THE FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW BY THE ZIONIST APARTHEID REGIME OF ISRAEL REGARDING THE APARTHEID WALL IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE CONTINUES

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THE FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW BY THE ZIONIST APARTHEID REGIME OF ISRAEL REGARDING THE APARTHEID WALL IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE CONTINUES
by Benjamin Merhav

More than 4 years ago, on 9 July 2004, at the request of the United Nations,the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued an Advisory Opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Court made clear that the construction of the Wall and the settlements were illegal.

Here is how stopthewall.org described the historic event :



Above: The Apartheid Wall in Abu Dis.
'The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, despite intense pressure from Israel, the US and EU Governments, confirms what Palestinians and the world have known since the beginning of its planning and construction - THE WALL IS ILLEGAL!

Citing the Right to Self Determination, the Fourth Geneva Convention, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, relevant human rights and humanitarian law, as well as the Rights to Freedom of Movement,Work, Education, Health, Food and Water, Religion and the Right of the Child, the ICJ voted 14-1 that 'construction of the wall and its associated regime are contrary to international law' that Israel must immediately cease construction of the Wall in all areas,dismantle parts already build and repeal any legislation or regulation relating to the Wall and that Israel must make reparations for damages caused by construction of the Wall.

The ICJ reiterates the illegality of Israeli settlements and their relationship to the Wall's path, referring to the Wall's unilateral demarcation of a new border in the West Bank, seizure and destruction of property, the effective annexation of occupied lands and settlements and the demographic changes within Palestine as a result of the Wall's construction. In an important assertion, the Court fully disregards the relevance of the Israeli position that the Wall is for 'security' or 'self defense.'

In the introduction to its website the Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign organisation states as follows :

'Palestinian grassroots
Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
The Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign is a coalition of Palestinian non governmental organizations and popular committees that mobilize and coordinate efforts on local, national and international levels. These efforts are focused upon stopping and dismantling the Apartheid Wall, and resisting Israeli occupation and colonization.

A call for a coordinated, popular, and grassroots effort to tear down the Wall came out of Jerusalem on the 2nd of October 2002, from the office of the Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON). From this moment the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign was born. The Campaign initiated its work on three levels: acting as the voice of communities locally; mobilization and coordination nationally; and additionally as part of the global struggle against colonization, war and racism.'

The following current news items are reported by the website. The first is about the murder of a Palestinian young boy by the the zionist occupation army in the village of Ni'lin. The second reports the zionist 'legalisation' of the wall and the land robbery near the Palestinian village of Jayyus. The third reports the continuation of Palestinian resistance to the wall.

http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1701.shtml
Ahmad Mousa, 12 year old boy, murdered in Ni'lin by the Occupation
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, July 29th, 2008

At 5 pm today, the Occupation forces in Ni'lin shot Ahmad Husam Yousef Mousa, a 12-year-old boy from the village.

Afterthe demonstration had finished, Ahmad was sitting under a tree when alive bullet pierced his head. The boy died immediately. His funeralwill be held tomorrow morning. The village of Ni'lin has been holdingcontinuous protests against the Wall for over 80 days with the supportof national and international activists.

The murder of AhmadMousa today comes after a series of other oppressive tactics by theOccupation forces, including an imposed 5 day complete siege and curfewon the village from July 4 to July 9 2008. These are seen as attemptsto repress the mobilization of the people fighting against theconstruction of the Wall; the Wall that, upon completion, will isolatethe village of Ni'lin from their lands and livelihoods.

Themurder of the child follows a clear pattern the Occupation hasestablished, in which they have killed youth in other villages in theRamallah district where people were staging ever more powerfuldemonstrations and protests against the Apartheid Wall in defense oftheir lands and futures. On July 8, 2005 they killed 15 year oldMahyoub Assi in Beit Liqiya. On May 14, 2005 Jamal Jaber, 15 years old,and Uday Mofeed, 14, were murdered in the same village, and on April19, 2004 Diya', 24 years old.
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http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1700.shtml


A change in the route of the Apartheid Wall near Jayyus sanctions the land confiscation

Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, July 28th, 2008

Aftera five-year battle against the Apartheid Wall, the Occupation courtspresented the villagers in Jayyous with a decision that de factosanctions both the Wall and the settlement expansion that it secures.

TheIsraeli Occupation Authorities agreed to change the route of theApartheid Wall near Jayyus village to the north of Qalqiliya, byreplacing a 2.4-kilometer stretch with 4.9 kilometers of Wall closer tothe Green Line (approximately 4 kilometers inside the West Bank).

Thechange in the route of the Apartheid Wall will return 2,609 dunums (outof almost 9,000 dunums) of agricultural land to its Palestinian owners,while 5,585 dunums will be confiscated once and for all and will beused for settlement expansion plans. A further 277 dunums of land willbe razed for the new path of the Wall. Farmers will be completely cutoff from their lands that are on the other side of the Wall as thegates in this section of the Wall will be completely closed.

Thesettlement of Zufim is slated to swallow much of the annexed landtogether with an industrial zone the Occupation will build on theagricultural lands of Jayyous. The construction of infrastructure forthe new part of the settlement called 'North Zufim' has already begun.Construction of an electricity network has started and the creation ofhousing units is imminent.

Once again the Occupation promotes acourt decision as a concession that presumably is to 'legalize' theWall. Yet, it simply seals the farmers' fate of dispossession. The Wallis not less illegal and no less a tool of colonization and settlementexpansion; furthermore, Palestinians do not fight to re-route the Wallbut to tear it down.

This land grab is only the most recent in along history of colonization Jayyous has faced. After 1948, 'Ra'anana'was built on part of the village's land. Later on, Zufim settlement wasbuilt on the land that remained. Using the Wall, Occupation forces haveuntil now isolated some 70% of Jayyous' farmland and six out ofJayyous' seven artesian wells. They have uprooted over 6,000 olivetrees. 85% of the people in the village were farmers working in theirfields or tending cattle who are now, for the major part, unemployed.


Above:This map drawn up by the Occupation authorities was handed over to thepeople in Jayyous. The pink line shows the current path of the Wall;the blue and red line the path of the Wall approved yesterday; theyellow line a proposal that has been discarted. The green line at thebottom marks a proposed change of the Wall's path that is still underdiscussion in the Occupation courts. The blue areas mark Zufimsettlement and its expansion areas, Zufim north and the plannedindustrial zone to the east.
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http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1699.shtml

Al Ma'sra: Summer camps join the struggle against the Wall
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, July 25th, 2008

Youngpeople attending summer camps in areas surrounding al-Ma'sra todayjoined the village for their weekly demonstration against the ApartheidWall.

Over 200 people gathered in al-Ma'sra before marchingtowards the area where village land is being destroyed to make way forconstruction of the Wall. As they reached the site of construction,they were confronted by occupation forces. However, facing down thesoldiers the young people began pushing and pulling at the fence, andthe Occupation forces were unable to push them back.

Many of theyoung people involved in today's demonstrations are too young toremember the days before the Intifada, and have grown up withcontinuous siege, checkpoints, invasions and the destruction of theirfamily lands for the Wall.

However, the crimes of the occupationwill never become normal or acceptable to the Palestinian people, andthe new generation will not surrender to the occupation's creation offacts on the ground; the tactics of resistance will develop with eachnew generation.