25 June 2001 (A/ES-10/92-S/2001/629)
Letter sent by Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa, Ambassador and Permanent
Observer of Palestine to the U.N., to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations, the President of the Security Council, and the President of the
General Assembly: (Continued Cease-fire Breaches)
Israel, the occupying Power, continues with its bloody
military campaign against the Palestinian people, which began on 28 September
2000, in spite of its declaration concerning the cease-fire. Yesterday, Israel
committed another war crime by assassinating Mr. Osama Fathi Al-Jawabra while
he stood in a public telephone booth in the city of Nablus. Apparently, the
telephone booth was booby-trapped, a method that has been used before by the
Israeli occupying forces in committing such crimes against Palestinian
civilians. In actuality, since 23 May 2001, the date of the Israeli
declaration of the cease-fire, Israeli occupying forces have brutally killed
25 Palestinian civilians, including 4 Palestinians since my last letter to you
dated 18 June 2001. These additional killings bring the total number of
Palestinian civilians killed to 505. (The names of the martyrs are contained
in the annex to the present letter.) In addition, the number of Palestinian
civilians seriously injured as a result of the excessive use of force by the
Israeli occupying forces and the perpetual violence by Israeli settlers
continues to rise. This bloody military campaign, including Israeli war crimes
and Israeli State terrorism must be brought to an end, and the international
community must bear its responsibility in this regard.
Moreover, Israel is also trying to destroy the Report of the
Sharm El-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee (Mitchell Report) through the invention
of the notion of "separate stages" of implementation, as well as its refusal
to implement some basic recommendations such as the full cessation of
settlement activity. By doing so, Israel, the occupying Power, is effectively
undermining the true chance of ending the current tragic situation on the
ground and resuming peace negations.
Furthermore, I would also like to refer to the recent letters
from the Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations addressed to
the Secretary-General, which contain references to incidents against Israelis.
These letters attempt to present those incidents as if they took place inside
of Israel against Israeli civilians, where in fact they took place in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory against Israeli colonialist settlers. Those
Israeli settlers have been illegally transferred by the occupying Power to the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, in grave breach of
various instruments of international humanitarian law and in total violation
of relevant Security Council resolutions and other United Nations resolutions.
Moreover, Israeli settlers have been engaged in a daily terror campaign
against the Palestinian civilian population during which they have shot
civilians, blocked roads, burned orchards, destroyed infrastructures and have
committed a wide-range of other atrocities. Actions of those settlers and
their own safety remain the responsibility of the occupying Power.
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The Palestinian side remains fully committed to the full
implementation of the recommendations of the Mitchell Report, and in this
context remains committed to the Tenet work plan of the security aspect of the
recommendations. What is immediately needed now is the complete timeline of
the implementation of all the recommendations as a package consistent with the
letter and spirit of the Report.
In closing, I am writing this letter in follow-up to my
previous 51 letters addressed to you regarding this grave and ongoing
situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, dated
from 29 September 2000 to 18 June 2001 (A/55/437-S/2000/930;
A/55/450-S/2000/957; A/55/466-S/2000/971; A/55/474-S/2000/984;
A/55/490-S/2000/993; A/ES-10/39-S/2000/1015; A/ES-10/40-S/2000/1025;
A/ES-10/42-S/2000/1068; A/ES-10/43-S/2000/1078; A/ES-10/44-S/2000/1093;
A/ES-10/45- S/2000/1104; A/ES-10/46-S/2000/1107; A/ES-10/47-S/2000/1116;
A/ES-10/48-S/2000/1129; A/ES-10/49-S/2000/1154; A/ES-10/50-S/2000/1173;
A/ES-10/51-S/2000/1185; A/ES-10/52-S/2000/1206; A/ES-10/53-S/2000/1247;
A/ES-10/54-S/2001/7; A/ES-10/55-S/2001/33; A/ES-10/56-S/2001/50;
A/ES-10/57-S/2001/101; A/ES-10/58-S/2001/131; A/ES-10/59-S/2001/156;
A/ES-10/60-S/2001/175; A/ES-10/61-S/2001/189; A/ES-10/64-S/2001/209;
A/ES-10/65-S/2001/226; A/ES-10/66-S/2001/239; A/ES-10/67-S/2001/255;
A/ES-10/68-S/2001/284; A/ES-10/69-S/2001/295; A/ES-10/70-S/2001/304;
A/ES-10/71-S/2001/314; A/ES-10/72-S/2001/332; A/ES-10/75-S/2001/352;
A/ES-10/76-S/2001/372; A/ES-10/79-S/2001/418; A/ES-10/80-S/2001/432;
A/ES-10/81-S/2001/447; A/ES-10/82-S/2001/463; A/ES-10/83-S/2001/471;
A/ES-10/84-S/2001/479; A/ES-10/85-S/2001/486; A/ES-10/86-S/2001/496;
A/ES-10/87-S/2001/504; A/ES-10/88-S/2001/508; A/ES-10/89-S/2001/544;
A/ES-10/90, S/2001/586; and A/ES-10/91-S/2001/605).
Names of Martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces
In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
Jerusalem*
(Tuesday, 19 June through Sunday, 24 June 2001)
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Tuesday, 19 June 2001
- Fatma El’yan Abu Farwah
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Wednesday, 20 June 2001
- Jamal Nafe’
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Saturday, 23 June 2001
1. Muhanad Jamal Sewedan (18 years old)
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Sunday, 24 June 2001
1. Osama Fathi Al-Jawabra
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Total number of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli
occupying forces since 28 September
2000 = 505
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