“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 23/03/2013 – 02:15 PM ] GENEVA, (PIC)– Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights welcomed the five resolutions that condemned the Israeli occupation at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday. The Observatory […]
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UN General Assembly Passes Nine Resolutions On Israel-Palestine
Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Saturday December 10, 2011 09:21 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly passed nine resolutions related to Palestine as part of a set of 24 resolutions and two texts related to human rights and decolonization. UN General Assembly […]
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Israel approves plan to resettle 30,000 Bedouins in Negev
Related: The Unrecognized – Full Documentary by Adalah [ 11/09/2011 – 05:39 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israeli Cabinet approved Sunday the Prawer Report designed to resettle tens of thousands of Bedouins in the Negev desert to Israeli settlements. As part of the plan, some 20,000 to 30,000 would be relocated to settlements recognized by […]
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US Senate passes resolution of unequivocal NO to Palestinian state
Wednesday, June 29 2011|Mairav Zonszein | +972 Magazine In an expected but nonetheless unbelievable move, the US Senate passed resolution 185 late Tuesday, which states that if the Palestinian Authority goes ahead with its plan to seek unilateral recognition as a state, the US would suspend its financial aid. The resolution, backed by 87 senators, […]
Continue reading“Slavery Law” passes final vote in Israeli parliament
Wednesday, May 18 2011|Mairav Zonszein | +972 Magazine An amendment to Israel’s Citizenship and Entry Law was passed in a 26-6 vote in Knesset today, enabling the government to confine and dictate migrant workers’ rights. The Citizenship and Entry Law, first passed in 2003, prohibits Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza from acquiring residency or […]
Continue readingIsrael passes laws forbidding remembrance of 1948 takeover of Palestine
Thursday March 24, 2011 09:31 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News In a law condemned by rights advocates as racist, revisionist and divisive, the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) voted Wednesday to prevent any commemorations of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) in which historic Palestine was divided in half, with half of the land taken to create the […]
Continue readingKnesset Passes Bill Prohibiting Nakba Commemoration
23.03.11 – 12:26| PNN – Palestine News Network The Israeli legislature has passed a bill that will require the state to fine local authorities or state funded bodies that commemorate the Palestinian Nakba Day. The bill has been reworked since its proposal in May 2009; originally the bill authorized a three-year prison sentence for anyone […]
Continue readingKnesset passes segregation law: Palestinian Israelis are not allowed to live on land confiscated from them
Tuesday, March 22 2011| Roi Maor | + 972 Magazine The Knesset passed a segregation bill today. Palestinian Israelis are not allowed to live in Jewish localities built on land confiscated from them. Government policy also makes sure they cannot build on the little private land that was left in their ownership. How long […]
Continue readingKnesset passes first reading of bill to impose sanctions on those who boycott Israel
Friday, 18 February 2011 10:30 To impose fines or sanctions on individuals, groups or states which take part in boycotts of the Zionist state. Israel’s parliament has passed the first reading of a bill which will allow the government to impose fines or sanctions on individuals, groups or states which take part in boycotts of […]
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