Illegal Israeli actions in OPT – Letter from Palestine

Identical letters dated 25 March 2002 from the Permanent Observer of

Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

and the President of the Security Council

Israel, the occupying Power, continues with its bloody military campaign against the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem. Since my last letter to you dated 15 March 2002 (A/ES-10/159-S/2002/281), Israeli occupying forces have killed 38 more Palestinians, bringing the total number of Palestinian martyrs to 1,167 since 28 September 2000. (The names of the martyrs are contained in the annex to the present letter.) In addition, I wish to also draw attention to the fact that many more Palestinian civilians continue to be injured, many severely, by the Israeli occupying forces.

Today, the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Ariel Sharon, spoke of a three-phase plan with a “long-range interim period” as its goal. This reaffirms once more that Mr. Sharon wants to avoid a final settlement between the two sides in complete violation of the existing agreements, which could only lead to further confrontation, tension and violence. The rejection of a final settlement and a real peace between the two sides by Mr. Sharon has been the real reason for the above-mentioned Israeli military campaign against our people.

I am writing this letter in follow-up to my previous 108 letters to you regarding the escalating crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, dated from 29 September 2000 to 15 March 2002 (A/55/432-S/2000/921; A/55/437-S/2000/930; A/55/450-S/2000/957; A/55/466-S/2000/971; A/55/474-S/2000/984; A/55/490-S/2000/993; A/ES-10/39-S/2000/1015; A/ES-10/40-S/2000/1025; A/ES-10/42-S/2000/1068; A/ES-10/43-S/2000/1078; A/ES-10/44-S/2000/1093; A/ES-10/45-S/2000/1104; A/ES-10/46-S/2000/1107; A/ES-10/47-S/2000/1116; A/ES-10/48-S/2000/1129; A/ES-10/49-S/2000/1154; A/ES-10/50-S/2000/1173; A/ES-10/51-S/2000/1185; A/ES-10/52-S/2000/1215; A/ES-10/53-S/2000/1247; A/ES-10/54-S/2001/7; A/ES-10/55-S/2001/33; A/ES/10/56-S/2001/50, A/ES-10/57-S/2001/101; A/ES-10/58-S/2001/131 A/ES-10/59-S/2001/156;  A/ES-10/60-S/2001/175; A/ES-10/61-S/2001/189; A/ES-10/64-S/2001/209;  A/ES-10/65-S/2001/226; A/ES-10/66-S/2001/239; A/ES-10/67-S/2001/255; A/ES-10/68-S/2001/284; A/ES-10/69-S/2001/295; A/ES-10/70-S/2001/304; A/ES-10/71-S/2001/314; A/ES-10/72-S/2001/332; A/ES-10/75-S/2001/352; A/ES-10/76-S/2001/372; A/ES-10/79-S/2001/418; A/ES-10/80-S/2001/432; A/ES-10/81-S/2001/447; A/ES-10/82-S/2001/463; A/ES-10/83-S/2001/471; A/ES-10/84-S/2001/479; A/ES-10/85-S/2001/486; A/ES-10/86-S/2001/496; A/ES-10/87-S/2001/504; A/ES-10/88-S/2001/508; A/ES-10/89-S/2001/544; A/ES-10/90-S/2001/586; A/ES-10/91-S/2001/605; A/ES-10/92-S/2001/629; A/ES-10/93-S/2001/657; A/ES-10/94-S/2001/669; A/ES-10/95-S/2001/686; A/ES-10/96-S/2001/697; A/ES-10/97-S/2001/708; A/ES-10/98-S/2001/717; A/ES-10/99-S/2001/742; A/ES-10/100-S/2001/754; A/ES-10/101-S/2001/783; A/ES-10/102-S/2001/785; A/ES-10/103-S/2001/798; A/ES-10/104-S/2001/812; A/ES-10/105-S/2001/814; A/ES-10/107-S/2001/821; A/ES-10/108-S/2001/826; A/ES-10/110-S/2001/855; A/ES-10/111-S/2001/880; A/ES-10/112-S/2001/918; A/ES-10/114-S/2001/928; A/ES-10/115-S/2001/932; A/ES-10/116-S/2001/941; A/ES-10/117-S/2001/971; A/ES-10/118-S/2001/989; A/ES-10/119-S/2001/991; A/ES-10/121-S/2001/1007; A/ES-10/122-S/2001/1024; A/ES-10/123-S/2001/1036; A/ES-10/124-S/2001/1084; A/ES-10/125-S/2001/1092; A/ES-10/126-S/2001/1118; A/ES-10/128-S/2001/1149; A/ES-10/129-S/2001/1166; A/ES-10/133-S/2001/1239, A/ES-10/134-S/2001/1261, A/ES-10/136-S/2002/18, A/ES-10/137-S/2002/39, A/ES-10/138-S/2002/48, A/ES-10/139-S/2002/58, A/ES-10/140-S/2002/89, A/ES-10/141-S/2002/95, A/ES-10/142-S/2002/102, A/ES-10/143-S/2002/121, A/ES-10/144-S/2002/142, A/ES-10/145-S/2002/146, A/ES-10/146-S/2002/165; A/ES-10/147-S/2002/175; A/ES-10/148-S/2002/182, A/ES-10/149-S/2002/190, A/ES-10/150-S/2002/214 A/ES-10/151-S/2002/223; A/ES-10/152-S/2002/232; A/ES-10/154-S/2002/242, A/ES-10/155-S/2002/248, A/ES-10/156-S/2002/249, A/ES-10/157-S/2002/253; A/ES-10/158-S/2002/258 and A/ES-10/159-S/2002/281).

