@EpshtainItay Avatar @EpshtainItay Itay Epshtain

Itay Epshtain posts on X about israel, israeli, netanyahu, palestine the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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"Israeli Military Commander to #KhanAlAhmar inhabitants: self-demolish and evict by [--] October after which we will proceed with the destruction (and forcible transfer)"
X Link 2018-09-23T07:09Z 21.4K followers, [--] engagements

"BREAKING: The Judea and Samaria Council - the umbrella organization of #Israeli settlements in occupied #Palestinian territory - released last night data confirming unprecedented settlement population growth. Thread:"
X Link 2022-03-05T07:01Z 21.4K followers, [---] engagements

"At the @UN Security Council debate on the question of Palestine held yesterday @franceonu told the Council that the "cycle of violence fueled by desperation on both sides will only cease with the end of #Israeli colonization. France will never recognize illegal annexation of territories nor the legalization of unauthorized settlements. On the ground we note that annexation is accelerating despite the commitments undertaken by the Israeli authorities in Aqaba and Sharm Al Sheikh in recent weeks. The Knessets partial abrogation of the [----] disengagement law could lead to settlements in the"
X Link 2023-04-26T13:18Z 21.6K followers, 67.1K engagements

"BREAKING: #Israel's [----] (top up)-2024 "special budget allocation" (beyond the regular state budget): [--] million ILS (20 million USD) to forcibly transfer #Palestinians from Area C of the West Bank (e.g. by destroying humanitarian aid) and [---] million ILS (111 million USD) toward settlement expansion"
X Link 2023-05-08T03:48Z 21.4K followers, 408.5K engagements

"When #Israel's opposition leader congratulates the coalition government for the deliberate targeting of [--] civilians in #Gaza overnight and eggs it on we are sure to see more death and destruction in the besieged strip and the eventual indiscriminate targeting of civilians in Israel and occupied #Palestinian territory"
X Link 2023-05-09T05:22Z 21.4K followers, 40.8K engagements

"We urge Israel not to destroy schools and to cancel all demolition orders in the occupied West Bank immediately said Caroline Ort the @NRC_Norway country director for Palestine. When a school is demolished it not only disrupts the learning of those students but also the future of their families who will have to relocate their homes and livelihoods to give their children education. Israeli state and settler violence property destruction and the denial of basic services has forced three Palestinian communities to flee their homesin2023alone. Without tangible actions to hold Israel accountable"
X Link 2023-05-25T10:00Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"#Israeli occupation had involved numerous violations of peremptory norms of international law its illegality - established by the @UN_HRC Commission of Inquiry and the Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs - to be further adjudicated by the @CIJ_ICJ. #Israel remains bound by the"
X Link 2023-07-11T10:59Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"East #Jerusalem is occupied territory #Israel's annexation of the city an act of aggression. The law of occupation prohibits the forcible transfer of occupied people. In forcibly transferring the #SubLaban family from their home Israel committed a grave breach of international"
X Link 2023-07-12T09:01Z 15.7K followers, 51K engagements

"The response of the international community must be commensurate with the obligation to respect and ensure respect by #Israel of inviolable norms of international law such as those outlined in Art. [--] GCIV:"
X Link 2023-07-12T15:29Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"If requiring #Israel to meet its legal obligations to protect the occupied #Palestinian population (and the property it owns) from settler violence is a matter of political preference or convenience than it is not a legal obligation at all. Absolving Israel will inevitably lead"
X Link 2023-07-12T15:29Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"@AviKaner You are right @AviKaner the corpus separatum dictates that Israel is neither sovereign in West Jerusalem - held in breach of UNGA resolution [---] (1947) - nor is it sovereign in East Jerusalem coming under belligerent occupation since June 1967"
X Link 2023-07-12T16:43Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"@AviKaner Not who what. Territory. Considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army. Art. [--] of the Hague Regulations of [----]. For more IHL lessons I expect to be compensated"
X Link 2023-07-12T19:52Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Over the weekend this pamphlet titled the "Ben Gvir Reform" was attached to major #Israeli broadsheets. Highlights include imposing Israel's spatial planning regime to all parts of the West Bank (Areas A through C) developing archaeological sites for Israeli tourism in areas of the West Bank controlled by the #Palestinian Authority (Sebastia near Nablus and Wadi Fukin southwest of Bethlehem) and reinstating checkpoints within and across the West Bank. They promise more to come this Fall"
X Link 2023-08-13T16:34Z 15.7K followers, 13.6K engagements

"BREAKING: @kann reports a government decision promoted by Minister Smotrich to allocate an additional [---] million ILS (187 million USD) in the [----] state budget to "informal" settlement outposts and satellite neighbourhoods in occupied #Palestinian territory"
X Link 2023-08-15T18:09Z 15.7K followers, 33.4K engagements

"BREAKING: ahead of the school year #Israel destroyed this morning the donor-funded school of #EinSamiya a #Palestinain community northeast of Ramallah. The community was subjected to settler violence and forcibly displaced as a result. To preclude the return of the community to its locale Israel complemented settler violence with the wanton destruction of the school"
X Link 2023-08-17T07:07Z 15.7K followers, 690.5K engagements

"Since [----] seven communities in Area C of the West Bank have been forcibly transferred due to an increasingly coercive environment which binds together wanton and extensive destruction of property - including humanitarian relief in the form of schools - settlement expansion and settler violent extremism. These communities include Ein Samiya (132 displaced) Wadi As-Seeq (35 displaced) Wedadie (21 displaced) Lifjim (46 displaced) Ras At-Tin (99 displaced in [----] [--] displaced in 2023) Al Baqaa (54 displaced) and Khirbet Bir Al-Idd (12 displaced)"
X Link 2023-08-17T07:10Z 15.7K followers, 11K engagements

"The #EinSamiya school was provided by the @NRC_Norway-led West Bank Protection Consortium. The destruction of the school is a grave breach of #IHL targeting Palestinians and a hostile act against contributing states who are entitled to reparations"
X Link 2023-08-17T07:21Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"This is the decision tree following the destruction of the #EinSamiya school: Children were in need of a school which #Israel refused to provide. Its demolition of a donor-funded school constitutes an unlawful refusal to admit humanitarian aid"
X Link 2023-08-17T09:21Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"BREAKING: Israel's government to approve the expansion of two settlements in occupied #Palestinian territory - Mevo'ot Yeriho north of Jericho and Amihai in the Shilo (Sinjil) Valley south of Nablus - appropriating the land to the World Zionist Organization. Here is the how:"
X Link 2023-08-18T06:45Z 15.7K followers, 15.5K engagements

"Two Israelis were killed in #Huwara earlier today. This evening settlers - in a perversion of the call for "Peace Now" @peacenowisrael - agitate "wiping out Huwara now." They do so openly unashamedly with their phone number clearly displayed"
X Link 2023-08-19T21:26Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"The Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts determines that the conduct of a person or entity which is not an organ of the state but which is empowered by the law of that state to exercise elements of the governmental authority "shall be considered an act of the State under international law provided the person or entity is acting in that capacity in the particular instance.""
X Link 2023-08-30T05:38Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Should CSC's like Shorshan - documented unlawfully detaining and tormenting a #Palestinian child - commit acts in breach of international law such as a breach of the basic rules of international humanitarian law applicable in situations of occupation their wrongful conduct would be attributable to the state of #Israel triggering its obligations of cessation and non-repetition and the obligation to make reparation. It will also trigger the entitlement and duty of third states to invoke Israel's responsibility for settler violence committed by these persons"
X Link 2023-08-30T05:43Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Perhaps unsurprisingly Shorshan - in addition to his role as CSC - is the founder and executive director of 'My Truth' an Israeli NGO dedicated to "providing moral support to IDF soldiers defending their status and image globally.""
X Link 2023-08-30T06:16Z 11K followers, [----] engagements

