These evictions are “facilitated by the unlawful application of discriminatory Israeli laws in opposition to Palestinians within the occupied territory,” the workplace mentioned in an announcement.
Authorized Proceedings
About 87 Palestinian households – almost 680 people – face authorized actions begun by “settlers” to take away them from their homes in Batn al-Hawa.
On 9 and 10 July, the Jerusalem District Courtroom dismissed the appeals of the Gheith, Abu Nab, and Al-Rajabi households in opposition to eviction orders issued in lawsuits filed by Jewish Israeli settlers aiming to evict them from their properties.
The affected households reside in 9 residential items which home over 80 Palestinians, together with youngsters, ladies, the aged, and people with particular wants.
Areas of concern
One explicit space of concern includes the Shehadeh household, consisting of 15 folks, together with eight youngsters, who face “escalating steps” towards their compelled eviction.
This follows the Israeli Excessive Courtroom’s rejection of a petition in opposition to an 11 April 2024 Supreme Courtroom choice that ordered the household to depart their four-story residence in Batn al-Hawa to make means for Jewish Israeli settlers.
On 14 July, the household obtained a discover demanding they vacate their residence inside 20 days, after which the settlers might implement the eviction order.
“These instances are examples of an ongoing systematic settlers’ marketing campaign and software of a variety of legal guidelines discriminatorily,” the UN rights workplace mentioned, “to uproot Palestinians from their properties, take over their property and implant Israeli settlers within the coronary heart of Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem.”
Moreover, worldwide humanitarian legislation forbids Israel from implementing its authorized system in occupied territories, which extends to utilizing Israeli legal guidelines to evict Palestinians from their properties.
Moreover, the workplace declared that these legal guidelines are intrinsically discriminatory in opposition to Palestinians, breaching Israel’s worldwide human rights commitments.
