Today, the Palestinian people commemorate their ongoing
#Nakba
of 1948, endured collectively & the denial of their right to return. Palestinians still continue to endure ongoing Israeli settler-colonial & apartheid regime forcible transfer & appropriation policies & activities.
In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians are saying goodbye all over social media, expecting to be hit and killed by Israel's heavy shellings any moment now. Israel's attacks against Gaza must be brought to an end.
#GazaUnderAttack
#EndImpunity
🚨🚨Breaking: This morning, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided Al-Haq’s office in Ramallah, confiscated items and shut down the main entrance with an iron plate leaving behind a military order declaring the organization unlawful 1/2
1. We extend our appreciation to the 87 Member States who aligned with the calls of the Palestinian people & voted in favour of submitting the question for an Advisory Opinion!
#EndImpunity
Ireland is the first EU country to recognise and address that Israel's settlement enterprise constitutes annexation of Palestinian land. Ireland stood up in defense of human rights and became a beacon for the world to follow.
#AnnexationMotion
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1. Our team arrived at Al-Haq’s offices this morning & found the door, which IOF had bolted shut early morning, had been opened by the public, protesting against the targeting of civil society organizations!We assure you, Israel's arbitrary & unlawful actions will not silence us.
Our dear colleague in
#Gaza
, Mohammad Abu Rahmeh sent us this letter yesterday before we lost all contact with him & our other colleagues & loved ones due to intensified
#Israeli
bombardment of 2.3 million civilians. Read his words, demand a
#CeasefireNOW
#EndIsraeliImpunity
🚨 We condemn in the strongest terms the arrest of Ayman Lubad, researcher at
@pchrgaza
. Ayman was one of hundreds of Palestinians stripped, blindfolded, arrested by IOF in Beit Lahia. We demand the immediate release of Ayman & all Palestinians arbitrarily & illegally detained
🚨PCHR condemns the arrest of colleague Ayman Lubad.
♦️The Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemns in the strongest terms the arrest of our colleague Ayman Labad, a researcher in the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Unit, and is deeply concerned about his fate and…
🚨Breaking: Al-Haq’s G.D., Shawan Jabarin received a threatening call this morning from a person claiming to be from the (Shabak), requesting Shawan for interrogation & making threats of imprisonment & other measures if Al-Haq continues its work. We urge for immediate protection.
We welcome South Africa’s Principled Move to Pursue Justice for Israel’s Genocide against
#Palestinians
in
#Gaza
at the ICJ
@CIJ_ICJ
We urge the ICJ to expedite proceedings, due to the critical situation in
#Gaza
🚨Horrifying reports are emerging on the status of hospitals in Gaza!
Hospitals, patients, medical teams, and persons sheltering in health facilities are protected under international law!
#SanctionIsraelNow
#EndIsraeliImpunity
1/ What’s happening in
#Jenin
exposes the deliberate failure of int'l community to hold Israel accountable for systematic violations against the Palestinian people since
#AlNakba
. 75 years on, Palestinians continue to endure injustice, with their rights, dignity & lives at stake.
In a solidarity move - a group of representatives from various diplomatic missions are now meeting with representatives of the six organizations and discussing support for civil society in Palestine!
#StandWithThe6
The
#GazaGenocide
is ongoing.
We condemn in the strongest terms the killing of human rights defender, Dana Yaghy with 40 members of her family. We extend our deepest condolences to her remaining family and our dear colleagues at
@pchrgaza
. Nowhere is safe in
#Gaza
.
#CeasefireNOW
#Gaza
Testimonies: The horrors of
#Israel
’s siege of
#AlShifa_Hospital
: “We found my uncle’s sandals, but not a single trace of his body.…if there was just a trace of him, so we could take him and bury him. How will we be able to sleep? when we don’t know where his body is?”
Today at
#COP26
, Israel signed the Declaration on Forest and Land Use to end deforestation by 2030. Since 1967, Israel has uprooted 2,5 million trees in Palestine. Impunity must end.
#StandWithThe6
🚨 (Breaking News) 1/2 Al-Haq welcomes the statement by (12) UN experts & UN SRs calling on governments to resume (and increase support) & funding for the six Palestinian CSOs designated by Israel as ‘terrorist organisations’
#StandWithThe6
🚨We are delighted to announce the launch of our landmark report: ‘Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism’, exploring Israel’s settler colonial and apartheid regime imposed on the Palestinian people.
#DismantleApartheid
🚨 New evidence on the killing of
@AlJazeera
reporter Shireen Abu Akleh by our Forensic Architecture Investigation Unit &
@ForensicArchi
. Our advanced spatial technologies establish that Israel's report on the incident is false & deliberately misleading.
