ARIJ record on Israeli violation in the occupied Palestinian territory.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) stand to look on evidence of Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territory in the period between June 13, 2014 and April 15, 2015; particularly on all what is related to Israeli settlements and its expansion. The Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ) put forth all what is related to that period including the international laws and conventions violated by Israel on this regards in the following points:

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General Glance

The year 2014 is described to be the worst yet for Palestinians. Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territory remain to be the major obstacles to a safe a secure Palestinian society. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli relentlessly attack the 362 kilometer square area numerously and viscously, the ultimate attack of happened between the months of July and august and resulted in the killing of more than 2147 Palestinians, and injuring more than 11000 others; causing to many of which permanent disability. In addition to that the war caused the destruction of thousands of houses and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people.

Still, Israel remained forced and more particulate about its activities in the West Bank; which it carried out through an issued series of military orders to impose its agenda and violation and to continue its land confiscation policy (7263 dunums), house demolition strategy (509, including structures and houses) and uprooting trees (10596 trees) but more than that it remained steadfast to its settlements’ construction policy as it issued plans and tenders for some 16704 housing units in the West Bank and Jerusalem in particular in violation to the international law and the international pressure to seize it settlements related activities. Israeli also remained supportive of the Israeli settlers’ attacks in the West Bank, as the Army and the State remain disregarding the settlers’ organized attacks against the villages with 764 attacks registered throughout the West Bank.
 

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