Jerusalem, 12/04/2010
Statement No.: 13/2010

Statement:
A new transfer threatens Palestinians

Al-Maqdese hereby appeals all those responsible to work immediately, at all legal levels, to fight the new dangerous Israeli military order number (1650). This order was issued by the Israeli Military Supreme Leadership on 13/10/2009, and will enter into effect on Tuesday 13/04/2010. This order classifies Palestinians who live in the West Bank without “valid permits” as (infiltrators) or (illegal). So, everyone who lives in the West Bank illegally is subjected to face a criminal offence. This expose them to deportation or to an arrest for 7 years besides paying NIS 7,500 fees after being criminally prosecuted. Accordingly, tens of thousands of Palestinians will be deported and arrested as this resolution considers them as infiltrators to “Israeli lands”. Also, they will only be treated according to the military regulations especially Palestinians born in Gaza Strip.
Israel by this order re-applies the 1969 order which considered any Palestinian who has been living in enemy states (Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq) as an infiltrator and should be deported from the West Bank. Also, this order forces Palestinians in all areas countrywide, including the occupied East Jerusalem, to obtain permits to access their lands such as Za’ayem and Al-Esawiyah in the frame of the “E1 Settlement Project”. Furthermore, Palestinians who live near the Separation Wall, or their lands are inside the Separation Wall, need to get special permits. But, as a direct result of such order, they will not be able to get the needed permits, and so, they will lose their lands. In addition, this military order ignores the Palestinian National Authority and all the signed agreements, including Oslo Agreements.
This order will break up thousands of Palestinian families who live in East Jerusalem and West Bank and have family reunification cases. It also violates all the international regulations, resolutions and laws as it put occupied people under forced eviction threat. Also, any Palestinian with a foreigner spouse will be threatened with deportation of his/her spouse. Moreover, Palestinians who have lost their right to residence according to the Blue IDs withdrawal will be treated as infiltrators and will go through quick military trials within 3 days. This indicates that such order is really a tool to achieve political purposes like distracts attention from settlement activities and aims to evacuate the largest number of Palestinians.
Al-Maqdese warns from the seriousness of such order. So, we call all Arab Countries and League of Arab Countries to directly interfere to stop this order. Also, we call the international community to push Israel to cancel this order immediately. In addition, Al Maqdese calls PNA to move immediately at all national and international levels to stop this order.

Note: The original military order and its amendments are available in Hebrew. Please email us to get them.


Moaz Zat`ari
Executive Manager
Al-Maqdese for Society Development (MSD)
www.al-maqdese.org
Head Office, Jerusalem
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Email: Moaz@al-maqdese.org or moaz.zatari@gmail.com
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