Palestinian Human Rights NGOs will not be Silenced, and Call on the International Community to take Concrete Actions to Rescind Barbarous Israeli Designations
🚨Extremely troubling news on the denial of Sahar Francis, General Director of
@Addameer
and a Palestinian HRD and lawyer to board her flight to US while at Ben Gurion (Lydd) airport, as she was traveling to Mexico to attend the World Social Forum.
#StandWithThe6
We have lost contact with colleagues in
#Gaza
from Al-Haq,
@AlMezanCenter
&
@pchrgaza
. We are extremely concerned for their safety & safety of all in
#Gaza
after
#Israel
imposed a communication blackout & escalated its indiscriminate bombing campaign against 2.3 million civilians
One of our colleagues living & working in
#Gaza
is one of 1.1 million
#Palestinians
who were ordered to leave their homes in the North of the Gaza Strip by
#Israel
. “It looked like we were re-living the
#Nakba
. Same scenes, same crowds walking and not knowing where to go”
As we have witnessed the horrifying brutal Israeli raid on
#Jenin
refugee camp, we remind the world that the 9 Palestinian lives taken today, could have been spared, if the world took action to end Israel’s settler-colonialism, apartheid & occupation & held Israel accountable 1/2
Strong show of support to the six civil society organizations, from the following diplomatic missions meeting now:
Denmark
Spain
Italy
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Chile
Mexico
European Mission
France
Belgium
Ireland
Netherlands
Poland
UK
Germany
Switzerland
#StandWithThe6
The Palestinian Civil Society organizations cordially invite you to attend a press conference on Saturday, 23 October, at 4:00 pm Jerusalem time, at Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law in Ramallah. The press conference will address and defy Israel’s widespread
🧵(1/4) Al-Haq welcomes
@amnesty
's joining to decades of Palestinian work & mounting recognition of
#IsraeliApartheid
. A recognition by an organization such as Amnesty working on global justice & universal
#humanrights
is huge & critical in unprecedent times of shrinking space
📃PCHR Condemns the Killing of PCHR Lawyer and Her Family by an
#Israeli
Airstrike on
#Rafah
♦️The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemn in the strongest terms the killing of our dear colleague, Nour Naser Abu Al-Nour and seven of her family members, including her…
9 EU states; Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain & Sweden reject Israel's designation of the prominent six Palestinian civil society organizations & would not change their policies on supporting them.
#StandWithThe6
90 organizations sent a joint submission to the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Palestine-CoI examining Zionist settler colonialism & apartheid as the root causes of Israel’s ongoing violations of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.
‘The Forensic Architecture investigative unit at human rights organisation, al-Haq, used aerial photos & social media posts to geolocate the site of the strike, sharing its findings with the Guardian. The BBC’s Verify unit came to the same conclusion.’
“These measures set an extremely dangerous precedent for all Palestinians in Jerusalem. The international community must not remain silent and quietly watch this umpteenth violation,” the experts said.
#JusticeforSalah
Along with 46 other civil society organizations, we are proud to stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues facing the draconian measures of the Israeli regime
The Israeli occupying authorities refused to release the political prisoner Khalida Jarrar to attend her daughter, Suha Jarrar’s funeral and mourn her in human dignity.
🚨 1/2 Urgent Appeal for
@IntlCrimCourt
Prosecutor: We express deep concern over the prolonged delay in
@KarimKhanQC
’s direct engagement with
#Palestinian
victims, especially in
#Gaza
, despite persistent calls since the assumption of his office
🚨Breaking: Al-Haq proudly received Bruno Kreisky’s Prize for Human Rights 2022; a timely & laudable recognition of the indispensable role of Palestinian civil society organisations promoting & protecting the human rights of the Palestinian people
🚨 1/4 NEW PLATFORM LAUNCH: Our FAI Unit has verified & geolocated 100s of videos of IOF attacks on hospitals in
#Gaza
. With
@ForensicArchi
we identified the following patterns: 1. Intimidation 2. Direct targeting 3. Siege & 4. occupation, resulting in a humanitarian disaster
#Gaza
Testimonies; Digging through the rubble by hand: “The most painful part is I’m unable to get my sister out of under the rubble or her children. With our bare hands we’re trying to remove the rubble, remove the rocks. Neighbours, friends, relatives, all of them came to help”
Our FA Investigative Unit geolocated earlier footage of the Israeli attack on the
#Ahlihospital
in
#Gaza
- it shows the front yard of the hospital in flames. The killing of Palestinians in
#Gaza
with intent to destroy the Palestinian people as a group may amount to
#Genocide
🚨 1/2 BREAKING: Ubai Aboudi, the Executive Director of
@BisanResearch
was just denied travel by Israeli authorities as he was crossing the bridge to Jordan on his way to travel to attend the World Social Forum in Mexico.
#StandWithThe6
1/2 Al-Haq warmly welcomes the publication of
@Amnesty
's report, titled, “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel system of domination and crime against humanity.”
