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GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Popular Resistance Movement described the Palestinian Authority&#8217;s decision to return to negotiations with the Israeli occupation as &#8220;a relinquishment of Palestinian constants&#8221;.</p>
<p>U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the resumption of the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, and pointed out that the Israeli and Palestinian delegations will soon begin negotiations in Washington.</p>
<p>An official source in the Popular Resistance Movement said in a press statement that his movement rejects the Palestinian Authority&#8217;s decision to return to negotiations with the occupation since it &#8220;does not reflect the will of the Palestinian people.&#8221;</p>
<p>He stressed that the only way to achieve freedom and liberation is to complete the Palestinian reconciliation process and end the division</p>
<p>For their part, independent Palestinian figures displayed complete rejection to the resumption of negotiations and to the freezing of the reconciliation.</p>
<p>They pointed out that the people&#8217;s anger is rising day after day as a result of the deteriorating economic situation and the high rate of unemployment and crime, and urged the Palestinian people to unite against all those who have been enhancing the division.</p>
<p>The Islamic Jihad movement considered that a return to negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the Jewish state under American auspices &#8220;a waste of time and an attempt to impose a fait accompli&#8221;, adding that the negotiations serve only the occupation&#8217;s interests.</p>
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<h3>LAW</h3>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong> &#8220;States may not deport or transfer parts of their own civilian population into a territory they occupy.&#8221;</strong></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Summary</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">State practice establishes this rule as a norm of customary international law applicable in international armed conflicts.</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;"> International armed conflicts</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">The prohibition on deporting or transferring parts of a State’s own civilian population into the territory it occupies is set forth in the Fourth Geneva Convention.[1]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>It is a grave breach of Additional Protocol I.[2]</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, “the transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies”</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">constitutes a war crime</span> <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">in international armed conflicts</span><span style="text-decoration:underline;">.</span><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">[3]</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Many military manuals prohibit the deportation or transfer by a party to the conflict of parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies.[4]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>This rule is included in the legislation of numerous States.[5]</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Official statements and reported practice also support the prohibition on transferring one’s own civilian population into occupied territory.[6]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Attempts to alter the demographic composition of an occupied territory have been condemned by the UN Security Council.[7]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">In 1992, it called for the cessation of attempts to change the ethnic composition of the population, anywhere in the former Yugoslavia.[8]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Similarly, the UN General Assembly and UN Commission on Human Rights have condemned settlement practices.[9]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">According to the final report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Dimensions of Population Transfer, including the Implantation of Settlers and Settlements, “the implantation of settlers” is unlawful and engages State responsibility and the criminal responsibility of individuals.[10]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">In 1981, the 24th International Conference of the Red Cross reaffirmed that “settlements in occupied territory are incompatible with article 27 and 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention”.[11]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">In the Case of the Major War Criminals in 1946, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg found two of the accused guilty of attempting the “Germanization” of occupied territories.[12]</span></p>
<p><strong>References</strong></p>
<p><em>[1] Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49, sixth paragraph (cited in Vol. II, Ch. 38, § 334).</em></p>
<p><em>[2] Additional Protocol I, Article 85(4)(a) (adopted by consensus) (ibid., § 335).</em></p>
<p><em>[3] ICC Statute, Article 8(2)(b)(viii) (ibid., § 336).</em></p>
<p><em>[4] See, e.g., the military manuals of Argentina (ibid., §§ 346–347), Australia (ibid., § 348), Canada (ibid., § 349), Croatia (ibid., § 350), Hungary (ibid., § 351), Italy (ibid., § 352), Netherlands (ibid., § 353), New Zealand (ibid., § 354), Spain (ibid., § 355), Sweden (ibid., § 357), Switzerland (ibid., § 357), United Kingdom (ibid., § 358) and United States (ibid., § 359).</em></p>
<p><em>[5] See, e.g., the legislation of Armenia (ibid., § 361), Australia (ibid., §§ 362–363), Azerbaijan (ibid., §§ 364–365), Bangladesh (ibid., § 366), Belarus (ibid., § 367), Belgium (ibid., § 368), Bosnia and Herzegovina (ibid., § 369), Canada (ibid., §§ 371–372), Congo (ibid., § 373), Cook Islands (ibid., § 374), Croatia (ibid., § 375), Cyprus (ibid., § 376), Czech Republic (ibid., § 377), Germany (ibid., § 379), Georgia (ibid., § 380), Ireland (ibid., § 381), Mali (ibid., § 384), Republic of Moldova (ibid., § 385), Netherlands (ibid., § 386), New Zealand (ibid., §§ 387–388), Niger (ibid., § 390), Norway (ibid., § 391), Slovakia (ibid., § 392), Slovenia (ibid., § 393), Spain (ibid., § 394), Tajikistan (ibid., § 395), United Kingdom (ibid., §§ 397–398), Yugoslavia (ibid., § 399) and Zimbabwe (ibid., § 400); see also the draft legislation of Argentina (ibid., § 360), Burundi (ibid., § 370), Jordan (ibid., § 382), Lebanon (ibid., § 383) and Trinidad and Tobago (ibid., § 396).</em></p>
<p><em>[6] See, e.g., the statements of Kuwait (ibid., § 405) and United States (ibid., §§ 406–407) and the reported practice of Egypt (ibid., § 402) and France (ibid., § 403).</em></p>
<p><em>[7] See, e.g., UN Security Council, Res. 446 , 452 and 476 (ibid., § 408), Res. 465 (ibid., § 409) and Res. 677 (ibid., § 410).</em></p>
<p><em>[8] UN Security Council, Res. 752 (ibid., § 411).</em></p>
<p><em>[9] See, e.g., UN General Assembly, Res. 36/147 C, 37/88 C, 38/79 D, 39/95 D and 40/161 D (ibid., § 412) and Res. 54/78 (ibid., § 405); UN Commission on Human Rights, Res. 2001/7 (ibid., § 413).</em></p>
<p><em>[10] UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights, Final report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Dimensions of Population Transfer, including the Implantation of Settlers and Settlements (ibid., § 415).</em></p>
<p><em>[11] 24th International Conference of the Red Cross, Res. III (ibid., § 419).</em></p>
<p><em>[12] International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Case of the Major War Criminals, Judgement (ibid., § 421).</em></p>
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