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Conclusion and
Recommendations
We,
the PHRMG, have tried
our best to summarize
the events of the
second year of the
Palestinian Uprising,
and came out with the
following conclusions:
1)
It is crystal clear
that the level of
violence, killing and
blood shed has
considerably increased
in the second year of
the Uprising. Violence
has become a common
and normal part of the
lives of the
Palestinians and
Israelis. The Israeli
soldiers don’t
hesitate to shoot and
kill Palestinians for
the simplest reason,
or even without
reason. About 159
Palestinian children
under the age of 18
have been killed in
the second year of the
Uprising by the hands
of the Israeli Forces.
Sometimes the Israeli
soldiers caught
Palestinian civilians
and killed them in
cold blood, like the
case of the four
Palestinian workers
who were killed on
1/9/2002 in Bani Naim,
near Hebron.
2)
Poverty has spread
very widely in the
Palestinian society,
due to the Israeli
measures in the
Occupied Territories.
Israeli closure and
checkpoints have cut
the West Bank and Gaza
Strip to numerous
pieces of isolated
towns, villages and
refugee camps. A
report published in
August 2002 by John
Hopkins University, in
cooperation with
al-Quds University,
said that one of every
five Palestinian
children suffer from
anemia. The Israeli
Army, with its
numerous penetration
operations in all the
regions of the West
Bank and Gaza Strip,
has struck fatal blows
to the Palestinian
economy, and almost
completely destroyed
its infrastructure.
3)
After the massive
Israeli military
operation in the
Occupied Territories
which began in late
March 2002, and the
killing of hundreds of
Palestinians, many of
them civilians, and
the destruction of
Palestinian
institutions, homes
and streets, it has
become a mockery to
talk about a peace
process. The current
Israeli government
doesn’t offer any
political horizon, on
the contrary, it only
uses force to repress
the Palestinians and
exercise its strength.
4)
While the Israeli
military aggression on
the Occupied
Territories continues,
the Israeli media try
continually to find
excuses for all the
practices of the
Israeli Army in the
West Bank and Gaza
Strip. They easily
find explanations for
crimes committed in
cold blood by Israeli
soldiers. Such crimes
are frequently defined
as “ways to fight
the Palestinian
terrorism.”
Recommendations
The
Palestinian suffering
should not be endless.
The Israeli occupation
in the Occupied
Territories has to
end, sooner or later.
The Israeli violations
to the principles and
articles of human
rights have passed all
the red lines. A third
party has to intervene
to put an end to the
current conflict. The
humiliation and
degradation of
Palestinians by the
Israeli Army, and the
killing and
destruction by the
Israeli Military Force
has to stop. The root
of the problem is the
occupation, not the
resistance of the
occupation.
1)
The Palestinian Human
Rights Monitoring
Group calls upon the
Israeli people and the
Israeli government to
acknowledge the fact
that the Israeli
occupation in
Palestinian
Territories is the
cause of the lack of
peace and security.
Withdrawal to the
lines of 4th
June 1967 will be the
solution to the
conflict. The military
force doesn’t
achieve any results.
The Palestinians have
to get their national
and political rights.
They have to be
treated with respect
and dignity.
2)
The Israeli government
has to respect and
abide to all human
rights principles. It
is the party that is
capable of
re-establishing trust
between the two
peoples. The unjust
Israeli practices in
the Occupied
Territories only build
more walls between the
two sides, and this
will not lead
anywhere, and will not
achieve peace. PHRMG
suggests the following
initiatives as a step
to rebuild trust
between the two sides:
A-
Release of Palestinian
prisoners who were
arrested after
February 2002, unless
convicted with serious
crimes.
B-
Withdrawal from all
Palestinian cities and
towns that were
reoccupied after March
2002.
C-
Lifting of closure and
removal of checkpoints
in the Occupied
Territories, and
allowing Palestinians
freedom of movement.
D-
Allowing thousands of
Palestinians to go
back to their places
of work inside Israel.
4)
The International
Community, especially
the American
Administration has a
responsibility towards
the conflict in the
region, since the US
is the major ally and
supporter of Israel.
The UN also has a
responsibility to make
all parties abide to
the international law,
and implement the
rules of human rights.
The International
Community must provide
immediate assistance
to the Palestinians in
all fields; health,
education, economy,
agriculture and
industry.
5)
The UN has to
immediately send
international
observers to the
Occupied Territories
to monitor and stop
all kinds of
violations and
attacks, from both
sides. The two
parties, Israel and
the Palestinians, have
to accept this and
show their utmost
cooperation in this
track.
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