PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue. 99

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

21-27 Nov 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

• Palestinian PM condemns the Israeli attack on the Governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith, and calls for an end to the attacks on the rights of the Palestinian people. (Nov. 22, 2021). For further details, click here 
• Palestinian MOFAE calls on the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons; to send an international team to invistigate the illegal settlements laboratories. (Nov. 23, 2021). For further details, click here 
• The Palestinian FM condemns Israel’s attempts to exert pressure on the Belgian government in an attempt to discourage it from labeling settlement goods and products. (Nov. 24, 2021) For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE condemns the approval of the “Local Planning Committee ” of the Israeli municipality in Jerusalem of a settlement plan targeting the lands of Jerusalem International Airport (Qalandia), to expand the settlement of “Atarot”. (Nov. 25, 2021) For further details, click here
• Palestinian MOFAE condemns the attack perpetrated by settlers under the protection of the Israeli army against Palestinian civilians in the villages of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya  and As-Sawiya, south of Nablus. (Nov. 25, 2021) For further details, click here
• The head of the PNC delegation delivers a letter to the President of the IPU about the violations of the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories. (Nov. 26, 2021) For further details, click here

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

• Israeli Defense Minister discusses settlers’ violence in the West Bank with Israeli security officers and calls on the army to intervene. (Nov. 22, 2021). For further details, click here 
• The Jerusalem municipality of Israel approves a plan to build a huge new settlement neighborhood on the lands of Jerusalem International Airport (Qalandia), north of occupied Jerusalem. (Nov. 24, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Israeli Local Planning and Building Committee approves the construction of 372 new settlement units to expand the “Kiryat Arba” settlement established on Hebron lands. (Nov. 25, 2021) For further details, click here
• Israel signs a military and security agreement with Morocco and Palestinian condemnations of this normalization agreement with the occupying power. (Nov. 26, 2021) For further details, click here
• Israel informs the USA of its plan to freeze the construction plan in the Atarot neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, which was recently approved. (Nov. 26, 2021) For further details, click here

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

• Heads of Mission of the European Union express their opposition to Israel’s settlement policy reiterating that settlements are illegal under international law, and undermine peace opportunities. (Nov 22, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Belgian government decides to label Israeli settlement products as they are in violation of international law. (Nov. 24, 2021) For further details, click here
• The Turkish president calls on Islamic countries to stand against the policy of building settlements and the violations practiced by Israel against the Palestinians in the West Bank. (Nov. 24, 2021) For further details, click here
• UNCTAD: The Palestinian economy’s losses are estimated at $58 billion as a result of the Israeli closures. (Nov. 24, 2021) For further details, click here
• EU: Demolitions of Palestinian homes are illegal under international law and their displacement undermines prospects for peace. (Nov. 26, 2021) For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• National Committee for International Humanitarian Law in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Justice and Water Authority organize a legal seminar on the Israeli violations to the Palestinian water rights under IHL. (Nov 23, 2021) For further details, click here
• Al-Quds Open University in cooperation with prisoners’ institutions held the “National Conference to Support Prisoners”, which recommended supporting the prisoners’ movement and internationalizing their cause. (Nov. 24, 2021) For further details, click here