Letters For Palestine
Transfer of Palestinians from the OPT into Israel
Background
2) Copy email addresses into the CC field
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3) Put "Transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel" into the Subject Line
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- Palestinians get arrested for many things
- Over 500 Children a year get arrested by Israeli Forces.
- Israel will transfer the majority of the arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel
- This makes it makes it difficult to impossible for a Palestinians family or support people to be able to enter Israel to give support to the arrested and transferred person. Especially Children.
- The Transfer of Palestinian Civilians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel is in contravention of the 4th Geneva Convention - Article 49 - "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.”
- Take action and ask your Political Representatives whether they Consider Israel’s actions in Gaza meets the definition of Terrorism!
- Please take action.
2) Copy email addresses into the CC field
or Choose Politicians to email from the "government contacts" tab on the left if you are outside New Zealand
3) Put "Transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel" into the Subject Line
4) Copy and Paste the following Suggested text into that email
5) Edit that email to reflect who you are sending it to, your details and any words you want to include in that email.
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Suggested Text
Email subject line “Transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel”
To: ??? - Foreign Minister
CC: ??? - Prime Minister
??? - Leader of the National Party
??? - Co Leader of the Green Party
Subject: Transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel
Dear Minister
I have recently come across information that the Israeli Military carries out Transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel
My understanding is that the UN recognises that the Palestinian Territories of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza are “Occupied Territories” and therefore come under the Geneva Conventions.
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Treaty.xsp?documentId=AE2D398352C5B028C12563CD002D6B5C&action=openDocument
My understanding that under the “4th Geneva Convention - Article 49”, the actions mentioned above goes against International Conventions and therefore International Law.
The specific convention is as follows:
4th Geneva Convention - Article 49 - "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.”
4th Geneva Convention - https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Treaty.xsp?documentId=AE2D398352C5B028C12563CD002D6B5C&action=openDocument
An argument can therefore be made that the Politicians of the Government of Israel and the Military Hierarchy of Israel have contravened International Law and therefore are War Criminals.
My questions are these:
I look forward to your response on behalf of our country's government to my questions above.
Kind regards
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Email subject line “Transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel”
To: ??? - Foreign Minister
CC: ??? - Prime Minister
??? - Leader of the National Party
??? - Co Leader of the Green Party
Subject: Transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel
Dear Minister
I have recently come across information that the Israeli Military carries out Transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories/report-israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories/
- http://www.dci-palestine.org/issues_military_detention
- https://www.unicef.org/oPt/UNICEF_oPt_Children_in_Israeli_Military_Detention_Observations_and_Recommendations_-_6_March_2013.pdf
My understanding is that the UN recognises that the Palestinian Territories of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza are “Occupied Territories” and therefore come under the Geneva Conventions.
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Treaty.xsp?documentId=AE2D398352C5B028C12563CD002D6B5C&action=openDocument
My understanding that under the “4th Geneva Convention - Article 49”, the actions mentioned above goes against International Conventions and therefore International Law.
The specific convention is as follows:
4th Geneva Convention - Article 49 - "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.”
4th Geneva Convention - https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Treaty.xsp?documentId=AE2D398352C5B028C12563CD002D6B5C&action=openDocument
An argument can therefore be made that the Politicians of the Government of Israel and the Military Hierarchy of Israel have contravened International Law and therefore are War Criminals.
My questions are these:
- Does our country support the “4th Geneva Convention - Article 49”
- Does our country agree that Israeli actions in regards to “4th Geneva Convention - Article 49” contravene International Conventions?
- Does our country agree that Israeli actions in regards to the “4th Geneva Convention - Article 49” contravene International Law?
- If Israel is in contravention of International Law, what will our country do to bring these War Crimes to International Attention or to the attention of the International Criminal Court at the Hague? Please note that there is “Universal Jurisdiction” for War Crimes and there are “No Statute of Limitations” to War Crimes. Our country has the right to take any identified War Crime to the ICC at any time.
I look forward to your response on behalf of our country's government to my questions above.
Kind regards
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<email address>
