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NEGOTIATOR: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD HELP REVERSE ISRAELI DAMAGE
KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (Bernama) -- Chief Palestinian negotiator Dr Saeb Erakat has commemorated the sixth anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) opinion on the illegality of the Israeli wall on Palestinian land, by urging the international community to enforce international law within the occupied Palestinian territory.
He said that six years ago on July 9, the ICJ held that Israel, the
occupying power, could not oppress the rights of the Palestinians to satisfy its
own interests.
"The verdict called on Israel to dismantle the wall and compensate
Palestinians affected by its construction. However, Israel continues to act as a
state above the law and the wall continues to harm the lives of Palestinians,"
Dr Erakat said in a statement issued by the Palestinian embassy here today.
"We are witnessing colonisation in the 21st century, with Israel's
settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian territory, and the wall is one
of the ugliest manifestations of this grave violation of international law," he
stressed.
He pointed out that the wall separated farmers from their lands, children
from their schools, and families from each other.
"It is a land grab disguised as a security measure and its purpose is to
allow illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to expand. Simply
put, the wall is an integral part of a regime intent on heading in the direction
of apartheid."
Dr Erakat said that the settlement enterprise in general, and the wall,
specifically, destroyed the lives of the Palestinian people and the prospects
for a two-state solution.
He emphasised that for real change to occur, law-abiding states of the
international community must assume their responsibilities by actively
discouraging businesses and individuals from profiting from the illegal
settlement enterprise.
In its decision on July 9, 2004, among other things, the ICJ held that the
construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying power, in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and its
associated regime, were contrary to international law.
The court also said that Israel was under an obligation to terminate its
breaches of international law and cease construction work of the wall and
dismantle the structure.
The ICJ, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, gave this
opinion, following a request by the United Nations General Assembly for an
advisory opinion concerning the legal consequences of the construction of a wall
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
-- BERNAMA
He said that six years ago on July 9, the ICJ held that Israel, the
occupying power, could not oppress the rights of the Palestinians to satisfy its
own interests.
"The verdict called on Israel to dismantle the wall and compensate
Palestinians affected by its construction. However, Israel continues to act as a
state above the law and the wall continues to harm the lives of Palestinians,"
Dr Erakat said in a statement issued by the Palestinian embassy here today.
"We are witnessing colonisation in the 21st century, with Israel's
settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian territory, and the wall is one
of the ugliest manifestations of this grave violation of international law," he
stressed.
He pointed out that the wall separated farmers from their lands, children
from their schools, and families from each other.
"It is a land grab disguised as a security measure and its purpose is to
allow illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to expand. Simply
put, the wall is an integral part of a regime intent on heading in the direction
of apartheid."
Dr Erakat said that the settlement enterprise in general, and the wall,
specifically, destroyed the lives of the Palestinian people and the prospects
for a two-state solution.
He emphasised that for real change to occur, law-abiding states of the
international community must assume their responsibilities by actively
discouraging businesses and individuals from profiting from the illegal
settlement enterprise.
In its decision on July 9, 2004, among other things, the ICJ held that the
construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying power, in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and its
associated regime, were contrary to international law.
The court also said that Israel was under an obligation to terminate its
breaches of international law and cease construction work of the wall and
dismantle the structure.
The ICJ, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, gave this
opinion, following a request by the United Nations General Assembly for an
advisory opinion concerning the legal consequences of the construction of a wall
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
-- BERNAMA