"Shorshan together with his colleagues from [--] other Jerusalem periphery settlements petitioned the Israeli High Court in [----] to expedite the annexation of those to Israel. In its decision the Court was satisfied that responsibility for Jerusalem periphery settlements has been transferred from the military to the Israeli metropolitan police including the employment of civilian security coordinators and the mobilization of civilian guard squads"
X Link 2023-08-30T07:39Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"The forcible transfer of #Palestinians from #KhanAlAhmar is a corollary to annexation by Israel. Demolitions of homes. livelihoods and humanitarian aid perpetrated by the state of #Israel is complemented by settler violence - perpetrated by CSC's and guard squads - attributable to the state. The purpose and object of which is to depopulate the area of its Palestinian inhabitants and permanently acquire the territory. Terrorizing a child is one facet of this illicit enterprise"
X Link 2023-08-30T07:45Z 10.6K followers, [----] engagements

"Incitement by state officials connotes the actual direction of an operative kind. The subsequent internationally wrongful conduct of settler organizations and individuals influenced and directed by the state (or under the effective control of the state) is attributable to Israel invoking its obligations under international law"
X Link 2023-09-01T06:32Z 21.6K followers, [---] engagements

"In Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) the @CIJ_ICJ found that Uganda - the occupying power - was under an obligation according to Article [--] of the Hague Regulations of [----] to take all the measures in its power to restore and ensure as far as possible public order and safety in the occupied area. This obligation comprised the duty to secure respect for the applicable rules of international human rights law and international humanitarian law to protect the inhabitants of the occupied territory against acts of violence and not to"
X Link 2023-09-01T06:36Z 21.6K followers, [---] engagements

"Who among us parents did not send our children on the first day of school to navigate hordes of violent settlers and heavily-armed patrols of a hostile army to reach a school at imminent risk of demolition Nothing to see here (but decades long #Israeli occupation and the subjugation of #Palestinians)"
X Link 2023-09-01T10:24Z 21.4K followers, [----] engagements

"The figures are in #Israeli government spending on settlements in occupied #Palestinian territory for [----] excluding East Jerusalem settlements (indiscernible due to its annexation) and all military-related spending (redacted from public records). Let's dive in:"
X Link 2023-09-06T13:51Z 15.7K followers, 30.5K engagements

"#Israeli government spending on the [--] urban #settlements in the [----] fiscal year - including their operating budget and services to settlers (education culture and welfare) - totaled [---] billion ILS (1.2 billion USD)"
X Link 2023-09-06T13:51Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"The [--] #settlement regional councils (overseeing [---] rural settlements and outposts) received a budget appropriation of [---] billion ILS (838 million USD) for similar operating costs and services"
X Link 2023-09-06T13:51Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"In sum [---] billion ILS (1.86 billion USD) were spent by #Israel's government last year to "operate" its settlements in the occupied West Bank. Spending in [----] and [----] are projected to be significantly higher"
X Link 2023-09-06T13:51Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Noteworthy demographics show that #Israel by the end of [----] has transferred [------] of its nationals to rural settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank in breach of international law. The Mateh Binyamin Regional Council (extending from Jerusalem to Nablus) is the most populated with [-----] settlers in some [--] settlements and outposts. The fastest-growing settlement populations are found in the South Hebron Hills (7 percent population growth compared to 2021) and Samaria (northern West Bank with [---] percent population growth). [--] percent of settlers in these rural settlements"
X Link 2023-09-06T15:57Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"#Israeli governmental spending on settlements and settlers exposes the mechanics of (prohibited) transfer. Per capita a settler in occupied #Palestinian territory receives (in services) [--] percent more than an Israeli national residing in its metropolitan territory. This is part of a system of financial incentives designed to facilitate the transfer of Israelis to the West Bank in order as the @ICRC puts it "to colonize those territories" at the expense of the Palestinians"
X Link 2023-09-06T18:33Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements

"At least [--] #Palestinian schools in the West Bank (51 in Area C and [--] in East Jerusalem) have pending demolition or stop work orders. These schools serve students in the most vulnerable areas of the West Bank including East Jerusalem"
X Link 2023-09-09T16:50Z 15.7K followers, 39.7K engagements

"The unlawful planning regime imposed by #Israel in what is known as Area C which comprises some [--] percent of the occupied West Bank creates an impossible living environment for #Palestinians. The regime displaces Palestinians unlawfully annexes West Bank territory and"
X Link 2023-09-11T06:29Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Under the Oslo Accords #Israel was to transfer administrative control of Area C to the #Palestinian Authority (PA) over a period of [--] months concluding in [----]. More than twenty-five years on however the transfer has not happened"
X Link 2023-09-11T06:30Z 21.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Seen this morning on the streets of Jerusalem this couple boast a shirt celebrating the erasure of the #Palestinian West Bank and its colonization as Judea and Samaria by #Israel"
X Link 2023-10-05T14:07Z 15.7K followers, 115.9K engagements

"The #US-based website selling these shirts outlines the intention to demonstrate "Jewish ownership" and negate Palestinian self-determination and sovereignty in the (small) part of #Palestine designated as such since 1947"
X Link 2023-10-05T14:13Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"@Stevejfgb Nowhere in Res. [---] does the toponym 'Judea and Samaria' appear. There is reference to the "hill country of Samaria and Judea" in delineating the border of the Arab state"
X Link 2023-10-05T15:47Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Following its occupation of the West Bank in [----] Israeli officials debated remaining it. The initial porposal by the Ministerial Committee was 'Nablus and Hebron District'. The Israeli Forgein Minister issued a memo on [--] September [----] cautioning that any renaming would be considered annexation of occupied territory. The term Judea and Samaria would appear later as annexation became the stated policy objective of Israeli governments. (thanks @Akevot for the declassified documents)"
X Link 2023-10-05T15:54Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Following its occupation of the West Bank in [----] Israeli officials debated remaining it. The initial porposal by an Israeli Ministerial Committee was 'Nablus and Hebron District'. The Committee was chaired by Yaakov Herzog (uncle of Israel's current President) an ordained Rabbi who also earned a doctorate in international law. He did not think the term 'Judea and Samaria' preferable. The Israeli Forgein Minister issued a memo on [--] September [----] cautioning that any renaming would be considered annexation of occupied territory. The term Judea and Samaria would appear later as annexation"
X Link 2023-10-06T13:16Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Remaining the West Bank 'Judea and Samaria' did not go unnoticed by the international community. In a June [----] letter to the UN Secretary General Ambassador Ral Roa Garca writes that "perusal of this document leaves one in no doubt of Israel's intention to annex the Arab territories it has illegally occupied (.) It is essential that urgent and vigorous action be taken by the United Nations especially the Security Council if the international community is not to be exposed to the dangers to which Israel's arrogant defiance of international law is exposing it.""
X Link 2023-10-06T13:23Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"I'm an international humanitarian law #IHL lawyer I specialize in the rules governing the conduct of hostilities and I can not think of a single rule that has not been breached by #Israel and #Hamas since Saturday. Not one. To salvage the humanity of #Palestinans and #Israelis the war must end the occupation must end"
X Link 2023-10-11T11:17Z 10.3K followers, 341.1K engagements

"This is a war crime in the making. Full stop. It must be rescinded. Full stop"
X Link 2023-10-13T03:38Z 15.7K followers, 145.8K engagements

"The Israeli Ministry of Defense and the IDF notified the UN just before midnight local time to evacuate its staff and notify Palestinians living north of Wadi Gaza that they should evacuate to the southern part of the Gaza Strip in the next [--] hours.More than [--] million Palestinians live in this area. The message could be a signal that the Israeli military is preparing for an imminent ground operation"
X Link 2023-10-13T03:38Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"The Israeli announcement blatantly disregards the obligation to offer evacuees a place of refuge and guarantee that evacuated will be brought back to their homes as soon as possible. Absent these guarantees it would not meet the requirement of an admissible evacuation and would amount to forcible transfer a grave breach of the Convention codified as a war crime"
X Link 2023-10-13T04:47Z 12K followers, [----] engagements

