Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar could be likened to a war crime – IMEMC News

According to the Rome Statute of 1998, the proposed demolition of Khan al-Ahmar by the Israeli occupation forces could constitute war crimes if the demolition continues.

Khan al-Ahmar was subjected to heavy pressure by Israeli forces. to abandon his land, after the Israeli government expressed the desire to connect the colony Ma & Aleh Adumim to Jerusalem, annexing an area inside the Palestinian West Bank known as the zone name E1.

Michael Lynk said Tuesday, forcing the transfer of a protected community would be a serious violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Israeli courts approved the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in May, but after weeks of intense protest, the same courts stopped the plan until 1 August.

However, reports PNN, this did not prevent other regions from being demolished, as the inhabitants of the Bedouin village of Mount of Olives could not stop the demolition of a garden of children and women. center, by Israeli

The Bedouin Village on the Mount of Olives is also part of the E1 area between Maule Adumim and East Jerusalem

The relevant crimes under the Rome Statute of 1998 include: (a) (iv) Major destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and arbitrarily; (vii) Expulsion or illegal transfer or unlawful confinement; (b) (viii) The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population in the territory occupied by it, or the deportation or transfer of all or part of the population of the occupied territory inside or outside of

SOURCE: United Nations Human Rights Commission

Lynk calls on the international community to condemn the acts of the Israeli army by annexing large areas of the occupied Palestinian West Bank. But he also says that mere condemnation will not suffice.

"To be effective, the international community must be ready to make Israeli decision-makers legally and diplomatically accountable for their illegal actions," Lynk said. "They must demand that Israel stop all measures that could lead to forcible transfer, obtain diplomatic and political support to put an end to the systematic violations of human rights that Palestinians are subjected to in the occupied and occupied territory. ensure the end of the occupation. " [19659002] (edited for IMEMC by chris @ imemc.org)

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