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Wizdom
05-07-06, 23:03
Human Rights group says Israel violate Geneva convention
Palestine-Israel-European Union, Politics, 7/5/2006

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) yesterday said the Israeli aerial and artillery attacks which are taking place in Gaza constitute a severe threat to the lives of the Palestinian civilians.

"Israel's actions constitute collective punishment against the Gazan population, reaching to 1.6 million persons. Collective punishment is prohibited according to Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, said the Network in a statement.

It noted that the detention by Israel of a large number of Palestinian Cabinet Ministers, members of the Palestinian Legislative Council and a number of Hamas political leaders constitutes an attack on democratically elected representatives.

"This constitutes an attack on the Palestinian democracy, hence a further deterioration of the democracy and the building of a Palestinian state."

The statement said, "EU should call on Israel to stop these illegal actions, reverse their effects to the fullest extent possible, and make correct reparation for the harm they have wrongfully caused.

"The EU should demand reimbursement from Israel for all costs and additional costs incurred on the provision of humanitarian relief deliveries as a consequence of access and mobility restrictions imposed unlawfully by Israel's military authorities."

EMHRN is a network of more than 60 human rights organizations from over 20 countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The EMHRN was established in January 1997.

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