PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE – Issue. 89

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

12- 18 September 2021

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 MOFAE calls on implementing the UN, Islamic, and Arabic resolutions to protect al-Aqsa Mosque and al-Haram al-Ibrahimi, calls on the UN and UNESCO to hold responsible for the Israeli violations against the Holy Sites. (Sep 12, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Cabinet assures the project of supporting steadfastness of Jerusalemites as they confront Israel’s structural planning in Jerusalem. (Sep 13, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Palestinian PM calls on the UN to oblige Israel into implementing the Third Geneva Convention related to war prisoners regarding the Palestinian prisoners. (Sep 13, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs calls on the international, humanitarian, and human rights organizations to confront the crimes against Palestinian prisoners that take place in the Israeli jails. (Sep 13, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs holds Israel fully responsible for the life of hunger-strike prisoners. (Sep 14, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Foreign Minister stresses the need to ensure UNRWA is able to continue to provide and improve its services to Palestinian refugees. (September 15, 2021) For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE condemns the abuse of the four prisoners and calls on UN officials to assume their responsibilities to stop the crimes committed against the prisoners. (September 15, 2021) For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE condemns the anti-peace statements and positions of the Israeli Government, calling on civil society to reject and condemn these positions. (September 16, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Prime Minister calls on the international community to pressure Israel to pay the financial dues to the Palestinian National Authority. (September 16, 2021) For further details, click here
• Ambassador of Palestine to the United Nations: preparatory meetings of the next UN General Assembly session will focus on put an end to the violations against the Palestinians. (Sep 18, 2021) For Further details, click here

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

• The Israeli Foreign Minister: Israel should move toward a multi-year process of economy in return for security in Gaza. (Sep 13, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Jerusalem District Court rules for Hamas to pay 38 million NIS to the families of those who were killed by the movement’s strikes in June 30 2014. (Sep 14, 2021) For further details, click here
• Israeli Defense Minister: We are ready to give Palestinians economic and civil facilities, but we will fight terrorism in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (September 14, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Israeli Prime Minister emphasizes his opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian State but yet, his desire to improve the living conditions of the Palestinians. (September 14, 2021) For further details, click here

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

• The Egyptian president affirms the two-states solution based on the resolutions of international legitimacy during his meeting with the Israeli PM. (Sep 13, 2021) For further details, click here
• Jordanian MOFAE condemns the Israeli extremists’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and considers it a violation of the existing legal status quo. (September 16, 2021) For further details, click here
• Resources says that it led to the resignation of the Minister of Education: A battle in the British High Court over talk of Israel in schools. (Sep 15, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Foreign Minister of the Union of the Comoros says that Palestine is a central issue to all Arab and Muslims. (Sep 18, 2021) For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Arab Lawyers Union calls on the necessity to fully protect the Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s prisons under the Third Geneve Convention of Prisoners of War. (Sep 13, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Center of Human Rights condemns, in a press release, the Israeli attacks against the Palestinian Prisoners, and asserts that they amount to war crimes. (Sep 14, 2021) For further details, click here
• Palestinian Prisoners club demands to pressure Israel to allow lawyers to visit the re-captured prisoners. (September 14, 2021) For further details, click here
• Facebook’s Supervisory and Oversight Board recommends referring the company’s complaints about bias against Palestinian content to investigation. (September 14, 2021) For further details, click here
• Al Mezan Center for Human Rights holds the occupying power responsible for the lives of Palestinian detainees in its prisons, and calls on the international community to urgently intervene. (14 September 2021) For further details, click here

Academic research and studies

• Researcher Reda Seif El-Deen Jaljuli publishes a paper in the Algerian Scientific Journal Platform entitled: “The Israeli Military Media and its Role as a Tool in Supporting the Policies of the Israeli Occupation in Palestine”. (June 8, 2021). For further details, click here
• Researcher Mansour Abu Karim publishes a paper entitled: “The Gradual Transition to Negotiations: Biden administration’s approach to the restoration of the path of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement. ” (2021). For details of the study and its original source, click here
• Research at New York University reveals “algorithms” in social media platforms to combat Palestinian content. September 18, 2021. For details of the study and its original source, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• A campaign against the American Fordham University for refusing to allow to hold a student event in support of the Palestinian rights. (Sep 12, 2021) For further details, click here
• Al-Haq Foundation and ActionAid Palestine host a virtual public hearing entitled: “#Free Palestine”, on the violations of the occupation whilst emulating hearings in international courts. (September 14, 2021) For further details, click here

Announcements regarding upcoming human rights activities and opportunities

• On World Peace Day: Law for Palestine is participating in an interactive workshop organized by the Council for International Conflict Resolution (RIKO) and entitled: “On the prospects and challenges of building inclusive and localized peace.” For further details, click here
• An online event on “What does international law say about establishing a single democratic state in Palestine?”. For further details, click here