An Israeli military appeals committee today issued a decision to uphold an “assigned residence” order issued against 5 Palestinians from the West Bank on 14 October 2003. The original order, signed by Major General Moshe Kaplinski, GOC of the Central Command, subjected a total of 18 Palestinians to periods of “assigned residence” in the Gaza Strip, effectively transferring them from their places of residence in the West Bank. Read more about Israeli Military Appeals Committee upholds unlawful transfer order
Systematically expelled during and after the 1948 war, and then transferred against their will to the northern part of Beersheba, the indigenous population of the Negev, or Bedouin, face land confiscation, house demolitions, destruction of fields and trees, and an Israeli plan to forcefully displace them again. Read more about Three homes demolished, many lives changed, in Um Ratam
Housing and property restitution for Palestinians is absent from the draft of the so-called Geneva accord currently being discussed despite the fact that restitution has become a main component of durable solutions to long-term conflicts worldwide. Read more about Restitution: a major component in durable solutions
The Palestinian Authority has given its blessing to a “symbolic peace treaty” reached in Switzerland between mid-level Palestinian officials and Israeli opposition leaders. In the so-called “Geneva Accord,” the negotiators outline what they see as the necessary compromises for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more about Geneva Accord - PA Selling Out Palestinian Rights?
Israeli F-16 warplanes and Apache helicopters have been busy over the skies of Gaza, launching four separate strikes against Hamas targets in the space of a few hours. The attacks have killed at least six people, including two Hamas militants and a civilian bystander, and wounded more than 30 others, including a baby and several young children. In an interview with AM, one of Israel’s most decorated fighter pilots has condemned air strikes which hit innocent civilians as “immoral” and “unlawful”. Mark Willacy reports for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Read more about Senior Israeli pilot condemns air strikes that hit civilians
For the second time in as many months, following the Security Council’s failure to act, an emergency session of the General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a measure on the situation in the Middle East — in this instance, demanding that Israel stop and reverse construction of the wall being built in the West Bank. Read more about UN General Assembly demands Israel stop construction of wall
The Arab news channel Al-Jazeera reported that Israeli forces have launched a major raid on Ramallah. Israeli forces entered the city shortly after 16.30 GMT and imposed a curfew on residents of the center of the city. They surrounded the Abd al-Nasir Mosque and people inside were told to leave in groups of four and present identity papers, the Arab news channel reported. Read more about Israeli forces raid mosque and Al-Jazeera office in Ramallah
Following 3 aerial attacks earlier on Monday, Israeli occupying forces conducted a further 2 aerial attacks yesterday evening in the Gaza Strip. In the fourth aerial attack in 24 hours, 7 Palestinian civilians, including a child and an on-duty doctor, were killed in Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Read more about Israeli airforce kill 7 Palestinians and wound 58 others in two other aerial strikes
