed Suliman and calls upon the international community to take immediate action to end Israeli occupation crimes. (June 26, 2022). For further details, click here
• The BDS movement calls for the boycott of the French insurance company AXA, which invests $6.2 million in Israeli banks and provides massive direct support to the development of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. (June 30, 2022). For further details, click here
• Palestinian national and Islamic fractions call upon Palestinian companies operating in Israeli settlements to withdraw and not collude with Israel’s occupation, Under the pretext of responsibility. (June 30, 2022). For further details, click here

Human rights Conferences and Events

• Egyptian elite journalists, writers, and intellectuals eulogize the Palestinian martyr Shireen Abu Akleh. (June 26, 2022). For further details, click here
• Ben & Jerry’s responded to Unilever’s decision to transfer its Israeli license to the Israeli company Avi Zinger by stating that it disagreed with the decision, saying that continuing to market its goods in the occupied territories goes against its core principles. (June 29, 2022). For further details, click here