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A legal network of Israeli-based lawyers and activists claims the systematic torture of Palestinians by a group overseeing parts of the West Bank and the reported liability for Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip. I submitted it to the criminal court.
The International Legal Forum claims that the Palestinian Authority and its leaders, President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Mohammad Steier, are routinely involved. Torture PalestiniansIncludes journalists, political opponents, dissidents, human rights activists, minors, and members of the LGBTQ community.
The group is seeking the ICC to initiate an investigation into the allegations and prosecute PA leaders.
“Sufficient. It was long ago that the Palestinian Authority was held liable for the continuous and systematic torture of Palestinians and the torture of four Israeli citizens currently detained in Gaza.” ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky said in a statement. “These are terribly indisputable violations of international law and the ICC must investigate and prosecute accordingly.”
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Such torture activities included violent beatings, arbitrary detention, cell detention, cruel and inhumane prison situations, harassment, forced confessions, and prompt executions, the group said.
The submission to the Hague-based court in the Netherlands took place the day before the UN Committee against Torture was to be convened in Geneva.
Other groups, such as UNWatch, a non-profit organization trying to hold the United Nations accountable, said Palestinians selling land to Jews were also tortured and killed. A report released last week quoted Isamu Akel, an American Palestinian, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for violating a law prohibiting the sale of land to Israelis in December 2018.
Israel’s formation of a reconciliation on the West Bank is a dispute between peace negotiators on both sides of the conflict, as Israel’s efforts to create a border-based two-state solution before its military victory over the Arab nations in 1967 failed. It has become the target of.
The Palestinian Authority controls the Gaza Strip, which is part of the West Bank’s governing body and is now managed by Hamas, a group that the State Department considers to be a terrorist organization.
As Palestinians joined Roman law in 2015, the ILF said the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, including the bodies of Israeli soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oronshor, who were captured by Hamas during the 2014 Gaza War. He said he was responsible for the Israeli prisoners. He later died as a prisoner of war.
Hamas continues to hold both bodies and demands the return of Israeli prisoners.
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“We reaffirmed the lasting relationship between Palestinians and Americans and emphasized our commitment to a two-state solution,” Biden said in a meeting with Abbas during his visit to Israel last week.
“President, we respected the resolution of international legitimacy and signed the agreement, and we promised to abandon violence in our region and the world and fight terrorism.” Abbas said in a joint statement. “President, we are the act of Israeli occupation of our land and racism, turning the page of apartheid against our people, and of your administration to stop unilateral actions that undermine the two-state solution. I look forward to your efforts. “”
Abbas has been criticized for not holding presidential elections in the region since 2006.