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May 3, 2023 • 5 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
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Since the beginning of the year, #Israel destroyed 291 #Palestinian-owned and inhabited structures (197 in Area C, 80 in East Jerusalem, and 14 in Area A&B), of which 47 were provided as humanitarian relief, the majority funded by @eu_echo and @EUCouncil Member States. As a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
According to @ochaopt, under #Israel's Netanyahu-Smotirch-Ben Gvir government - and the powers they have annexed - the monthly average of #Palestinian structures destroyed is higher than at any point since 2009. Image
@elicoh1 and @eu_eeas chief @JosepBorrellF could have discussed - meeting yesterday - the impact of @Israel's wanton and extensive destruction of property on the Palestinians, and it being codified a grave breach of #IHL and requiring effective penal sanctions against persons… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
@elicoh1 @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF @Israel In fact, those 47 structures - mostly provided by @EUpalestinians - as humanitarian aid could be added to the 774 EU-funded structures seized or destroyed by #Israel since 2016, and the 2.4 million euro owed by Israel to contributing Member States. eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/… Image
On the short flight back from Brussels to Tel Aviv I would recommend reading Chapter II of the @UN Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, and thinking about providing compensation to @EUCouncil Member States, an acknowledgment of the breach, and guarantees of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image

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Nov 1
BREAKING: #Israel's government adopts the 25'-26' State Budget, with an upsurge of military spending indicative of a protracted, high-intensity, armed conflict in #Gaza, the West Bank and beyond. A thread: Image
1/3 In 22', Israel allocated 90 billion ILS (24 billion USD) to military and security-related spending, which includes the cost of its belligerent occupation of #Palestinian territory (determined to be unlawful by the @CIJ_ICJ in July 24'). Image
2/3 For the fiscal years 25'-26', Israel has allocated 147 billion ILS (39 billion ILS) per year to military spending, an unprecedented 63 percent increase, with the highest proportion of military spending as part of the state budget in Israel's history. Image
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Oct 3
BREAKING: UK government to complete the decolonization of the Chagos Archipelago and reverse sovereignty to Mauritius. A short thread on how international law, and the International Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ, in particular, managed the resolution of conflict, and a timely lesson for the decolonization of occupied Palestinian territory.Image
1/3 In February 2019 the #ICJ rendered an Advisory Opinion on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965, asserting that the UK was under an obligation to bring its presence to an end "as rapidly as possible," and that all States are under an obligation to cooperate in accomplishing that. Similar language was used in the July 2024 Advisory on Israeli practices in occupied Palestinian territory, calling for Israel to end its unlawful presence.Image
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2/3 In May 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 73/95 by a vote of 116 in favour, to 6 against (Australia, Hungary, Israel, Maldives, United Kingdom, United States), with 56 abstentions. The resolution set a timeframe of 6 months for the UK to complete its withdrawal from the Chagos Archipelago. In September 2024 the UNGA adopted Resolution ES-10/24 by a vote of 124 in favor, 14 against, and 43 abstentions. The resolution, giving effect to the July 2024 Advisory Opinion set a timeframe of 12 months for Israel to withdraw from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza.Image
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Sep 27
There is a cynical political calculus behind #Israeli rejection of ceasefire arrangements in #Gaza and #Lebanon. A short thread on how the adoption of Israel's State Budget and #USElection2024 fate these efforts to deescalate: Image
1/5 Israeli constitutional law provides that a State Budget is tabled by 31 October 24', and approved by 31 March 25', or else the government defaults to general elections. Netanyahu and his coalition partners push for a biannual budget to ensure long-term political survival.
2/5 The lynchpins of budget approval are Bezalel Smotirch (Religious Zionism) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (Jewish Power). The budget that they would approve would grant financial support to an open-ended war in Gaza and Lebanon and the colonization of occupied #Palestinian territory. Image
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Sep 12
BREAKING: The Government of #Israel submits to the High Court of Justice that after 11 months of - debilitating and atrocious war in #Gaza - it has not accomplished 'effective control' in any part of Gaza, has not displaced any of Hamas's governmental functions, and is therefore not the occupying power (with commensurate obligations under #IHL).Image
Facts described are either an admission of a colossal military failure that has cost the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians and the wanton destruction of Gaza, or entirely false. As the International Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ ruled in July: before October 23' and even more so since, Israel had effective control of Gaza.Image
Israel, according to the ICJ decision, has obligations as the occupant of Gaza commensurate with its effective control. Irrespective of any decision by the Israeli constitutional court, it cannot invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform its obligations under international humanitarian law.Image
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Sep 3
Last night #Israel's #Netanyahu showcases a map outlining the annexation of the occupied #WestBank, and a similar fate awaiting #Gaza. The @CIJ_ICJ determined Israel's presence in #Palestinian territory to be unlawful, an act of aggression that must end. Israel must be induced to comply.Image
The assertion that #Israel will maintain alien rule over #Palestinians is matched by an inflammatory battle cry on settlers' social media, targeting the few Israelis in solidarity with Palestinians: "On the path to expel or annihilate all enemies, foreign and domestic." Image
This is the #Israeli 'Partition Plan' for #Gaza: 1/3. Gaza City (in yellow) will be left in ruins and uninhibited, to its north permanently acquired territory settled by Israel, to its south the Netzarim Corridor, an impassable barrier and "humanitarian hub." Image
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Aug 26
Does #Israel issue 'evacuation orders' to #Palestinians in #Gaza? It does not. What it does is forcibly transfer them, in grave breach of #IHL. A thread to explain the factual and legal inappropriateness of using the term 'evacuation' with respect to Israeli conduct. Image
1/5 Art. 49 (1) of the Fourth Geneva Convention provides that:
"Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory (...) are prohibited, regardless of their motive."
2/5 The prohibition on forcible transfer is absolute. It has no exception, save those that are included in Article 49 (2) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, being temporary evacuations intended to protect the displaced persons themselves at the time of hostilities.
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