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@EpshtainItay
May 23 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
While international attention is given to atrocity crimes committed by #Israel in #Gaza, its Parliament preceded - in a preliminary vote - with committing the crime of aggression - annexing the southern parts of the West Bank along with its numerous settlements. Image
The draft bill redefines the geography of the Negev Desert (in red) to include the metropolitan territory of #Israel and the "area", a synonym for occupied #Palestinian territory. The ancillary note explains the "desire for equality and non discrimination" between Israelis. Image
The backstory to Israel's 'annexation via policy measures', accelerated since 7 October under the fog of war:
In part, it allows the Israeli government to redirect 157 million ILS (42 million USD) to south West Bank settlements, which would further entrench their unlawful presence. Image

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May 24
BREAKING: @CIJ_ICJ decides by a vote 13-2 that #Israel shall immediately halt its military offensive in #Rafah. Image
The Order issued by the Court is without appeal, and according to Article 94 of the UN Charter, "Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case to which it is a party".
If any party to a case fails to perform the obligations incumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the Court, "the other party may have recourse to the Security Council #UNSC, which may, if it deems necessary, decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment".
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May 22
The journey to #Palestinian political independence and #statehood, a few milestones worth recalling in view of the decision of #Norway, #Ireland, and #Spain (and other WEOG states soon to follow):
1. In 1974, the UN General Assembly decided that the Palestinian people are the principal party to the question of political independence and permanent sovereignty of #Palestine, invested with a right to external self-determination and represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization #PLO.Image
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2. By 1988, the General Assembly, recalling Res. 181, calling for the establishment of an Arab and Jewish States, affirmed the State of # Palestine right to exercise sovereignty in the territory occupied since 1967. The right to self-determination was matched with a territory - creating a 'self-determination unit.'Image
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May 21
In 2019 I recovered this 7 July 1967 condimental memo from Theodor Meron, #Israeli MFA legal counsel, on the application of the Hague Regulations of 1907 and the Fourth Geneva Convention to territories just occupied by Israel and the prohibition on annexation. Image
If only legal counsel Meron was listened to then, Judge Meron would not have to conclude now that the evidence presented by the @IntlCrimCourt Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC "provides reasonable grounds to believe that #Netanyahu and #Gallant have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity."
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May 17
International Court of Justice #ICJ @CIJ_ICJ Judge Georg Nolte asks #Israel the question on the question on the mind of numerous humanitarians and legal scholars - how can it guarantee safety and proper accommodation for forcibly displaced Palestinians in #Gaza? Image
In particular, Jude Nolte asked for information on satisfactory conditions of shelter, hygiene, health, and nutrition in areas to which #Israel has forced Gazans, including the 600K forced from #Rafah to #AlMawasi most recently.
Proper accommodation, safety, and a guarantee that persons disputed shall be transferred back to their homes as soon as hostilities have ceased are the elements that distinguish an evacuation of a given area from forcible transfer, which is prohibited regardless of motive.
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Apr 30
While #Israel continues to consider a ground offensive in #Rafah, too often are the warnings of jurists and humanitarians that its rejection of the fundamental rules of the law of armed conflict - leading to atrocities - are disregarded. If you won't listen to us, perhaps you would Israel's head of the military justice system?Image
In her confidential letter to Israeli military commanders from February, the Military Advocate General writes: "#Israel's use of force, in general, is professional and lawful. However, we have encountered breaches of orders and norms, which include the use of force not justified by military necessity, including against [#Palestinian] detainees; pillage, including seizing private property with no military necessity; and the destruction of civilian property against orders. The instances cross from disciplinary infractions into criminality."Image
The "criminality" to which the #Israeli MAG refers is in fact, the grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits wilful killing, torture, or inhuman treatment, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury, and extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly.Image
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Apr 13
BREAKING: #Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara admits, in a legal opinion submitted for review by the government tomorrow (Sunday), that it has annexed the occupied West Bank (in grave breach of international law). See for details: Image
1/3 The #Israeli government is set to allocate an additional 40 million ILS to 'Ariel University,' located in a West Bank settlement of the same name, due to its exclusion from international academic collaboration and exchange programs.
2/3 In her legal opinion, #Israel's Attorney General refers to 'Judea and Samaira' (the West Bank) as "geographic areas coming under the (authority) of the Government of Israel on 5 June 1967."
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