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<p>Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, claiming that the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) and its President, Mahmoud Abbas, are inciting against Israel, even after the resumption of direct peace talks.</p>
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<p>In his letter, Netanyahu told Kerry that the Palestinian Authority is “encouraging the Palestinians to hate Israel instead of encouraging coexistence”. </p>
<p> The letter claimed that, on July 29, President Mahmoud Abbas stated that the anticipated independent Palestinian State “will not have a single Israeli, whether a civilian or a soldier”.</p>
<p> Furthermore, Reuters reported that the letter indicated that a sports anchor of the official Palestinian TV, stated during a broadcast of the visit of the Barcelona Football Club to the occupied West Bank last week, that all Israeli settlements in the West Bank, described by Israel as towns and cities, are Palestinian.</p>
<p> Commenting on the issue in his letter, Netanyahu claimed that this type of speech is “hate education that encourages violence and terror”. </p>
<p> Reuters added that Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, an official of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), said that the letter of Netanyahu is just an attempt to divert the international attention from the ongoing and serious Israeli violations of International Law. </p>
<p> Netanyahu’s letter comes amidst ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories, and amidst a new Israeli decision to build 1096 illegal units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem.</p>
<p> Israel is ongoing with its illegal settlement construction and expansion activities in the occupied territories, in direct violation of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention. </p>
<p> Settlements, and the illegal Annexation Wall, have isolated the residents from their lands, and are turning the occupied territories into isolated ghettos, preventing a continuous Palestinian State. </p>
<p> It is worth mentioning that, late on Saturday at night, Netanyahu was moved to the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem, where surgeons performed umbilical hernia procedure earlier on Sunday morning. </p>
<p> The Jerusalem Post has reported that Netanyahu was scheduled to meet with his cabinet ministers on Sunday to finalize the release of Palestinian detainees as part of the efforts to resume direct peace talks with the Palestinians. </p>
<p> His office said that the Israeli cabinet’s ordinary session will be postponed, but the Ministerial Committee in charge of releasing the detainees will still convene Sunday, chaired by Defense Minister, Moshe Ya’alon. </p>
<p> The Jerusalem Post added that the second round of direct talks with the Palestinian Authority, scheduled for Wednesday, will be held as planned. </p>
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<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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