By Richard Falk
Summary
The present report considers developments
relevant to the obligations of Israel under international law,
as well as the situation of people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Emphasis is given to the cumulative impact of Israeli policies in the West Bank
and East Jerusalem arising from prolonged occupation, which exhibits features
of colonialism and apartheid, as well as transforming a de jure condition of
occupation into a circumstance of de facto annexation.
These developments encroach on the inalienable Palestinian
right of self-determination in fundamentally detrimental ways.
Attention is also devoted to habitual concerns involving settlement
growth in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the problems posed by
the continued construction of the separation wall, issues of collective
punishment, and a variety of other human rights concerns, including
concern over the health-related and other adverse impacts of the
continued blockade of the 1.5 million residents of Gaza, consideration
of the "Freedom Flotilla" incident of 31 May 2010 and the continuing
effort to assess whether Israel and the responsible Palestinian
authorities have carried out adequate investigations of war crimes
allegations arising from the Gaza conflict of 2008-2009.
http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/resources/reports-and-publications/1683-report-of-the-special-rapporteur-on-the-situation-of-human-rights-in-the-palestinian-territories-occupied-since-1967
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