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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 08:49 |
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18 March 2013
We, the undersigned Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations, state as follows:
1. In 2012, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik and the International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements (FFM) conducted independent inquiries into Israeli policies regarding housing and the settlements to be presented during the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. Special Rapporteur Rolnik was granted entry to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), while members of the FFM were not; they held their meetings in Amman. Both reports highlight Israel’s forcible transfer of Palestinians through the implementation of discriminatory policies and practices. Moreover, the two reports underscore Israel’s serious violations of international law, including grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and emphasize Israel’s pervasive violations of the human rights of Palestinians, such as the rights to self-determination, non-discrimination, adequate housing and an adequate standard of living.
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Monday, 18 March 2013 13:19 |
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 M., a Palestinian from Jerusalem who holds a Jerusalemite ID, and his wife, who holds a Palestinian ID and the status of an approved family unification, headed to the Civil Administration’s office in Qalandia today, Monday 18th of March, to renew the wife’s yearly permit which enables her to live with her husband and family.
The Ministry of Interior had confirmed beforehand that the wife’s permit was issued and therefore M. went to collect it from the Civil Administration’s office. After the husband arrived there, he was informed that his wife’s magnetic card was expired and she had to come in person to have it renewed. Only after this procedure she could collect her permit.
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Wednesday, 20 February 2013 07:18 |
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 In a session held on 31st of January 2013 the Israeli High Court granted Susya village a 90 days period for alternative planning, according to the petitioners initial request. The High Court’s decision which was delivered on 3rd of February 2013 approved the requests of St. Yves and Rabbis for Human Rights lawyers on behalf of Susya to allow for alternative planning and withhold all demolition orders that were received in 2009 and 2010.
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Friday, 15 February 2013 08:23 |
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On T uesday, 12th of February 2013, the final hearing for the case of the Cremisan Valley against the Separation Wall was held in front of the Special Appeals Committee in the Magistrate Court in Tel Aviv. Advocate Manal Hazzan-Abu Sinni from the Society of St. Yves on behalf of the Salesian Nuns Convent and Advocate Ghiath Nasser on behalf of the land owners gave their closing arguments in a session which lasted seven hours. This final hearing took place after a series of court sessions that started in 2006, when the plans for the construction of the wall were submitted and the military seizure orders for the Cremisan Valley lands were handed over. |
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Monday, 11 February 2013 08:19 |
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 On Friday 8th of February, a press conference and a protest mass were held on the lands of the Cremisan Valley in objection to building the separation wall in the area.The press conference, which comes a few days before the final court hearing in the Special Appeals Committee on Tuesday, 12th of February, was organized by the Beit Jala Municipality in cooperation with St. Yves, the Applied Research Institute- Jerusalem (ARIJ) and Kairos Palestine.
Hundreds of Palestinians and internationals as well as the land owners were present in support of the Cremisan valley. |
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