PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.151

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

20 – 26 Nov t 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:

• According to the Palestinian presidential spokesman, Netanyahu’s statements to members of the Republican Jewish Coalition in the United States are an open attempt to deceive and mislead international public opinion and reveal his true intentions to avoid any political process leading to the end of the occupation. (November 20, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli occupying forces’ field execution of 18-year-old public high school student Mahmoud Abdel Jalil al-Saadi during their invasion of Jenin and the heinous assault on the child Yazan al-rajabi in Hebron’s Old City by settler terrorist members . (November 21, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Foreign Minister hailed the German Attorney General for the State of Berlin’s publication of the response to a lawsuit filed against President Mahmoud Abbas by a pro-occupation activist claiming Holocaust denial. (November 21, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Prime Minister urged the international community to oppose colonization, murder, and devastation. He also expressed the need to pay for Israel’s ongoing assault against Palestinian people. (November 21, 2022). For further details, click here
• According to the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, international double standards encourage the occupation authorities to increase settlements and suffocate Palestinian communities. (November 22, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the occupation’s killing of martyred child Ahmed Shehada from Nablus. (November 23, 2022). For further details, clickhere
• The Chairman and members of the Palestine Committee in the Jordanian House of Representatives, along with a delegation from the Executive Committee and the Palestinian National Council, discussed the plan to form an Arab and international parliamentary coalition against the Israeli occupation’s apartheid and to support Palestine’s efforts to prosecute the occupation as colonial and racist in the International Criminal Court. (November 23, 2022). For further details, clickhere
• Palestinian Prime Minister said that destroying the Isfey al-Fouqa school is a crime and a flagrant violation of the rights of Palestinian students and children. (November 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned of the danger of the agreement signed by Benjamin Netanyahu with the far-right Ben Gvir and its repercussions for the occupied Palestinian territory scattered with settlements and random outposts. (November 25, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• During a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the agreements were reached once he and then-president Donald Trump agreed to bypass the Palestinians and speak directly with the Arab states.(November 20, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East condemned the violent attacks by Israeli extremists against Palestinian residents in the Old City of Hebron and called everyone ” to speak out against all acts of violence and incitement.” (November 19, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) publicly condemned the Israeli occupying forces’ closure of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron to worshippers and their ban on the raising of the athan, as well as the escalation of racist attacks by settler groups protected by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian citizens. They urged the international community to take immediate action. (November 20, 2022). For further details, click here
• The White House appointed Hady Amr to serve in the new position of Special Representative fPalestinian Affairs within the US State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. (November 22, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation discussed with the Director of the Bait Mal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency cooperation strategies to expand the efforts undertaken by the Agency to support the city of Al-Quds and enhance the resilience of its people. (November 22, 2022). For further details, click here
• The European Union expressed shock after hearing that Israeli soldiers had demolished a donor-funded Sfai school in Masafer Yatta, occupied Palestinian territory.(November 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• The UK shares dismay at the demolition of the Isfey al-Fouqa school by the Israeli forces in MasaferYatta.(November 23, 2022).For further details, click here 
• The European Union called on the Israeli occupation authorities to immediately release the prisoner Ahmed Manasra and to ensure that he receives the necessary psychological assistance and support. (November 24, 2022).For further details, click here
• In an exclusive interview after her recent report on the illegality of the Israeli occupation and the colonial system, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories expressed criticism about Western countries that deny Israeli occupation. (November 25, 2022). For further details, click here

Research and academic studies (in Arabic and English):

• Researchers Mostafa Fazaeli and Saeed Mokhtari published a new study in the Iranian Journal of International and Comparative Law entitled, “The Right of Palestinian Refugees to Return Palestine from the Perspective of the International Law of Human Rights”. (2022). For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Al-Haq said that cooperation with Israel on the climate without achieving self-determination for the Palestinian people consolidates the colonial climate and encourages Israel to continue violating the rights of the Palestinian people and committing international crimes. (November 20, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemned the killing of a Palestinian child and the wounding of four civilians in the unjustified Israeli invasion of Jenin and calls on the international community to take immediate action to stop the crimes of the occupation and double standards in the application of international law. (November 21, 2022).For further details, click here
• B’Tselem said that Israel’s demolishion of a school in Masafer Yatta was an attempt to displace the Palestinian population from their lands. (November 23, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Center for Human Rights and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights call on the international community, on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to protect Palestinian women in the occupied territories from the serious violations of the Israeli occupation that amount to killing. (November 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel commented on the Court’s decision to extend the solitary confinement of Prisoner Ahmed Manasra, stating that the Israeli judiciary systematically uses secret evidence to justify decisions that violate the human rights of Palestinians in all areas under Israeli control. (November 24, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Palestinian National Committee for the Boycott of Israel called on the Palestinian companies participating in the “Israfood” exhibition held in Tel Aviv to withdraw immediately and to stop covering up the crimes of the occupation by giving priority to the economic interest over the struggle of the Palestinian people. (November 24, 2022). For further details, click here
• Peace Now has warned that if the far-right Religious Zionism party achieves its desire to control the civil administration — which manages aspects of civilian life in about 60 percent of the West Bank — it could lead Israel to “effectively” annex the area. (November 25, 2022). For further details, click here

Upcoming human rights opportunities and events:

• The International Institute for Social Studies organizes an important panel discussion entitled “Palestine at the ICC: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied”. For further details, click here