Ramallah- Human Rights and Democracy Media Center- SHAMS, strongly condemns the crimes of murdering several Palestinians where lawyer Muhammad Assaf (34 years old) from Kufur Laqef Village- Qalqilia was murdered in cold blood. In Husan Village, to the west of Bethlehem, the Israeli forces murdered the 14 years old child Fuad Hamamra while murdred also the 20 years youngman Omar Ulayyan from Silwad- Ramallah. Additionally, the Israeli occupation forces murdered Mustafa Faisal Abu Al- Rob from Misilya Village- Jenin and Sha’s Kamamji- Kufur Dan Village- Jenin. SHAMS emphasized that targeting Palestinians, including children, is a crime and clear violation of Palestinians’ right to life. SHAMS emphasized that Palestinians right to life is violated on daily base while the international community is silent and hands- cuffed. The international community did not initiate in obligating the occupation state to stop its violations and nothing was done to account Israel for its crimes against Palestinians and its systematic violations of the international law.
SHAMS calls upon the United Nations to put the Israeli army on the black lists of armies that target children. The organization added that the hesitation of the United Nations to endorse the Israeli army within the black list, last year, represented a green light for Israel to proceed in its practices and violations and continue targeting children in particular, and Palestinians (as civilians) in general.
Human Rights and Democracy Media Center- SHAMS, stresses that the current practices and crimes of the Israeli army and killing more Palestinians, is interpretation of the Israeli Prime Minister (Naftali Bennett) orders, who authorized the army to deal brutally with Palestinians. According to SHAMS, the given instructions of the occupation’s PM are appropriate for militia and groups but not for armies. In this regard, SHAMS reminds that the origin of the Israeli army is the militia and groups including Irgun, Palmach, Sterin, Hagana, and other black listed groups and mercenaries.
SHAMS attributes the occupation state the responsibility for the unpreceded acceleration, which proves the false pretends of the occupation concerning predicted threats of attacks from Palestinians during the month of Ramadan, on which the occupation depended to justify its crimes against Palestinians. The reality proves that the Israeli politicians are liars and they are trying to deceive the world and promote false narrative. SHAMS emphasized the necessity to obligate Israel to abide to the international law and respect its commitments as the occupation power, especially according to Geneva Fourth Convention.
Human Rights and Democracy Media Center- SHAMS, calls upon the United Nations and its specialized commissions, especially the UNESCO, Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, and all the international NGOs to fulfill their legal and moral responsibilities to protect the Palestinians in general and children in particular.
SHAMS warned that the current acceleration of the attacks against the Palestinian civilians, might push the region towards an open- ended war where Israel is the sole responsible of all that. The organization calls upon the international community to act immediately and take responsibility to initiate in ending the crimes and the practices of the Israeli occupation state. It is time to obligate Israel, as occupation power, to stop its crimes against Palestinians and end its violations.
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