"The #Israeli military demand that [---] million civilians in northern #Gaza relocate to its south within [--] hours absent of any guarantees of safety or return would amount to the war crime of forcible transfer. It must be reversed. The collective punishment of countless civilians among them children women and the elderly in retaliation for acts of horrible terror undertaken by armed men is illegal under international law. My colleagues inside Gaza confirm that there are countless people in the northern parts who have no means to safely relocate under the constant barrage of fire. The loss of"
X Link 2023-10-13T08:24Z 15.7K followers, 172.5K engagements

"This is what happens when #Israel is told explicitly or implicitly that the war crimes committed by Palestinian armed groups gives it licence to ignore sacrosanct norms of international law. Israeli armed forces launch direct and indiscriminate attacks on civilians in #Gaza while at the same time Israeli settlers in the West Bank - jointly hand in glove - with the Israeli military shoot Palestinians at point blank range"
X Link 2023-10-13T11:29Z 15.7K followers, 22.6K engagements

"#Israel grossly violates international law (the egregious violations of #Hamas do not absolve Israel of the rules of war) there is a humanitarian crisis in #Gaza of a scale not seen before while Israel severed effective contact with humanitarian organisations"
X Link 2023-10-14T10:20Z 11.3K followers, 24.2K engagements

"#Israel claims that 700K #Palestinians relocated to southern #Gaza. Three observations: [--]. Palestinians have been forcibly transferred - in grave breach of #IHL - as they were not offered proper accommodation assurances for their safety and the right to return"
X Link 2023-10-16T10:43Z [----] followers, 90.8K engagements

"Yesterday @USUN vetoed a #UNSC humanitarian resolution (e.g. calling for respect of #LoAC humanitarian relief to #Gaza) owing to the absence of #Israel right to self defence. A few considerations should a resolution be revisited (as it urgently should);"
X Link 2023-10-19T02:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@richards1052 Wars of national liberation must conform with the rules prescribed by the Hague Regulations Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I. No exception. This is again the principle of equal application of LoAc"
X Link 2023-10-19T03:30Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements

"@richards1052 Since [----] the PLO is the recognized representative of the Palestinian people Hamas/PIJ are not. Their resort to force is in breach of the jus contra bellum their deliberate and indiscriminate attack on Israeli civilians are war crime"
X Link 2023-10-19T03:33Z 15.7K followers, [--] engagements

"Detainees held by #Israel should in all circumstances be treated humanely. Both hostages and detainees must be protected from murder torture as well as cruel humiliating or degrading treatment"
X Link 2023-10-20T08:05Z 10.6K followers, [----] engagements

"Thank you Ambassador von Uexkll @SwedenUN for the warm welcome to NY and the timely discussion of @NRC_Norway humanitarian response to hostilities in Israel and #Gaza"
X Link 2023-10-23T19:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"At the #UNSC this morning for the high level open debate on the question of #Palestine and hostilities in #Israel and #Gaza. @NRC_Norway appeals to all parties for an immediate ceasefire or pause in hostilities so that we can reach those in need and spare civilians"
X Link 2023-10-24T13:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Also briefing the Council @LynnHastings UN Humanitarian Coordinator said agreement on the resumption of aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing and the release of a small number of hostages over the past few days shows that through diplomacy and negotiation humanity can prevail and we can find humanitarian solutions even in the depths of conflict"
X Link 2023-10-24T14:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Maura Viera Minister for Foreign Affairs of @Brazil_UN_NY underscored that under International Humanitarian Law Israel as the occupying power has the legal and moral obligation to protect the population of Gaza. Recent events in Gaza are particularly concerning including the so called evacuation order which is leading to an unprecedented level of misery for innocent people"
X Link 2023-10-24T15:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@UN Chief @antonioguterres told the Security Council that wars have rules and conflicts have contex. It didn't listen. Laws of armed conflict would be meaningless if not equally applied to all parties; the restoration of peace impossible if the conflict could not be adjudicated"
X Link 2023-10-24T20:08Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"The iron wall between the outlawry of war and the rules which govern it came crashing down at the Council. The fibers connecting the peaceful resolution of conflict and the responsibility to mediate arbitrate and adjudicate were cut. The #UNSC failed #Israelis and #Palestinians"
X Link 2023-10-24T20:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"From the people that orchestrated #Israel annexation of the West Bank and the ancillary "judicial overhaul" come these two position papers which will likely determine the position on #Gaza. Premeditated grave breaches of international law in two steps:"
X Link 2023-10-25T08:25Z 10.7K followers, 175.8K engagements

"Step 2: "#Israel must transfer as many #Gazans as possible to other countries; Any other alternative including PA rule is a strategic failure. Therefore Gaza's population should be transferred to the Sinai Desert and the displaced absorbed in other countries.""
X Link 2023-10-25T08:25Z 10.8K followers, 82.7K engagements

""Despite opposition #Israel should force the #US #Egypt #Turkey and #Qatar to assist in this. It is the only way to restore Israel's image following Hamas's attack.""
X Link 2023-10-25T08:25Z 10.8K followers, 62.8K engagements

"The views promoted by the think tank led by Meir Ben-Shabbat #Israel's former National Security Advisor have already translated into airdroped leaflets cautioning 700K+ #Palestinians in north #Gaza that they will be considered affiliated with #Hamas"
X Link 2023-10-25T08:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Let the record show: #Israel's attempt to forcibly transfer [---] million #Palestinians from north #Gaza - in grave breach of #IHL - is the precursor for denying the remaining 700K the protection from direct indiscriminate or reckless attack which they are entitled to"
X Link 2023-10-25T08:50Z 11K followers, 97.3K engagements

"On the sidelines of the @UN Emergency Special Session #UNGA78 #ESS10 @FranceskAlbs and I will discuss hostilities in #Israel and #Gaza and the legal and humanitarian challenges faced by @UN_SPExperts and @NRC_Norway in the protection of civilians"
X Link 2023-10-27T13:06Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Grateful for the opportunity to brief earlier this week on behalf of @NRC_Norway and jointly with the @UN_HRC Commission of Inquiry on #oPt and #Israel. Our message was clear: the humanitarian situation in #Gaza is dire peremptory norms of international law are at grave risk"
X Link 2023-10-27T21:08Z 10.7K followers, [----] engagements

"It took me three weeks to be able to share this. My flash messages from Saturday [--] October at 07:08 and 08:30. We saw the senseless violence coming we saw the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding. We see it now. #Gaza"
X Link 2023-10-27T22:01Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Grave violence in Israel and Gaza has outraged the conscience of humanity UN Commission of Inquiry says NEW YORK (27 October 2023) All parties to the conflict in Israel and Gaza have shown reckless disregard for civilian life and must comply with international law to prevent atrocities from continuing the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem and Israel said today. The Commission made the call after completing a five-day mission to New York where it presented its latest report to the 78th Session of the UN General"
X Link 2023-10-27T22:12Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Three weeks of #Israel-#Gaza hostilities a few legal observations can and should be made. Some capture serious violations that have been perpetrated and continue to occur others relate to premeditated atrocities that should be prevented by all means. Ten points:"
X Link 2023-10-28T18:51Z 11K followers, 234.6K engagements

"1. All parties to the conflict - #Palestinian armed groups and #Israel - have shown reckless disregard to peremptory norms of international law including the basic rules of international humanitarian law. The very rules they must comply with - in all circumstances - breached"
X Link 2023-10-28T18:51Z 10.7K followers, 10.6K engagements

"2. The commission of war crimes and incitement to commit crimes against humanity and genocide has meant that the protection of civilians and civilian objects - a paramount obligation in the current circumstances - is disregards at an atrocious human cost"
X Link 2023-10-28T18:51Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements

"3. A clear distinction between jus ad bellum - the conditions under which States may use armed force - and jus in bello the laws of war - which regulate conduct of all parties to an armed conflict - have been intentionally conflated so as to undermine both"
X Link 2023-10-28T18:51Z 10.7K followers, 16.1K engagements