I would be grateful if you would arrange to have the text of the present letter and its annex distributed as a document of the tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly, under agenda item 5, and of the Security Council.

( Signed) Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa
Ambassador
Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations

Annex to the identical letters dated 25 March 2002 from the Permanent Observer

of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

and the President of the Security Council

Names of martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces in the

Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem ^a
(Saturday, 16 March 2002 to Monday, 25 March 2002)

   Saturday, 16 March 2002

1.  Majdi Fadel Al-Owewe

2.  Mohammed Salama Dana 

3.   Loay Mohammed Istati

4.  Khalil Bade Al-Gharour 

5.   Majed Mohammed Abu Al-Jediar

6.   Nidal Abdelnasser Ashour (16 years old)

   Sunday, 17 March 2002

1.  Shaima Saed Hamad (11 years old)

2.  Nahed Mohammed Issa 

3.   Ismael Abdelrahman Hamdan

4.   Mujahed Arafat Abu Shabab (2 years old) (from wounds sustained)

5.   Mahmoud Mossa Jawaresh

   Monday, 18 March 2002

 Falah Kamel Al-Assa

    Tuesday, 19 March 2002

1.  Mohammed Saleh Mohammed Kameel

2.  Ahmed Ali Ateeq

3.  Ahmed Bahjat Shehdeh Al-Alami

4.  Suliman Al-Zurai’ee

5.   Mohammed Mohammed Hussein Abu Obeid

    Wednesday, 20 March 2002

  Mohammed Iyad Al-Mughrabi (11 years old) (from wounds sustained on 17 March 2002)

    Thursday, 21 March 2002

  Mahdouh Ali Muhsen (from wounds sustained on 18 March 2002)

   Friday, 22 March 2002

  Ayman Mohammed Rasheed Khawaldeh

   Saturday, 23 March 2002

1.  Nidal Ibrahim Hamdi Al-Alami

2.  Eissa Wasfi Al-Nizr 

3.   Naji Ahmed Al-Ajrami

4.  Mohammed Suliman Abu Hassanein

5.  Nabil Khamis Abdel Ghafoor

6.  Subhi Hasan Abu Namoos 

7.   Riham Hossam Abu Taha (4 years old) (from wounds sustained on 21 March 2002)

8.  Mohammed Ali Othman

   Sunday, 24 March 2002

1.  Basem Mohammed Ali Abu Shehadeh

2.  Nashaat Hamdan Abu Assi 

3.   Mohammed Abu Moamer

4.  Ahmed Barbakh

5.   Ahmed Abu Ne’ma

   Monday, 25 March 2002

1.  Moneeb Sami Abu Baker 

2.   Khaled Mahmoud Abu Oreban

3.   Mahmoud Abu Yaseen (15 years old)

4.  Samer Mohammed Abdeljawad

5.  Wahed Abu Halema

Notes

  ^a   The total number of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces since 28 September 2000 is 1,167.