Yanal Hamran was killed by
#Israeli
Occupying Forces on his 22nd birthday.
Our initial documentation:
🛑 Yanal was killed during an IOF raid on Jenin (Nov.1st).
🛑 He was shot in the head while standing in a hospital yard
🛑 129
#Palestinians
in the West Bank killed since Oct. 7
#Gaza
testimony; Dia
Journalist Dia Al Kahlout was arbitrarily arrested by the
#Israeli
Occupying Forces from his home in Beit Lahia & detained for 33 days.
Upon his release, family members of others arbitrarily detained desperately try to get information about their loved ones
Our report sheds light on the foundations of Israel’s apartheid, demonstrating how its Basic Laws, legislation, and military orders are antithetical to principles of non-discrimination & equality, as they enshrine oppression over the Palestinian people.
📢 NEW STATEMENT from Al-Haq,
@AlMezanCenter
@pchrgaza
: For decades, our organizations have warned against the status quo & the deliberate failure & unwillingness of the int. community to address the root causes of the current situation in
#Palestine
🚨Breaking: 13 months after it had imposed an arbitrary suspension of funding for Al-Haq’s EU-funded project, the
@EU_Commission
finally lifts its unlawful suspension unconditionally and with immediate effect!
See our full statement:
#StandWithThe6
#Israel
has ordered the transfer of 1.1 million Palestinians from North of the
#Gaza
Strip in 24 hours. Under Int. law the forcible transfer of protected persons is a war crime. The int’l community should intervene immediately to stop another
#Nakba
.
#EndIsraeliImpunity
The international community, now more than ever, need to support and protect Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations! We will not be deterred, and the voice of the Palestinian people will not be silenced!
#StandWithThe6
The six designated organsiations will be hosting a joint press conference at 12 pm at Al-Haq’s main office, on the IOF’s forcible raids and closures this morning
#StandWithThe6
"The recent allegations against Al-Haq and fellow organizations are a result of the Israeli failure to challenge the work of the organization on the basis of law or evidence." Shawan Jabarin, Al-Haq General Director
1. 🚨Yesterday we uploaded our new video on the extrajudicial killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.
@YouTube
decided to censor viewing the video with this message before being allowed to see the content of the video, claiming it was identified as inappropriate or offensive! video in (2)
The unprecedented slanderous & malicious attack on
@FranceskAlbs
based on old misrepresented statements only aim at silencing her now & criticism of Israel’s apartheid regime & its international crimes committed against the Palestinian people!
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
#EndImpunity
🧵1. What's behind Israel's greenwashing?
#COP27
During Israel’s May 2021 military offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israel destroyed the Khudair Warehouse, Gaza’s largest warehouse for agricultural supplies, causing catastrophic environmental damage tantamount to chemical weapons.
🚨1/2 The direct killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh is a grave breach of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, and constitutes an attack on journalism, freedom of expression and gives rise to state responsibility.
#EndImpunity
"I'm scared they'll burn us again": Israeli Settler Violence against the
#Palestinian
town of Huwwara. We visited the residents of Huwwara to hear from them what happened that horrifying night in February this year. Follow the link to watch the full video
In light of the capture of 2 of the 6 escaped Palestinian political prisoners by the Israeli police in Nazareth, Al-Haq warns of potential illegal punishment & torture agianst them, as part of Israel’s ongoing, systematic and arbitrary policy of suppressing Palestinian resistance
THREAD on how the Palestinian Authority forces attacked, suppressed and arrested Palestinians protesting the killing of
#NizarBanat
today in Ramallah. The PA forces used excessive and indiscriminate force against Palestinian protesters, journalists, children and bystanders. (1/4)
After 6 Palestinian prisoners escaped from Gilboa Prison, Al-Haq reminds that most of these prisoners were sentenced to life imprisonment & that their escape comes as a last resort to freedom & dignity. If they're recaptured, they shall be liable only to disciplinary punishment
The resolution passed! This is the first time the
@UN_HRC
:
-Addresses the
#RootCauses
of Israel's systemic discrimination: Israeli settler colonialism &
#apartheid
.
-Includes a geographic scope on Israeli violations over Palestinian people on both sides of the
#GreenLine
.
#SS30
Al-Haq & partners urged
@UN_HRC
to support the resolution to establish a Commission of Inquiry that addresses
#RootCauses
of the prolonged denial of Palestinian rights: Israel's colonial &
#apartheid
regime. We stressed:"the status-quo cannot continue."
#SupportPalestineCOI
#SS30
Testimonies from
#Gaza
; the Women detained by the Israeli Occupying Forces: “When they took us to the detention facility, they walked us as if we were dogs, pulling our hair. They beat us with brass knuckles, rifle butts & military boots on our thighs”
#GazaGenocide
#CeasefireNOW
We urgently call on the international community to take immediate targeted & effective action to protect Al-Haq, its General Director Shawan Jabarin and human rights defenders, who are now facing existential threats.
