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Israel/Palestine, & Human RightsMunir Nuseibah
PhD candidate, University of WestminsterCoordinator of Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Complicated Problem?
• Academic Example: “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict stems from ideological, historical, religious and political differences whose roots go back to antiquity.”
• Statements I’ve frequently heard: “I can’t give my opinion, it is too complicated”
• Or “It is not black and white”
Human Rights are now a universal language
• Human Rights: Rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled by virtue of being human.
• Human Rights are part of international law- treaties and customs.
International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law tools• International bill of human
rights: – Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (1948)– International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights– International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Other Treaties: Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and others
• International Humanitarian Law (for armed conflict and occupation situations): – Hague Regulations– Geneva Conventions – Customary IHL.
Background
1948: Right to Self Determination denied
ICCPR art 1: All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
Since 1948, Israeli motives behind Human Rights and IHL Violations
1. Changing facts in Palestine (From Native Arab to Settler Jewish)
2. Controlling the Palestinian population
First: Creating Facts of displacement
Building Settlements While displacing Palestinians
Biggest Displacement: 1948
Several others successful and unsuccessful
Ex. Of unsuccessful: 1956 Kufur Qasem
Ex. Of successful one: Jerusalem after 1967 war
It is continuous TODAY
In Israel’s sovereign territory• Home Demolition• Family reunification issue• Land confiscation from
Arabs (citizens of Israel) for Jewish benefit
• Non-recognized villages in the Naqab Dessrt
• Discrimination
Occupied Palestinian Territory (West Bank (including east Jerusalem and Gaza)
• Residency withdrawals• Displacement by the power
of Israeli laws and military orders
• Building restrictions on Palestinians
• Jewish only settlements and roads
• Many other policies
Second: Human Rights Violations aiming at Controlling the Palestinian
Population
War Crimes and crimes against humanity during an armed crusade
Movement Restrictions
Torture
Extra-judicial killings and “collateral damage”
Collective Punishment
• Gaza Totally closed• Israel has control over
every essential need for Palestinian life
Many other violations to control the population
It is a priority to STOP and REVERSE