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Itay Epshtain Profile picture
@EpshtainItay
May 23 • 8 tweets • 5 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
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Yesterday, the people of Ein Samiya (on the outskirts of Ramallah), following severe and repeated settler attacks had to leave their homes. The entire community consisting of 37 households (roughly 172 people, including 78 children) were forcibly transferred through coercion. Image
Violence, directed at #Palestinian persons and property, is inherent to #Israeli settlements. From their establishment to their expansion through outposts, settlements exteriorize harassment and violence against Palestinians in their path, as the heat map shows. Image
The International Criminal Tribunal on Yugoslavia (ICTY), and later the @IntlCrimCourt, held that the term “forcibly” in relation to forcible transfer is not restricted to physical force, but may include threat of force or coercion, such as that caused by fear of violence,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
On 20 April 2023, #Israeli High Court withdrew the injunction order protecting the Ein Samiya school and rejected a petition filed against vacating the essential structure, after which it would be demolished at any time.

During this period, settler attacks on the community… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
As often is the case, harm comes to Palestinians in the halls of Israeli courts in tandem with the violence they endure from settlements.
Settlers - transferred to the area by the #Israeli government - were quick to assume responsibility for the forcible transfer of #Palestinians from Ein Samiya: "Thank God through extensive Jewish presence in the area and Jewish shepherds reoccupying it, the bedouins are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Ein Samiya, a herding community shown here on the @ochaopt rendered map, is wedged between Israeli-declared "live-fire training zones" (in grey) and "natural reserves" (in red), neither serve as such nor declared in good faith and developed urban areas (in brown). It is encircled… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
The EU is appalled to learn that the Palestinian community of Ein Samiya in the occupied West Bank, which comprises 172 people, including 78 children, was forced to leave their homes permanently, as a result of repeated settler attacks and demolition orders. The EU firmly… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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May 24
BREAKING: On Sunday 28 May, the #Israeli Ministerial Committee on Legislation chaired by Yariv Levin (MoJ, Likud) and Itamar Ben Gvir (Jewish Power) will consider - for endorsement - the draft bill tabled by Ariel Kallner (Likud) imposing a 65% tax on foreign aid to Israeli and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
In February, Kallner tabled a draft bill to amend the income tax ordinance to impose a tax of 65 percent on financial support from third-states and intergovernmental organizations (@EUCouncil @EU_Commission) to #Israeli and #Palestinian humanitarians and human rights defenders. Image
Read in conjunction with the draft bill tabled by Strook and Rothman (Religious Zionism Jewish Power) to automate the transposition of Israeli civil law to occupied Palestinian territory, the bill imposing a tax would apply to Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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May 11
This morning #Gaza - and its two million inhabitants - remains isolated from the world through #Israel's siege on land, at sea and air.
In 2019 @NRC_Norway requested the expert opinion of @MarcoLongobardo on the legality of Israel's closure on land and obligation to allow safe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
He concluded that the #Gaza Strip is under #Israeli occupation, notwithstanding the 2005
Disengagement. Israel still exercises sufficient actual authority over the
maritime territory and airspace of the area, over its borders, and its fundamental
supplies, so that the test… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Israel must consider the Gaza Strip as a portion of a wider single territorial unit
also comprising the West Bank. The obligation to consider the Gaza Strip and
the West Bank as a single territorial unit is rooted in the law of occupation, the
principle of self-determination… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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May 9
In analyzing the Israeli attack overnight, a few questions come up. Let me try and unpack those in the following thread:

First, Are there ongoing hostilities in occupied #Palestinian territory and specifically in Gaza (beyond the ongoing belligerent occupation)?
Situations… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Second, in the event of hostilities, who is considered a civilian for the purposes of the principle of distinction? and what conduct amounts to direct participation in hostilities?

For the purposes of the principle of distinction in international armed conflict (including… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Third, and last, what modalities govern the loss of protection against direct attack?

Civilians, such as members of PIJ and Hamas, lose protection against direct attack for the duration of each specific act amounting to direct participation in hostilities.

All feasible… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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May 8
This morning #Israel's defense forces convened an international conference on the law of armed conflict. This glimpse into the program reveals that "property destruction" is high on the agenda. I was not invited, but nonetheless, let me share my thoughts: Image
Going back to the Hague Regulations of 1907, Article 23(g) provides that it is especially forbidden “to destroy or seize the enemy’s property, unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war” Image
The 1945 Nuremberg Tribunal established, under Article 6(b) of its charter, “wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity” as a war crime. Image
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May 8
BREAKING: #Israel's 2023 (top up)-2024 "special budget allocation" (beyond the regular state budget): 75 million ILS (20 million USD) to forcibly transfer #Palestinians from Area C of the West Bank (e.g., by destroying humanitarian aid), and 404 million ILS (111 million USD)… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Furthering the annexation of occupied #Palestinian territory on February 23' with the transfer of powers to Israel's civil government, the allocations are to the Ministry of National Missions, headed by Orit Strook (Religion Zionism - Jewish Power). Image
In practice, #Israeli settlers - through regional and local councils - will be tasked and equipped to "search and destroy" #Palestinian property and humanitarian assistance they accepted. Image
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May 3
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
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