"4b. The @UN_HRC Commission of Inquiry referring to the @CIJ_ICJ advisory opinion of [----] affirmed that Israel is the occupying power over Gaza and that Article [--] is not applicable in this case when the threat originates from a territory over which Israel exercises control"
X Link 2023-10-28T18:51Z 15.7K followers, 18.1K engagements

"5. The basic rules of IHL apply universally and equally to all parties to an armed conflict Palestinian armed groups and Israel and impose the same customary international law obligations on them irrespective of the circumstances leading them to resort to force"
X Link 2023-10-28T18:51Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements

"6. Wilful killing deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians making the civilian population or individual civilians the object of attack - and inhuman treatment have been perpetrated"
X Link 2023-10-28T18:51Z 16.4K followers, [----] engagements

"9b. Israel as the occupying power exercising actual authority over the Gaza Strip has abandoned its duty to agree to and facilitate relief schemes on behalf of the affected population by all the means at its disposal"
X Link 2023-10-28T18:51Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements

"10. Respecting the laws of armed conflict and denouncing their breach is key to protecting civilians and essential civilian objects. Common Article [--] of the Geneva Conventions creates an obligation of third parties to respect and ensure respect by parties. It has not occurred"
X Link 2023-10-28T18:51Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Full compliance with core international legal obligations - peremptory norms (jus cogens) - is essential in this critical moment. Cessation of hostilities and a just peace depend on ending the occupation of Palestinian territory and recognizing the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination"
X Link 2023-10-28T21:53Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Spreading across #Israeli settlers social media is a call to execute #Palestinian prisoners and detainees so they may not be swapped with Israeli hostages held unlawfully by #Hamas and others in #Gaza. They go on to encourage the "extermination of every living soul in Gaza.""
X Link 2023-10-29T10:25Z 10.7K followers, 15.7K engagements

"BREAKING: @mekomit expose shows that the directive to deport [---] million #Palestinians out of occupied #Gaza and onto #Egypt and beyond has been officially endorsed by #Israel's Ministry of Intelligence on [--] October. A war crime in the making"
X Link 2023-10-29T10:40Z 15.7K followers, 4.2M engagements

"#Israel's Ministry of Intelligence deportation directive outlines the four stages: [--]. A call on #Palestinian civilians to vacate north #Gaza and allow for land operations; [--]. Sequential land operations from north to south Gaza; [--]. Leaving routes open across Rafah; [--]. Establishing "tent cities" in northern Sinai and the construction of cities to resettle Palestinians in #Egypt"
X Link 2023-10-29T10:47Z 11K followers, 3.1M engagements

"Despite numerous appearances in Security Council draft and adopted resolutions there is no official legal definition of #ceasefire. A short explainer of the legal terms of art that have a distinct legal meaning:"
X Link 2023-10-29T13:20Z 10.8K followers, 17.3K engagements

"@eu_eeas: "The upsurge of settler terrorism in the West Bank has led to very high numbers of civilian casualties and #Palestinian communities being forced out of their homes. The situation could get out of control and is causing unspeakable suffering to local communities. (.)"
X Link 2023-10-31T20:12Z 10.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Urgent measures are needed. #Israel has the duty to protect civilians in the West Bank from extremist settler violence to hold perpetrators accountable and ensure that the IDF intervenes. It is a legal obligation that must be fulfilled.""
X Link 2023-10-31T20:12Z 10.7K followers, [---] engagements

"I would add that #Israel is in breach of several peremptory norms of international law including the prohibition on aggression the basic rules of international humanitarian law and the right of peoples to self-determination which preclude the transfer of its nationals into occupied territory. It is also intentionally derelict in its duty to ensure public order and safety for the protected population in the occupied #Palestinian territory"
X Link 2023-10-31T20:18Z 10.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Delivering a eulogy in [----] on the border with #Gaza #Israel's Moshe Dayan orates: Yesterday at dawn Roy was murdered. The quiet of the spring morning blinded him and he did not see those who sought his life hiding behind the furrow. Let us not today cast blame on the murderers. What can we say against their terrible hatred of us For eight years now they have sat in the refugee camps of Gaza and have watched how before their very eyes we have turned their land and villages where they and their forefathers previously dwelled into our home.""
X Link 2023-11-01T06:25Z 10.9K followers, 38.9K engagements

"Dayan ominously concludes: "Let us take stock today with ourselves. We are a generation of settlement and without the steel helmet and the guns muzzle we will not be able to plant a tree and build a house.""
X Link 2023-11-01T06:32Z 10.7K followers, [----] engagements

"67 years have passed can our generation lower the guns in favour of justice and peace Allow all #Israelis and #Palestinians to build plant and thrive We must. We must"
X Link 2023-11-01T06:32Z 10.7K followers, [----] engagements

"@LalehKhalili They are alike in favouring territorial acquisition suppressing Palestinian self determination and militarization of Israeli society. Despite differences Dayan ended his political career in Jabotinsky's Likud led government serving as Forgein Minister under Begin 77'-79'"
X Link 2023-11-01T10:59Z 10.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Zvi Sukkot a member of the #Israeli Parliament (Religious Zionism) - seen here in one of numerous arrests for incitement to and participation in settler violence against #Palestinians - is appointed Chair of the Foreign Affairs&Defence Subcommittee on Judea and Samaria"
X Link 2023-11-01T14:21Z 10.9K followers, 18.3K engagements

"Is this the response @POTUS and @JosepBorrellF expected for their recent condemnation of state-enabled settler violence directed at #Palestinians That the chief instigator of violent displacement of Palestinians and appropriation of their homes and land will be made in charge"
X Link 2023-11-01T14:22Z 10.7K followers, [---] engagements

"2. Attributing responsibility to #Israel when it directly allocates funds and arms to settlement and outposts security coordinators and guard squads often seen to operate in excess of their prescribed duties and partake in attacks on #Palestinians"
X Link 2023-11-01T14:22Z 10.7K followers, [---] engagements

"3. Attributing responsibility to #Israel when senior government officials - such as Zvi Sukkot - and ministers openly incite to violence"
X Link 2023-11-01T14:22Z 10.7K followers, [---] engagements

"We need a general truce in #Gaza and #Israel - a suspension of hostilities even if state of war subsists - to enable effective receipt and dispersal of humanitarian relief consignments treatment of the wounded and sick burial of the dead and the release of hostages"
X Link 2023-11-04T20:37Z 10.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Horrified to read the letter by #Israeli physicians calling for the targeting of #Gaza hospitals. Their arguments - I say this as a legal and medical practitioner - represent a complete perversion of the #IHL and betrayal of the Hippocratic Oath to refrain from causing harm"
X Link 2023-11-06T16:31Z 11K followers, 150.5K engagements

"I was comforted by the letter issued by #Israel Medical Association (IMA) reminding doctors of their oath to heal not kill. It clearly upholds international law protecting medical personnel and facilities and denounces international crimes and misuse of hospitals"
X Link 2023-11-06T16:31Z 11K followers, 10.4K engagements

"Medical personnel transports and medical units that are exclusively assigned to medical duties must be respected and protected in all circumstances unless they are used to commit outside their humanitarian function acts harmful to the enemy"
X Link 2023-11-06T17:34Z 11K followers, [----] engagements

"Using a hospital to gain a military advantage or to shield military objectives from attack removes the protection outlined in #IHL. However the fact that sick or wounded members of Palestinian armed groups are nursed in these hospitals could not deny that protection"
X Link 2023-11-06T17:34Z 11K followers, [----] engagements

"The call by Smotrich - documented in this open letter - aims to exploit hostilities in #Israel-#Gaza and rising tensions in the West Bank (owing to settler violence condoned by the State of Israel) to forcibly transfer Palestinians out of the way of expanding settlements"
X Link 2023-11-07T16:08Z 11K followers, [----] engagements

