13 August 2001 (A/ES-10/101- S/2001/783)
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: (Israeli Closure and Raid of the Orient House)
In the late night hours of last Friday, 10 August 2001,
scores of Israeli security forces raided and closed down the Orient House
along with nine other buildings belonging to Palestinian institutions in and
around Occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli security forces physically attacked
and arrested the Orient House guards and confiscated important archives
belonging to the House, including a number of maps and land ownership
documents. Israeli occupying forces also forcefully changed the prevailing
situation in the village of Abu Dis in the vicinity of East Jerusalem.
The decision of the Israeli government of Mr. Ariel Sharon to
take such a step in regard to the closure of Palestinian institutions, which
remain to be closed and occupied, represent a dangerous escalation in the
Israeli bloody military campaign being waged against the Palestinian people
since last September. It also represents an assault on Palestinian national
dignity and Palestinian rights in Jerusalem. Furthermore, this Israeli action
denotes a reversal by force of an important part of the agreements reached
between the two sides and a flagrant violation of the explicit commitment made
in a letter from the Foreign Minister of Israel to the Foreign Minister of
Norway dated 11 October 1993, with regard to Palestinian institutions in East
Jerusalem.
We recall in this regard the international consensus,
including relevant Security Council resolutions, that all actions taken by
Israel, the occupying Power, to alter the legal status and the demographic
composition of Jerusalem are not only illegal but null and void. We call upon
the Security Council to immediately take the necessary action to redress the
situation in Occupied East Jerusalem and to halt the continuous deterioration
of the situation on the ground.
In addition to the above, Israeli occupying forces continue
with their brutal killing of Palestinian civilians. Yesterday, nine-year-old
Sabreen Abu Snaineh was shot to death by Israeli gunfire to her head in the
city of Al-Khalil (Hebron). This latest killing brings the number of
Palestinians killed by Israeli occupying forces since 28 September 2000 to
560.(The names of martyrs including the names mentioned in our letter dated 31
July 2001 are contained in the annex to the present letter). At the same time,
the number of Palestinian civilians injured, many severely and permanently,
also continues to rise each day.
Moreover, I am writing this letter in follow-up to our
previous 60 letters addressed to you regarding this grave and ongoing
situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, dated
from 29 September 2000 to 31 July 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; 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;
A/ES-10/91-S/2001/605; A/ES-10/92-S/2001/629; A/ES-10/93-S/2001/657;
A/ES-10/94-S/2001/669;A/ES-10/95-S/2001/686; A/ES-10/96-S/2001/697;
A/ES-10/97-S/2001/708; A/ES-10/98-S/2001/717; A/ES-10/99-S/2001/742 and
A/ES-10/100-S/2001/754.)
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Names of Martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
Jerusalem*
(Monday, 30 July through Sunday, 13 August 2001)
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Monday, 30 July 2001
1. Maher Ahmed Abdallah Jawabrah
2. Abdel Rahman Ishtiwi Mubarak
3. Hikmat Abdel Kareem Abu Al-Habal
4. Mohammed Taye’ Kasem Belatyah
5. Munir Mustafa Saleh Belatyah
6. Amin Mohammed Hafez Belatyah
Tuesday, 31 July 2001
- Jamal Mansour
- Omar Mansour
- Jamal Salim
- Othman Qabani
- Faheem Ibrahim Dawabshah
- Mohammed Al-Bishawi
- Bilal Abdel Munem Khalil Abu Khidr ( 10 years old)
- Ashraf Abdel Munem Khalil Abu Khidr (8 years old)
- Mohammed Asaad Al-Husny
- Hamoudah Nassri Al-Madhoon
Wednesday, 1 August 2001
- Mohammed Badawi Mohammed Al-Sharbati
Thursday, 2 August 2001
- Feras Abdel Haq
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Sunday, 5 August 2001
- Amer Hassan Al-Khudairy
- Mahdi Mohammed Mazeed
- Ali Ibrahim Al-Joulani
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Wednesday, 8 August 2001
- Ashraf Subhi Al-Sayed
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Thursday, 9 August 2001
- Izz El-Dean Al-Masri
Saturday, 11 August 2001
- Maher Afanah
- Mohammed Ramadan Al-Saqa
- Azhar Saeed Abu Shalouf (2 years old)
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Sunday, 12 August 2001
- Sabreen Abu Snaineh (9 years old)
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* Total number of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli
occupying forces since 28 September 2000 = 560
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