Israel/OPT: UN expert calls for reversal of Israel’s eviction order against 16 Palestinian families
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GENEVA (11 January 2021) – A UN expert called today on Israel to reverse its eviction orders for Palestinian families living in Occupied East Jerusalem, calling them part of an alarming pattern to change the demography of the city.
Israeli courts have, over the last few months, upheld eviction orders to force 16 Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods. They include several extended families and two women raising children alone. In most cases, the Palestinian families have lived in their homes for decades as owners or long-term tenants.
GENEVA (11 January 2021) – A UN expert called today on Israel to reverse its eviction orders for Palestinian families living in Occupied East Jerusalem, calling them part of an alarming pattern to change the demography of the city. Israeli courts have, over the last few months, upheld eviction orders to force 16 Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods. They include several extended families and two women raising children alone. In most cases, the Palestinian families have lived in their homes for decades as owners or long-term tenants. “These evictions are extremely alarming, and appear to be part of a broader pattern of forcing Jerusalemite Palestinian families from their homes to clear the way for more illegal Israeli settlements,” said Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967. “Time is running short for these orders to be reversed.
Palestinian Organisations Review ‘Report on Preliminary Examination Activities 2020’ and Call on the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to Open an Investigation into International Crimes in the OPT
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Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, and Al Dameer (the organisations) express concern that significant time has passed since the opening of the second preliminary examination on the Situation in Palestine in January 2015, and since the closing of that preliminary examination in December 2019, when the Office of the Prosecutor determined that all the statutory criteria under the Rome Statute for the opening of an investigation had been met .[1] The victims of continuing clearly apparent crimes, subject to intensifying occupation, discrimination, and violence require the immediate opening, at the very least, of a formal investigation into the Situation in the State of Palestine. The urgency of such investigation is further
Palestine’s UN Observer briefs UN officials on critical situation in Palestine
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 (WAFA) - Palestine s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, sent on Wednesday three identical letters to the UN Secretary-General, President of the UN Security Council, and President of the UN General Assembly, briefing them on the critical situation in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. In light of recent developments, I am compelled to once again draw your attention to the critical situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, due to the ongoing and escalating illegal policies and practices of Israel, the occupying Power, said Mansour.