"ALARMING: #Israel denies - in a briefing with journos - a humanitarian crisis subsists in #Gaza. The @ochaopt figures clearly indicate 45% of housing units destroyed or damaged drinking water availability down 90% market stocks of essential supplies depleted yet Israel denies"
X Link 2023-11-10T08:06Z 11K followers, [----] engagements

"168 @UN member states voted yesterday in favour of an independent state of #Palestine in recognition of Palestinian right to self determination. The #US which only last Wednesday stressed that the "conflict on the Gaza Strip must end with a two-state solution" voted against alongside #Israel"
X Link 2023-11-11T19:23Z 11.3K followers, 17.1K engagements

"At a press conference held last night #Israel's Netanyahu was asked about re-establishing Israeli settlements in #Gaza. His response was alarming suggesting that it was not a "realistic goal.""
X Link 2023-11-12T06:47Z 11K followers, [----] engagements

"We - #Israelis standing for justice and peace and our many #Palestinian allies in this pacific cause - should say no to the annexation of #Gaza no to settlements in Gaza&West Bank no to the mass deportation of Palestinians or their forcible transfer within occupied territory"
X Link 2023-11-19T04:42Z 11.3K followers, 20.8K engagements

"And say yes yes to the self-determination of the Palestinian people yes to political independence and permanent sovereignty. Yes to justice yes to peace for Israelis and Palestinians"
X Link 2023-11-19T04:42Z 12K followers, [----] engagements

"According to this recent survey [--] percent of #Israelis favour the re-establishment of settlement in #Gaza. It means only one thing - the permanent acquisition of territory and its colonization - to the absolute detriment of #Palestinian hopes for independence and sovereignty"
X Link 2023-11-19T07:51Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Counsellor Nada Tarbush is one of the finest #Palestinian diplomats @PalestineUNOG @Palestine_UN and a brilliant legal mind. I'm proud to have worked with her and grateful for her ability to articulate the facts and the law so clearly and compellingly"
X Link 2023-11-19T12:17Z 11.3K followers, 72.6K engagements

"Let me say this. This op-ed is an act of direct and public incitement to commit #genocide - as defined by the Genocide Convention of [----] - perpetrated by the author and the publisher. Unfortunately it is not a fringe view in present day #Israel but rather the vox populi"
X Link 2023-11-19T14:38Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements

"BREAKING: the Israeli alt-right found the "core issues" that led to the hostilities which engulf #Israel and #Gaza and the senseless loss of life experienced by Palestinians and Israelis they are: [--]. "Residents of Kibbutz (in southern Israel) who called for settlements to be withdrawn from Gaza (in 2005) brought upon themselves the catastrophe of [--] October. The enemy must be annihilated which shows the extreme rights was indeed right all along.""
X Link 2023-11-21T09:32Z 11.3K followers, 12K engagements

"2. "Responding to climate change." [--]. "Aiding Palestinians rather than preparing for war." [--]. "Not forcibly transferring the (West Bank Bedouin community) of Khan Al Ahmar." What can I say This is unhinged as it sounds and unfortunately represents mainstream Israeli views not just the alt-right the author is a prominent member of"
X Link 2023-11-21T09:37Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements

"A few thoughts - from my humanitarian perch - on the truce set to commence in #Gaza and #Israel tomorrow: [--]. What was concluded by the parties is a truce serving a humanitarian function - exchange of hostages and detainees treatment of the wounded & sick relief consignments"
X Link 2023-11-22T12:07Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements

"BREAKING: #Israel's High Court of Justice rejects multiple petitions against Israel-#Hamas exchange of hostages and detainees and #Gaza short-term truce. The grounds on which it decides are not novel (non-justiciability of matters of national security and foreign policy) "
X Link 2023-11-23T09:13Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Yesterday I had the privilege of briefing -on behalf of @NRC_Norway - @FCDOGovUK Minister @David_Cameron on hostilities in #Gaza and tensions in the West Bank owing to settler violence and resulting in the forced displacement of #Palestinians"
X Link 2023-11-25T10:04Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements

"BREAKING: Tomorrow #Israel's government - even more radicalized by hostilities in and around #Gaza - will proceed with special budget allocations to the maintenance and expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank and the dispossession of #Palestinians including [---] million ILS (43 million USD): * [----] million ILS for settlement construction * [----] million ILS for a "search and destroy" ops of humanitarian aid in Area C of the West Bank * [-----] million ILS for West Bank military prep academies"
X Link 2023-11-26T14:10Z 12.5K followers, 456K engagements

"@calcalist reporting that at this hour additional budget allocations are under consideration: * [---] million ILS (81 million USD) to the Ministry of Settlement (headed by Orit Strook of Religious Zionism) * [---] million ILS (54 million USD) top-up to the Ministry of Settlement * [---] million ILS (54 million USD) for "empowerment and readiness" of West Bank Israeli settlements. Israel is exploiting international attention drawn to hostilities in Gaza to further advance its annexation of the West Bank and the suppression of Palestinian self determination"
X Link 2023-11-26T17:58Z 12K followers, [----] engagements

"BREAKING: these are the special budget allocation #Israel's government will vote on at [----] hrs confirming the following (for [----] alone with [--] weeks left to implement): * [----] million ILS for settlement construction * [--] million ILS for "search and destroy" of @eu_echo @EUCouncil funded humanitarian aid in Area C of the West Bank * [--] million ILS for military prep academies in the occupied West Bank * [---] million for Israeli settlements expansion in #Hebron * [---] million ILS for arming settlements and outposts "civilian guard squads" in the West Bank (including with military-grade assault"
X Link 2023-11-27T09:04Z 12.8K followers, 582.8K engagements

"Well said @eu_eeas HR/VP @JosepBorrellF @EUpalestinians"
X Link 2023-11-27T09:34Z 11.9K followers, 10.4K engagements

"#Israel's #Netanyahu to members of his Likud party yesterday: "I am the only one who can prevent the establishment of a #Palestinian state in Gaza and Judea and Samaria the West Bank after the war.""
X Link 2023-11-28T09:36Z 13.5K followers, 1.2M engagements

"Tell me more about how #Israel acts in self-defense against a threat posed by another state. In [----] the @CIJ_ICJ dismissed such claims noting that threats faced by Israel emanate from within occupied #Palestinian territory. It continues to apply in the West Bank and #Gaza"
X Link 2023-11-28T09:36Z 12.4K followers, 28K engagements

"Excluding #Palestinians from vast expanses of the occupied West Bank and their habitual economic activities is the top-priority of #Israeli settlers. In this instance preventing Palestinian farmers from harvesting olive groves located within areas appropriated by settlements"
X Link 2023-11-29T07:26Z 12K followers, [----] engagements

"The social media post claims that "Nazis under the guise of olive harvest will roam our homes." Settlers go on to assert that in any event "unpicked olives have rotted on the trees by now" so no real need for Palestinians to access and cultivate their lands"
X Link 2023-11-29T07:26Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements

"BREAKING: #Israel parcels #Gaza in order to force the movement of the civilian population. The persistent question is whether this is done to gain a military advantage or in some way offer a "safe zone" excluding the wrongfulness of forcible transfer. I will try to answer:"
X Link 2023-12-01T09:24Z 12.9K followers, 360.3K engagements

"In this weekend's #Israeli religious youth magazine ('Small World') a plan for five new Israeli settlements including Tyre - in what would be occupied #Lebanon (south of the Litani River) - is presented under the title "first draft for the day-after plan." Insane"
X Link 2023-12-01T13:07Z 12.5K followers, 15.5K engagements

"Reports from #Gaza of phone calls and text messages from #Israeli forces ordering their movement from current locals to designated parcels referred to as "block numbers.""
X Link 2023-12-01T15:49Z 12.4K followers, [----] engagements

"News reports this evening of #Israel's intention to permanently acquire parts of occupied #Gaza following current hostilities. Details remain unknown but this is what we can glean from former National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat:"
X Link 2023-12-01T18:47Z 12.5K followers, 152.4K engagements

