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3 December 2013 Since the resumption of the peace process in July, Israel has destroyed 207 Palestinian homes and property in the occupied West Bank, displacing 311 Palestinians, over half of whom are children[i] These demolitions, in areas under Israeli control, have driven Palestinian families from their communities and their land, increasing poverty and the need for humanitarian assistance. Such demolition of civilian property is in direct violation of International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law, which prohibits demolitions carried out without military necessity. Demolitions often occur to facilitate the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements, with 60 percent of demolitions occurring in Palestinian communities close to settlement zones. We the undersigned call for an immediate end to these demolitions. |
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1. Action Against Hunger (ACF) 2. ActionAid 3. Amnesty International 4. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) 5. CARE International 6. The Carter Center 7. CCFD – Terre Solidaire 8. Christian Aid 9. Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) 10. Cordaid 11. DanChurchAid 12. Diakonia 13. Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) 14. Heinrich Böll Stiftung 15. Help Age 16. Human Rights Watch (HRW) 17. ICCO 18. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 19. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) 20. Islamic Relief World Wide 21. Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC) 22. Kvinna til Kvinna 23. The Lutheran World Federation 24. Medical Aid for Palestinians – MAP UK 25. medico international 26. Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) 27. Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) 28. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) 29. Oxfam 30. Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) 31. Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW) 32. Save the Children 33. Secours Islamique France 34. Terre des hommes Italy 35. Terre des hommes CH (Switzerland) 36. World Vision Jerusalem-West Bank- Gaza |
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[i] Figures from 28 July 2013- 2 December 2013, Protection of Civilians Database, OCHA |
Document Sources: Association of International Development Agencies
Subject: House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation, Palestine question
Publication Date: 03/12/2013