Israel's occupation "is the main cause of violence"
RAMALLAH said the Israeli occupation and discrimination against the Palestinians were the main cause of "continuous cycles of violence," the UN report said on Tuesday.
A group of investigators appointed by the UN Human Rights Council last year to investigate "all the root causes" of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict said Israel clearly "did not intend" to end its occupation of Palestinian land.
Past UN recommendations have "focused too much on Israel," "indicating the asymmetric nature of the conflict and the reality of occupying one state by another," said research leader Navi Pillay. , former head of UN law in South Africa.
These recommendations "are not being implemented very well," he said. "This lack of enforcement is accompanied by a sense of impunity, clear evidence that Israel has no intention of ending the occupation, and continuing discrimination against the Palestinians, which is at the heart of the systematic recurrence of violations in both Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem and Israel."
However, the 18-page report concludes that "completing the work alone is not enough" and calls for further action to ensure that human rights are applied in the same way. An Israeli law banning the naturalization of Palestinians married to Israelis is an example of Israel giving Arab minorities "a different civil status, rights and legal protection," the report said.
The UN convened a commission of inquiry last year after Israel's 11-day war in Gaza in May 2021, which killed 260 Palestinians. Israel refused to cooperate in the investigation, and its foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it was a "search for witches" and that the report was "partial."
However, Palestinian Authority spokesman Ibrahim Melhem said any international investigation and reports that Israel had been convicted and punished were "welcome".
He said: "We call on the UN to avoid guilt and hold Israel accountable, impose sanctions on Israel and not allow it to go unpunished for the crimes it has committed against the Palestinians. be committed by other crimes. "
Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National Initiative said: "This report marks the beginning of the end of Israeli apartheid, as it is no longer possible for any Israeli supporter to defend it."
Ammar Hijazi, a diplomat at the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: "Reports and statements are no longer enough in the face of the main crimes of racial discrimination in Israel against the Palestinians and effective practical measures. Steps must be taken to end the injustices of the Palestinian people. I don't want a thousand messages, but a step towards stopping repression and ending work.
UN investigators have received some information for their report from your Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq. "The mandate given to them by the Human Rights Council to become a standing committee looking for the roots of the problem, and not for a time, is unparalleled," said Al-Haq Director Shawan Jabarin.
For the first time, a commission was set up to investigate violations and racial discrimination that took place in Israel. The three members of the committee have extensive experience in investigating human rights and violations of international law at the international level.
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This is important international news ... and it represents and represents a moral victory for the Palestinians. He points to Israel's irresponsibility for the crimes he has committed against the Palestinians. The report does not mean the end of the journey and the commission plays an important role in passing on its messages to the ICC.
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