"This is one example of the orders issued by #Israeli forces earlier today. Total or partial evacuation of a given area is prohibited unless the security of the population demands it and provided that persons are transferred back to their homes as soon as hostilities in the area in question have ceased. This is not the case the absolute prohibition on forcible transfer is breached"
X Link 2023-12-02T15:21Z 12.4K followers, [---] engagements

"While international attention is given to the protracted hostilities in #Gaza #Israel's government is animating its annexation of the West Bank. Government decision [----] equates the "authority and criteria for industrialized construction in Judea and Samaria settlements with (metropolitan) Israel.""
X Link 2023-12-12T09:03Z 13.5K followers, 447.6K engagements

"An annexationist vision of the West Bank and Gaza - favoured by too many Israelies - goes unchallenged by any internationally recognised immediate and direct plan to allow for Palestinian independence from alien rule none whatsoever"
X Link 2023-12-12T09:23Z 13.5K followers, 22.8K engagements

"Australia Belgium Canada Denmark the European Union Finland France Ireland Luxemburg the Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland and the United Kingdom call on #Israel to take immediate and concrete steps to tackle record high settler violence in the occupied West Bank"
X Link 2023-12-15T14:09Z 15.7K followers, 46.6K engagements

"Earlier this week a coalition of settler organizations - generously funded by the state of #Israel - held the 'Practical Preparation for #Gaza Settlement Conference.' We would be mistaken to dismiss these ideas as fringe as those are thepolitical forces that managed to colonize and annex the West Bank"
X Link 2023-12-15T20:04Z 13.5K followers, 736.2K engagements

"Harei Zahav (Golden Mountains) a settlement development enterprise is advertising for #Gaza settlements: "a house on the beach is not a dream We have begun clearing rubble and fending off squatters.""
X Link 2023-12-16T09:12Z 13.5K followers, 293.3K engagements

"They name half a dozen re-established and new #Israeli settlements and show their approximate location throughout occupied #Gaza. While this is a media stunt it captures a deep sentiment favouring territorial acquisition and colonization at the expanse of #Palestinians"
X Link 2023-12-16T09:14Z 13.5K followers, 31.4K engagements

"According to media reports three Israeli hostages fleeing their Hamas captors were shot and killed by Israeli forces upon attempting to seek safety including waving a white flag of surrender and calling at troops in Hebrew"
X Link 2023-12-16T12:14Z 15.7K followers, 270K engagements

"BREAKING: According to the UN World Food Programme @WFP after [--] weeks of hostilities in #Gaza half of the population is starving with little access to food water and shelter. Under IHL the use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of warfare is prohibited"
X Link 2023-12-20T18:14Z 13.5K followers, 30.1K engagements

"Our holiday Lego build is the Orient Express which at a time of grave European rivalries was a diplomatic accomplishment allowing travel across borders and frontlines. Wishing our friends in Israel Palestine and the world over happy holidays and the peace we all deserve"
X Link 2023-12-23T10:06Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements

"Poll this evening on Israeli Ch. 14: "To what extent do you support encouraging voluntary migration of Gazans" [--] percent responded "very supportive." This amounts to supporting a deportation prohibited under international law and a war crime should it be perpetrated"
X Link 2023-12-23T19:59Z [--] followers, 79.5K engagements

"BREAKING: Earlier today #Israel's government led by Minister #Smotrich (Overseer of occupied #Palestinian territory and Minister of Finance) allocated [--] million ILS (21 million USD) for immediate dispersal to 'informal settlement outposts' (unlawful under international law and unregulated by Israel) security apparatus"
X Link 2023-12-24T16:40Z 15.7K followers, 61.7K engagements

"As #Israeli military operations in #Gaza drive civilians closer to its southern borders the looming possibility of mass deportation of #Palestinians to #Egypt grows. This alarming prospect follows recent media reports and explicit statements by Israeli officials endorsing such deportation without reasonable justification proper accommodation in places of refuge or guarantees of return to homes once hostilities end"
X Link 2023-12-26T07:46Z 15.7K followers, 324.6K engagements

"The forcible transfer and deportation of a significant population across borders lacking any guarantees of return would constitute a serious breach of international law amounting to an atrocity crime said @NRC_Egeland Secretary General of the @NRC_Norway"
X Link 2023-12-26T07:46Z 15.7K followers, 32.5K engagements

"According to Article [--] of the Fourth Geneva Convention individual or mass forcible transfers as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that of any other country occupied or not are prohibited regardless of their motive. The Statute of the @IntlCrimCourt refers to the deportation or transfer by the Occupying Power of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory as constituting a war crime in international armed conflicts"
X Link 2023-12-26T07:47Z [--] followers, 46.6K engagements

"The basic rules of international humanitarian law as well as the prohibition of aggression the prohibition of genocide and the prohibition of crimes against humanity have been codified by the #UN International Law Commission as norms universally applicable and hierarchically superior to other rules of international law from which no derogation is permitted. A gross and systemic breach of such an obligation obligates all states to cooperate in bringing wrongful behavior to an end through lawful means including countermeasures intended to induce the wrongdoing state to comply with its"
X Link 2023-12-26T07:51Z 15.7K followers, 14.9K engagements

"Every state is obligated to prevent war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide - each constituting atrocity crimes. @NRC_Norway urges all states to recognise and fulfill their duty to avert these crimes and any actions that might incite them using appropriate and necessary measures. In this critical moment the international community must unite leveraging the UN Security Council #UNSC and employing diplomatic humanitarian and peaceful measures to safeguard all civilians from potential atrocity crimes"
X Link 2023-12-26T07:52Z 15.7K followers, 13.5K engagements

"Rather than forcing people across borders all involved parties including #Palestinian armed groups and #Israel must immediately cease hostilities. Israel in particular must allow Gaza residents to return to their homes and provide compensation for the extensive damage inflicted on civilian areas in Gaza added @NRC_Egeland . @NRC_Norway stresses that peace is the only viable solution for civilians in Gaza and Israel. A sustained ceasefire and mutually agreed-upon armistice conditions are essential to ending this suffering and enabling aid workers to deliver crucial relief to those in need"
X Link 2023-12-26T07:53Z [--] followers, 11.2K engagements

"The '#Gaza mass deportation plan' hatched by former National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat and endorsed by Minister of Intelligence Gila Gamliel in the form of a policy directive is set in motion by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while #Israel denies its intent to commit gross and systemic violations of international law"
X Link 2023-12-26T09:32Z 15.7K followers, 115.1K engagements

"@UNHumanRights report shows an increase in the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force by #Israeli security forces resulting in unlawful killings and an exponential increase in attacks by armed settlers leading to mass displacement of #Palestinians"
X Link 2023-12-29T10:27Z 10.8K followers, [----] engagements

"291 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem were killed by Israel from [--] Oct [--] Dec [----]. At least [---] At were recorded during Israeli law enforcement operations involving the use of airstrikes and other military tactics incompatible with law enforcement"
X Link 2023-12-29T10:27Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"This evening I addressed the UN Security Council #UNSC on behalf of @NRC_Norway during a meeting urgently requested by @UAEMissionToUN. I remarked on the legal observations that underpin NRC humanitarian mission in #Gaza and the West Bank:"
X Link 2023-12-29T18:03Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Itay Epshtain Special Advisor at the Norwegian Refugee Council (@NRC_Norway @NRC_Geneva @NRC_MiddleEast) informed Council members of the legal observations that underpin the NRCs response to the humanitarian crisis. Some capture serious violations that have been perpetrated and continue to occur others relate to premeditated atrocities that should be prevented by this august Council he said noting that all parties Palestinian armed groups and Israel have shown reckless disregard for the norms of international law including the basic rules of international humanitarian law the very rules they"
X Link 2023-12-30T07:40Z 19.7K followers, 69.2K engagements