#StandWithThe6
#ProtectPalCivilSociety
Joint Statement: 108 human rights and CSOs, academic institutions, and groups condemn Israel’s targeted smear campaign against respected UN Special Rapporteur
@FranceskAlbs
and mandate
Full statement:
🚨We call on the international community to immediately intervene to protect the six designated organisations, whose finances & assets risk being confiscated, & their staff members, directly targeted, arbitrarily arrested & imprisoned.
#StandWithThe6
PRESS RELEASE: the
#ICJ
issues its decision on South Africa’s request for additional provisional measures in the case of Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (
#SouthAfrica
v.
#Israel
)
Message from
@saharfrancis
, General Director of
@Addameer
on the forcible raids and closures on seven civil society organisations this morning and the reponse of the organisations against such illegal attacks
#StandWithThe6
1/2 🚨 Urgent: Palestinian Cellular Comms Co.
@JawwalPal
: ‘intense bombing in the last hour caused destruction of all remaining int. routes linking
#Gaza
to the outside world…which led to a complete interruption of communications services’.
#CeasefireNow
BREAKING: Palestinians are suing
@POTUS
,
@SecBlinken
, &
@SecDef
to stop U.S. support for Israel’s unfolding genocide, asking a U.S. Court to enforce the most basic & important legal—and moral—obligation in the world – preventing genocide.
Read more:
In armed conflicts all civilians must be protected. The parties to the conflict must distinguish between civilians and combatants. Attacks can be directed against combatants only. All parties to the conflict must observe their legal obligations in this respect.
1. Al-Haq,
@AlMezanCenter
, &
@pchrgaza
will not publish daily reporting from
#Gaza
today.
Our staff has been displaced from their homes, they lack electricity, proper internet & it is too dangerous to move around the Gaza strip under Israel's indiscriminate targeting of people.
We urge the international community to call on the Assembly of States Parties and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, to intervene to and protect and ensure the viability of organisations working to submit evidence to the Court!
#ICC
#EndImpunity
@IntlCrimCourt
📢 We Demand Inquiry into UN Genocide Prevention Office’s Failure to Address Israel’s Genocide in
#Gaza
- There is absence of any action by
@WairimuANderitu
compounded by failure to acknowledge the ICJ ruling that
#Israel
is plausibly committing genocide
Less than one week after the raiding of its offices, Al-Haq is engaging in key capacity building w/ a group of Palestinian law students for lectures on the International Criminal Court. We are ensuring the next generation will continue the struggle for justice.
#StandWithThe6
An Op-Ed by Al-Haq's General Director
@SJabaren
on Israel's apartheid regime constant harassments of human rights defenders, and attempts to silence human rights and civil society organizations!
#StandWithThe6
#ProtectPalCivilSociety
"On behalf of the Palestinian people, thank you very much to the Irish Seanad and the Irish people for voting in favour of banning the import of illegal settlement products to Ireland and upholding international law”🇮🇪🇵🇸
Preliminary analysis by FA,
@alhaq_org
&
@earshot_ngo
into the
#AlAhli
hospital blast in Gaza casts significant doubt on IOF claims that the source of the deadly explosion was a Palestinian-fired rocket travelling west to east.
1/3 The atrocities we are currently witnessing in Gaza, including genocidal acts, will haunt humanity for decades to come. Our organizations renew their call to the international community for an immediate ceasefire.
#CeasefireNow
#Gaza
Alert: Israel Takes Alarming Steps to Enforce its Persecution of Six Palestinian Organisations in the West Bank, International Community Must Intervene
#StandWithTheSix
🛑Genocide scholars and 100 Palestinian and international civil society organisations call on Prosecutor Khan to issue arrest warrants, investigate Israeli crimes and intervene to deter incitement to commit
#Genocide
in
#Gaza
#ICC
#EndImpunity
📢📢Tomorrow/Thursday is a global day of action for the protection of Palestinian civil society organizations. Support by explaining why you
#StandWithThe6
orgs - tweet or make a video! Join our social media storm @ 8pm Jerusalem time.
Use our toolkit:
States targeting
@UNRWA
based on unverified allegations amounts to collective punishment..If the insufficient funding results in significant reduction or cessation of
#UNRWA
's life-saving activities in
#Gaza
, these states may be complicit with genocide.
We condemn the attacks and baseless accusations against the UN Special Rapporteur on the oPt
@FranceskAlbs
Instead of silencing human rights advocates and smearing them, third states must end their complicity in Israel's genocide!
#CeasefireNow
#EndGazaGenocide
These remarks by
@EU_Commission
President
@vonderleyen
depart from basic political and diplomatic principles and shamelessly favor the occupying power, which engages in persecution, aggression, and state terrorism against the
#Palestinian
people.