New Israeli Eviction Order and
Confiscation of Land in Occupied East Jerusalem
29 December 2012
By Dr. Saeb Erekat
PLO Executive Committee Member and Chief Palestinian
Negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat strongly called upon the
international community to prevent Israel from
evicting another Palestinian family from Occupied East
Jerusalem.
"This New Year eve, another Palestinian family from
Sheikh Jarrah is expected to lose their home by the
Israeli occupation authorities. The Shamasneh family –
made up of 10 members including two elderly and three
children, are victims of the cruel behavior of the
Israeli occupation aimed at ethnically cleansing the
city of its Palestinian inhabitants."
Dr. Erekat continued "similar to settlement
construction, home demolitions, land grab and ID
revocations, the Israeli policy of home evictions is a
tool being used to push Palestinian Christians and
Muslims outside their capital. Such policies against
an occupied population are nothing short of War Crimes
under international law, and so the international
community must recognize and acknowledge this."
Dr. Erekat concluded that "the Israeli government has
demonstrated no commitment or inclination to achieving
peace, but only to continuous violations of
international law and displacement of Palestinians. We
hold Israel accountable for any consequences to their
illegal actions and we call upon the international
community to end the culture of impunity for Israel
and treating Israel as a state above international
law."
Hundreds of vulnerable Palestinian are being
threatened with evictions from their homes by Israeli
settler groups, fully supported by the Israeli
government. In the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah
alone, four homes have been evicted of their
Palestinian inhabitants, being replaced by extremist
settlers implanted in the middle of a Palestinian
neighborhood. Israeli eviction policies in Sheikh
Jarrah affect around 2500 Palestinians.
To conclude, Dr. Erekat also referred to the latest
developments in Beit Iksa, also within the Jerusalem
Governorate, where last Friday Israeli Occupation
Forces issued confiscation orders for 456 dunums of
agricultural land for the construction of the Illegal
Israeli Wall. "Israel plans is to suffocate our people
and to force them out from their homes and lands. This
is a another violation of the International Court of
Justice opinion on the illegality of the Israeli Wall
and the call made upon to Israel to dismantle it and
compensate Palestinians," said Dr. Erekat. "For peace
to prevail, Israel's impunity must end" Dr. Erekat
concluded.
* Dr. Saeb Erakat one of the prominent
faces of Palestinian struggles and Chief PLO
negotiator & Fatah Central Committee member posted
this article Nov 2010 and there has been some delays
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