"An analysis by the Shelter Cluster a coalition of aid groups led by the Norwegian Refugee Council @NRC_Norway concluded that after the current war it will take at least a year just to clear the rubble a task complicated by having to safely remove unexploded ordnance. Rebuilding the housing will take seven to [--] years if financing is available the group said. It will cost some $3.5 billion it estimates not including the cost of providing temporary accommodation"
X Link 2023-12-30T09:26Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"@WillCarter_NRC @ElkeSchwarz Many thanks @WillCarter_NRC I'm proud to be your colleague and grateful for your leadership of the @NRC_Norway Sudan humanitarian response"
X Link 2023-12-30T12:14Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Last night - following #UNSC briefings from @UN Assistant Secretary General @khiari_khaled and I (on behalf of @NRC_Norway) on the forcible transfer of Palestinians in #Gaza and the risk of deportation and annexation - #Israel's Permanent Representative dismissed these concerns off hand"
X Link 2023-12-30T18:10Z 15.7K followers, 68.5K engagements

""We will return to Gaza to establish a military and civilian presence and facilitate the migration of Gazans." The Israeli Ambassador should check in with his government before again denying the intent to commit a serious breach of international law and an atrocity crime"
X Link 2023-12-30T18:18Z 15.7K followers, 20.1K engagements

"#Israel's ambassador was equally dismissive of concerns around the arming of violent settlers. He failed to check with his minister who confirmed that [--] million ILS have just been allocated to arm settlement outposts so ideologically extreme that previous Israeli governments considered them unlawful:"
X Link 2023-12-30T18:26Z 15.7K followers, 10.4K engagements

"BREAKING: Earlier today #Israel's government led by Minister #Smotrich (Overseer of occupied #Palestinian territory and Minister of Finance) allocated [--] million ILS (21 million USD) for immediate dispersal to 'informal settlement outposts' (unlawful under international law and https://t.co/rrFTIMcHG9 BREAKING: Earlier today #Israel's government led by Minister #Smotrich (Overseer of occupied #Palestinian territory and Minister of Finance) allocated [--] million ILS (21 million USD) for immediate dispersal to 'informal settlement outposts' (unlawful under international law and"
X Link 2023-12-30T18:27Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"A war of aggression a war of conquest and permanent acquisition of territory in violation of international law. @Palestine_UN DPR @majedbamya stated it clearly at #UNSC last night Smotrich goes on live TV to confess it: " " . . https://t.co/GIsslp3MAN " " . . https://t.co/GIsslp3MAN"
X Link 2023-12-30T18:33Z [--] followers, 16.2K engagements

"#Israel's Smotrich Ben Gvir and yes #Netanyahu and the vast majority of his coalition government have forcibly transferred #Palestinians within the West Bank and #Gaza. As I told the #UNSC last week they intend to deport them on maas unless stopped. Minister Ben-Gvir: "Encouraging the residents of Gaza to emigrate is a solution we must advance https://t.co/i69ocHVpwE Minister Ben-Gvir: "Encouraging the residents of Gaza to emigrate is a solution we must advance https://t.co/i69ocHVpwE"
X Link 2024-01-02T11:22Z 15.7K followers, 405.3K engagements

"Forcible transfer and deportation would constitute a serious breach of international law and an atrocity crime. I refer in my remarks on behalf of @NRC_Norway to judicial settlement under the authority of the @CIJ_ICJ"
X Link 2024-01-02T11:22Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Since its [----] inception the International Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ has been requested to indicate provisional measures in [--] cases of which [--] relate to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of #Genocide whose Art. IX provided that disputes between the parties relating to the interpretation application or fulfillment of the Convention shall be submitted to the Court"
X Link 2024-01-02T13:28Z 17.9K followers, 17.7K engagements

"In the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro the request was made on [--] March [----] and the Court decided on [--] April [----] taking [--] days to indicate provisional measures"
X Link 2024-01-02T13:37Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements

"In The Gambia v. Myanmar the request was made on [--] November [----] and the Court indicated provisional measures on [--] January [----] taking [--] days to do so"
X Link 2024-01-02T13:37Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"In Ukraine (and another [--] states intervening) v. Russian Federation the request was made on [--] February [----] and the Court ordered provisional measures on [--] March [----] after only [--] days"
X Link 2024-01-02T13:42Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"@eu_eeas's @JosepBorrellF says world must impose solution to #Gaza conflict. He is absolutely right. Article [--] of the UN Charter calls for international arbitration (@PCA_CPA) and adjudication (@CIJ_ICJ) to peacefully resolve such conflict"
X Link 2024-01-03T15:29Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"In fact #Israel and the #PLO committed in the [----] Interim Agreement (Oslo II) to arbitration. ARTICLE XXI - binding the parties - calls for the establishment of an arbitration committee hosted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration @PCA_CPA"
X Link 2024-01-03T15:29Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"There was no attempt to bring occupation to an end & negotiate peace with #Palestinians not by previous #Israeli governments and certainly not by the current extremist government. Israel is unwilling to recognize Palestinian self-determination unless it will be imposed on it"
X Link 2024-01-04T05:57Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements

"#Israeli Minister Amihai Eliyahu ('Jewish Power') who in November suggested that Israel "drop what amounts to some kind a nuclear bomb on #Gaza flattening them eliminating everybody there" responds to the @CIJ_ICJ #Genocide Convention proceedings:"
X Link 2024-01-08T09:03Z 10.7K followers, 22.5K engagements

"In the coming days the International Court of Justice will consider indicating provisional measures requested by @SAMissionNY concerning #Gaza hostilities"
X Link 2024-01-09T14:06Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"In personal capacity and having studied the written submission by #SouthAfrica and the arguments by both it and #Israel before the #ICJ I believe that it should indicate the following provisional measures irrespective of determination of an attempt or commission of #genocide:"
X Link 2024-01-12T18:03Z 15.7K followers, 30.8K engagements

"1. Haltindiscriminate and disproportionate #Israeli military operations affecting Gaza's civilian population andcease attacks against civilians by #Palestinian armed groups including acts of terrorism and hostage-taking"
X Link 2024-01-12T18:03Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"3. #Palestinianarmed groups and #Israel including individuals and organizations under their influence or control do notengage in incitement to commit #genocide and such wrongful behavior should be appropriately suppressed"
X Link 2024-01-12T18:03Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Once the @CIJ_ICJ decides on provisional measures it will fall to the Security Council #UNSC and all states to respect andensure respect for peremptory norms of international law. These include the prohibition of aggressioncompliance with fundamental international humanitarian laws the right to self-determination for peoplesand the prohibition of #genocide as outlined in the [----] Genocide Convention"
X Link 2024-01-12T18:04Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"In the same resolution the Security Council expressed its willingness to consider "preventive deployment upon the recommendation of the Secretary-General and with the consent of the Member States concerned." @antonioguterres proposed such deployment in his December [----] letter to the Council:"
X Link 2024-01-13T09:55Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Back in time to #SouthAfirca's illegal occupation of #Namibia the #UNSC demanded in Resolution [---] of [----] that the former comply with the Advisory Opinion of the #ICJ and withdraw from Namibia. While Article [--] of the UN Charter deals with the enforcement of 'contentious case' judgments the Council established that an Advisory Opinion should be adhered to and the performance of said obligations reported to it"
X Link 2024-01-13T10:09Z 11K followers, [---] engagements

