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| | Palestinian territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In 1947, the United Nations Partition Plan proposed a division of the mandated territory between an Arab and a Jewish state, with Jerusalem and the surrounding area to be a corpus separatum under a special international regime. | | | Many advocates use the term "Palestinian territories" to imply that these ought to belong to the Palestinians — or that they already do, either by right or by international law. | | | The participating High Contracting Parties call upon the Occupying Power to fully and effectively respect the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to refrain from perpetrating any violation of the Convention. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_territories
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| | Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Israel, The Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Palestinian Authority ... |
| | According to the Palestinian human rights group Law in the Service of Man (al-Haq), P.A. police arrested Bahar on May 25, apparently without a warrant, and his family was prevented from visiting him. | | | Palestinian security services continued to operate with impunity, despite recurring cases of torture, arbitrary arrests, and prolonged detention without charge or trial. | | | While court challenges to discrimination were sometimes successful, the process often took years, and court rulings frequently were not applicable to other cases or were not fully implemented by the government. |
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http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/mideast/israel.html
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| | ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Country Update: The Palestinian Territories |
| | Many Palestinians have petitioned to the Israeli Supreme Court to be compensated for the loss of their homes and property. | | | Several agreements were later signed between the Israelis and the Palestinians, giving the Palestinian Authority a certain degree of control and jurisdiction over the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. | | | The "Civil Administration" is responsible for policies and practices that lead to internal displacement; in most cases, it is also the sole arbitrator and judge for IDPs seeking legal remedy. |
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http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/480fa8736b88bbc3c12564f6004c8ad5/377a8dc37d82f4fec1256d9400334607?OpenDocument
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| | BBC NEWS Middle East Country profiles Country profile: Israel and Palestinian territories |
| | It says the structure is necessary to protect Israel from Palestinian suicide bombers, but the International Court of Justice has said the barrier breaches international law. | | | Radio and TV stations were destroyed, including, in January 2002, the premises of the Palestinian Authority's TV and radio stations in Ramallah. | | | Control of the official radio and TV was transferred from the PLO and the Palestinian Authority to the information minister in 2005. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/803257.stm
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| | Palestinian National Authority |
| | A Palestinian Constitution Committee was endorsed with the task of drafting a text in November 1999 and Nabeel Shaath was appointed its Chairman. | | | The Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip (Oslo II or Taba Agreement) agreed upon on September 28, 1995, specifies its form and capacities. | | | All its acts are nevertheless subject to review by Israel. |
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http://www.pna.gov.ps/Government/gov/palestinian_legislative_council.asp
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| | Human Rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: New World Outlook, September/October 1999 Issue on ... |
| | In the Occupied Territories, the building of settlements is in direct contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a contracting party. | | | The concern of The United Methodist Church for peace with justice in the Holy Land has prompted General Conference resolutions on human rights and justice. | | | Documents such as employment records or proof of bill payments must be submitted as evidence of the applicant's continuous physical presence in Jerusalem. |
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http://gbgm-umc.org/nwo/99so/israel.html
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| | Remarks With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas After Their Meeting |
| | Were you referring to the wall or to the law of annexing Palestinian land in Jerusalem? | | | So, there should be no doubt about the commitment of the United States. | | | We didn’t try to mislead anyone, nor did we promise to do anything we didn’t intend to do in the future. |
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http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/41934.htm
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| | PCHR Weekly Reoprt |
| | PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to comply with its legal obligations detailed in article 146 of the Convention to search for and prosecute those responsible for grave breaches, namely war crimes. | | | PCHR requests that the international community follow the advisory opinion of the ICJ when it called on the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention, through the UNGA and UNSC, to take effective measures to stop the construction of the annexation wall in the | | | PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to convene a conference to take effective steps to ensure |
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http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2005/06-01-2005.htm
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| | "Occupied Territories or Disputed Territories?" |
| | This language was not just chosen for rhetorical purposes but in order to invoke specific legal claims: For example, Palestinian insistence on using the term "occupied territories" is usually connected to the assertion that they fall under the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention. | | | Israel's transfer of government functions under the Oslo Agreements greatly strengthens Israel's case that the main international conventions relevant to military occupations do not apply. | | | Under the Oslo Agreements, Israel transferred specific powers from its military government in the West Bank and Gaza to the newly created Palestinian Authority. |
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http://www.jcpa.org/art/brief1-1.htm
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| | Center for Economic and Social Rights Occupied Palestinian Territories |
| | As such, these policies may well be in violation of Israel’s legal obligations as an occupying power, as laid out in the Fourth Geneva Convention. | | | The database will be made available to the public with certain privacy restrictions. | | | Palestinians have been faced with a form of double repression - both from Israel and from their own nascent government. |
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http://cesr.org/palestine
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| | A Virtual Travel to the Palestinian territories Gaza and the West Bank - Destination Palestine |
| | Under the DOP, Israel agreed to transfer certain powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority, which includes the Palestinian Legislative Council elected in January 1996, as part of the interim self-governing arrangements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. | | | List of Representative Offices to The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) | | | Government: Limited civilian jurisdiction by the Palestinian National Authority, the interim administrative organization that nominally governs parts of the Palestinian territories of Gaza strip and West Bank. |
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http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/palestine.htm
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| | WorldLII - Categories - Countries - Palestinian Autonomous Territories |
| | Free material includes all inforce legislation as published in the Palestinian Authority "Palestine Gazette" from 1994, selected case law from all periods of rule, texts of international legal documents dealing with Palestine - declarations, accords, agreements, protocols, peace process, legal library catalogue, legal dictionary, news archives and legal links. | | | Al-Muqtafi - Palestinian Legal and Judicial System [Search | | | Comprehensive subscription legal website including all legislation enacted in Palestine covering the various periods of rule - Ottoman, British Mandate, Egyptian in Gaza, Jordanian in the West Bank, Israeli Occupation and Palestinian Authority. |
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http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2756.html
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| | Israel's dissection of Palestinian territories continues unabashed |
| | Seven per cent of the territory of the United States of America is more than the whole giant state of Texas. | | | Uri Avnery considers President Bush's call in Brussels for "a democratic Palestinian state with territorial contiguity" and his warning that "a state on scattered territories will not work". | | | Seven per cent of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany is much more than the whole state of Saxony. |
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http://www.redress.btinternet.co.uk/uavnery115.htm
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