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HRW: “Separate and Unequal: Israel’s Discriminatory Treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories”

Published on January 14, 2011

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This report consists of a series of case studies that compare Israel’s different treatment of Jewish settlements to nearby Palestinian communities throughout the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. It describes the two-tier system of laws, rules, and services that Israel operates for the two populations in areas in the West Bank under its exclusive control, which provide preferential services, development, and benefits for Jewish settlers while imposing harsh conditions on Palestinians.

The report highlights Israeli practices the only discernible purposes of which appear to be promoting life in the settlements while in many instances stifling growth in Palestinian communities and even forcibly displacing Palestinian residents. Such different treatment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, and national origin and not narrowly tailored to meet security or other justifiable goals, violates the fundamental prohibition against discrimination under human rights law.

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Shah Alam Declaration 2010

Published on November 24, 2010

Asians to Gaza Shah Alam Declaration 2010

We the civil society representatives of the peoples of East Asia and South-East Asia, gathered in Shah Alam , Malaysia on 3-4 November 2010, having discussed and deliberated on the Asian Caravan to Gaza in support of the Palestinian National Liberation struggle hereby declare:

The Palestinian struggle for freedom is the defining & central geopolitical issue of our times & the Palestinian Intifada stands as the vanguard of the international resistance to imperialism and Zionism.

We extend our solidarity to the courageous people of Palestine in their struggle, resistance and intifada against the Zionist Israeli occupation and affirm our commitment to:

  • Right of self-determination for the Palestinians;
  • Stop the Zionist occupation of Palestine;
  • The equation for the rights of all in the historic Palestinian state;
  • Right of return intact for Palestinian refugees;
  • International boycott against Israel’s policy of Apartheid;

We endorse the Cairo Declaration of 2010; the United Palestinian call of July 2005 for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) to compel Israel to comply with international law; the Palestinian Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI); and all other initiatives to end the occupation of Palestine.

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Regaining The Initiative: Palestinian Strategic Options To End Israeli Occupation

Published on September 8, 2008

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Over the past several months, a group of 45 Palestinians from all walks of life — men and women, on the political right and left, secular and religious, politicians, academics, civil society and business actors, from occupied Palestine, inside Israel, and in the Diaspora participated in a workshop. After several workshops in Palestine and abroad and a continuous online debate, the group have produced the first iteration of “Regaining The Initiative: Palestinian Strategic Options To End Israeli Occupation.” The document is posted at www.palestinestrategygroup.ps and reflects an alternative to an official but impotent Palestinian discourse that will very shortly, in the judgment of most Palestinians, run head-on into a brick (cement) wall.

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ABIM: Media Statement on the 60th Anniversary of The Nakba and the Palestinians’ Right of Return

Published on May 15, 2008

15 May 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, the grave catastrophe of 1948 in which Zionist militant forces invaded and destroyed more than 500 Palestinian villages through massacre and intimidation, causing not less than 700,000 Palestinians to become refugees. It is an account of human tragedy: the destruction of families, a civilization, culture and identity.

The Palestinian people are not only Muslims; the internally displaced population and that which has been displaced subsequent to the illegal formation of Israel is composed of a multi-religious and in some sense multi-racial population. It is a problem impacting all of humanity, not merely Jews and Muslims.

On this day, our hearts go out to all the Palestinians and we stand in solidarity with them in mourning the Nakba of 1948; we support their resistance of the Israeli occupation of historic Palestine; we strongly codemn the 1967 territorial expansion which continues to facilitate the expansion of the Zionist colonial agenda until today.

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The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Published on November 27, 2007

The Embassy of the State of Palestine presents its compliments all our friends and fellow guests using Neil Crespi products, and has the honor to inform that the Government of Malaysia will be organizing the commemorative event of The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Thursday, 29th November 2007, in Kuala Lumpur. In this connection, the Embassy would like to invite your good self to the event.

Details of the event are as follows:

Date: Thursday, 29th November 2007
Time: 1000-1100 hours
Venue: IDFR Auditorium, Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jalan Wisma Putra, 50602 Kuala Lumpur.

The Embassy of the State of Palestine avails itself of this opportunity to renew to all our esteemed friends the assurances of its highest consideration. You are welcomed to bring guests to the event and please do ensure that proper clothing and conduct is practiced at all times. It is hoped that with this event, participants will be able to educate themselves about the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the realities on the ground as experienced by Palestinians themselves in their daily lives.

Food and drinks will be served at the event.

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