"More closely aligned with the current #ICJ proceedings to indicate provisional measures in connection with the [----] #Genocide Convention breach in #Gaza the #UNSC in Resolution [---] on the former #Yugoslavia demanded compliance with provisional measures including a #ceasfire rejected the acquisition of territory by force and deliberate actions to forcibly displace the population and demanded the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian relief"
X Link 2024-01-13T10:33Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"It has not always been the case. When #Nicaragua asked the Security Council to uphold the judgment of the #ICJ in the [----] case concerning it and the #US the latter vetoed the resolution calling for "full and immediate compliance with the judgment of the International Court of Justice.""
X Link 2024-01-13T10:37Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Should the Court find that to be the case (which is not a trivial finding amounting to a grave breach of international humanitarian law codified as a war crime) it could indicate the appropriate provisional measure. E.g. That #Israel and #Palestinian armed groups must respect LoAC (including customary rules applicable to Hamas and PIJ) and that third parties must ensure respect of the law (by for example conditioning support on compliance and/or planning operations jointly in order to prevent such violations). In the event that parties fail to comply it would fall to states to enforce"
X Link 2024-01-13T11:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"Arguing before the International Court of Justice #ICJ @CIJ_ICJ #Israel held that it maintains a "dedicated military unit called COGAT responsible for routine co-ordination with international organizations in #Gaza with respect to various humanitarian aspects.""
X Link 2024-01-15T05:51Z 15.7K followers, 20.3K engagements

"What this unit since February [----] subordinated to Minister Bezalel #Smotrich has to show for a "coordination mechanism" is a single Google form. That's it"
X Link 2024-01-15T05:52Z [--] followers, [----] engagements

"Thank you Ambassador Joyini @SAMissionNY for the opportunity to discuss @NRC_Norway humanitarian response in #Gaza and the West Bank and our collective efforts to ensure respect for international law and the peaceful resolution of the question of #Palestine"
X Link 2024-01-16T23:27Z 16.4K followers, [----] engagements

"A pleasure to meet Ambassador Kridelka @BelgiumUN and an opportunity to offer thanks for the support to @NRC_Norway humanitarian response in occupied #Palestinian territory and discuss in earnest Belgium's role at the UN and as @EUCouncil Presidency"
X Link 2024-01-18T23:40Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"Thank you Ambassador @_VanessaFrazier for the warm welcome to @MaltaUNMission and the in-depth discussion of challenges to @NRC_Norway humanitarian relief efforts in the West Bank and #Gaza. Malta's principled stance and constructive role in the #UNSC is greatly appreciated. Grazzi Malta"
X Link 2024-01-19T00:14Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Wonderful to be back at @FinlandUN and to have an insightful discussion of @NRC_Norway humanitarian mission in occupied #Palestinian territory with Ambassador Kalkku and Middle East and Humanitarian Affairs Expert Schroderus-Nevalainen. Kiitos Suomi jatkuvasta tuestanne"
X Link 2024-01-19T03:07Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Thank you Ambassador Cronin and @irishmissionun team for the warm welcome and for the insightful exchange. An opportunity to convey @NRC_Norway gratitude for Irish support in addressing humanitarian challenges in Gaza and the West Bank. Go raibh maith agat ire as seasamh linn"
X Link 2024-01-19T18:25Z 11K followers, [----] engagements

"Direct and public statement from #Israel's #Netanyahu tantamount to an admission of gross and systemic violation of the peremptory norms of international law prohibiting aggression and suppression of self-determination. An affront to the #Palestinian people and to the international community"
X Link 2024-01-20T19:58Z 12K followers, 29.4K engagements

"The 'Question of #Palestine' will not be resolved by calling on an entrenched and defiant #Israel to negotiate. Other means including arbitration - by the #UNSC and @PCA_CPA - and adjudication by the @CIJ_ICJ must be considered with utmost urgency and a determination to ensure peace and human security for Israelis and Palestinians"
X Link 2024-01-20T20:07Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"#Israel has not abandoned its wanton plan to "return to #Gaza" meaning the permanent acquisition of occupied territory and its colonization. Organizers of the upcoming conference enjoy generous public funding and represent the proliferation of ideological zealotry"
X Link 2024-01-24T09:13Z 16.9K followers, 727.6K engagements

"A new organization is the 'Community of Gaza City.' I will not be surprised to see settlers occupying homes in northern Gaza in the coming weeks - to force the vision of annexation into a political reality - which the government will ultimately embrace"
X Link 2024-01-24T09:13Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"BREAKING: Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to deliver its Order on Friday [--] January [----] at [--] p.m"
X Link 2024-01-24T17:18Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"@pass_blue @jamiemcgoldric8 @NRCgov @WHOoPt @ACF_EU @omarhamars19429 Thanks @pass_blue our handles are @NRC_Norway @NRC_MiddleEast @NRC_Geneva. Nothing to do with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (despite statements from Israeli officials threatening the use of nuclear weapons)"
X Link 2024-01-24T17:35Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"A solemn reminder ahead of the #ICJ decision on provisional measures in #Israel #Gaza. BREAKING: @CIJ_ICJ was creatively seized by #Ukraine provides a legally binding order just now: The #Russian Federation shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced in the territory of Ukraine. A lesson here for Russia AND other States commiting agression. https://t.co/2k9Doin6oN BREAKING: @CIJ_ICJ was creatively seized by #Ukraine provides a legally binding order just now: The #Russian Federation shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced in the territory of"
X Link 2024-01-26T08:53Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"This prediction has proven to be mostly accurate. In personal capacity and having studied the written submission by #SouthAfrica and the arguments by both it and #Israel before the #ICJ I believe that it should indicate the following provisional measures irrespective of determination of an attempt or commission of #genocide: https://t.co/xJSmRXrxpC In personal capacity and having studied the written submission by #SouthAfrica and the arguments by both it and #Israel before the #ICJ I believe that it should indicate the following provisional measures irrespective of determination of an attempt"
X Link 2024-01-26T12:51Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"The #ICJ issued an order indicating provisional measures satisfied that it has jurisdiction Ratione Materiae meaning that the features and characteristics of the subject matter of a dispute between South Africa and Israel on the application of the Genocide Convention fall under its jurisdiction"
X Link 2024-01-26T13:37Z 15.7K followers, 30.1K engagements

"The requirements of Article IX of the Convention as a source of authority having been satisfied the Court addressed the Locus Standi of South Africa. In doing so it recalled its [----] order of provisional measures in Gambia v. Myanmar which noted that all states parties to the Genocide Convention have a common interest to ensure that acts of genocide are prevented and that if they occur their authors do not enjoy impunity. That common interest implies that the obligations in question are owed by any State party to all the other States parties to the Convention"
X Link 2024-01-26T13:38Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"The Court held that these obligations may be defined as obligations erga omnes partes in the sense that each state party has an interest in compliance with them in any given case and not only a specially affected State and may as South Africa did - invoke the responsibility of another State party with a view to ascertaining the alleged failure to comply with its obligations erga omnes partes and to bring that failure to an end"
X Link 2024-01-26T13:39Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"The Court then proceeded to align the rights and prohibitions contained in Articles II and III of the Genocide Convention noting the extent of harm caused to Palestinians in Gaza a protected group including the scale of fatalities destruction of civilian infrastructure and forcible transfer leading to wanton deprivation and starvation. The ICJ also noted statements by senior Israeli officials which creates a plausible link to a breach of the Convention (which nonetheless will be determined definitively at a later stage)"
X Link 2024-01-26T13:41Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Turning to the justiciability of the provisional measures requested by South Africa the Court established the possibility of irreparable harm emanating from the intensity of the Israeli offensive the extent of the destruction the forced displacement experienced en masse and the deprivation of means essential to the survival of the civilian population of Gaza"
X Link 2024-01-26T13:41Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Israel was ordered to prevent a breach of Article II of the Genocide Convention (Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (and Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group) including by instructing its armed forces to comply with said obligations"
X Link 2024-01-26T13:52Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"The Court has also recalled the obligations incumbent upon Palestinian non-state armed groups (such as Hamas and PIJ) under customary international humanitarian law. In particular the obligation to refrain from violence to life and person murder of all kinds mutilation cruel treatment and torture and the taking and holding of hostages"
X Link 2024-01-26T13:53Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Israel was instructed to take all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit genocide with the Court citing with concern inciteful statements from Israeli President Herzog Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister of Defence Galant ordering indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on Gaza and confirming the intent to deprive the population of all means essential to its survival by way of cutting off basic commodities and denying humanitarian relief"
X Link 2024-01-26T14:01Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

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