Actual Criticism of Israel - Movement Restrictions and Segregation in Area C

[Shusha]

TruthNotBS

Claim: Restriction of the freedom of movement is violation of human rights.

3. Movement Restrictions and Segregation

• Checkpoints and Permit System: In the West Bank, Palestinians are subjected to a draconian permit system and face numerous checkpoints that severely restrict their freedom of movement. These restrictions are not imposed on Jewish settlers, who can travel freely within the same areas.
• Source: Amnesty International on Movement Restrictions (Amnesty International).
• Road Segregation: Certain roads in the West Bank are designated for Jewish settlers only, and Palestinians are prohibited from using them. This road segregation reinforces the systemic discrimination and apartheid conditions.
• Source: Human Rights Watch on Road Segregation (Human Rights Watch).

Relevant Questions:

1. Which rights are defined in international law as inherent human rights?
2. Which international laws govern the freedom of movement of individuals?
3. Do sovereign States have a right to govern freedom of movement into their State?
4. Do Treaties between States have legal weight which can, or should, be enforced by an international body?
5. Which State, or other non-State party, holds sovereignty or legal control over the Area(s) in question?
6. Are there defined areas which are restricted for use based on ethnicity as the defining factor?

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Meanwhile, the world was silent when the Palestinian Authority announced it planned to unilaterally violate the Accords by cancelling the division of the West Bank into Area A, B and C and treating the entire area as sovereign Palestinian territory (Jack Khoury, “Palestinian Authority Decides to End Division of West Bank Into Areas Set by Oslo Accords,” Haaretz, August 31, 2019). Even before that announcement, the Palestinians were building their own settlements in Area C where any construction must be approved by Israel according to the agreements they signed.

New towns established by the Palestinians in the West Bank should be referred to as “settlements” and condemned with the same ferocity of critics of Israeli construction for creating “facts on the ground.” The West Bank is disputed territory; the Palestinians have no sovereign rights there today nor have they had any in the past which justifies the expansion of their communities. Those who constantly bemoan the disappearing two-state solution and unilateral actions should be outraged by the brazen Palestinian efforts to predetermine the border of any possible state by their own illegal building in areas that Israelis have equal right to claim as their own.

The Palestinian campaign of creeping annexation has continued unabated for decades with little media attention and no international condemnation. Take, for example, the roughly 4.6 square mile area referred to as E-1, which Israel has long-planned to annex. Originally formulated by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin just months before his assassination, the plan is to populate the valley between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, which Palestinians agree will be part of Israel in any future agreement. This “settlement” of more than 40,000 people is essentially a suburb just three miles outside the capital. Critics claim the E-1 project would cut off East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank and doom a two-state solution (Adam Chandler, “On The Reactions To Israel’s E-1 Plan,” Tablet, December 3, 2012).

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[Shusha]

New towns established by the Palestinians in the West Bank should be referred to as “settlements” and condemned with the same ferocity of critics of Israeli construction for creating “facts on the ground.”

Yes! Arab growth in Area C through illegal settlement building has increased by nearly 80% in the past decade or so, while total Israeli "settlement" has only increased by 20%.

Arab illegal settlement includes expansion of Area B towns and villages into Area C, deliberate agricultural theft of land, and using Ottoman and Jordanian land law to illegally register state land as privately owned. Arabs also use a form of lawfare to deliberately extend the time between an illegal construction and a final demolition order, then assert that their relatives have been living there "for years" and plead for exceptions to retain the illegal structures.

Arabs also leverage foreign investment, especially from the EU, to alter the existing conditions in Area C. For example, they will use EU funds to build infrastructure, often a school in a location without permanent residents. That school will have the sheen of protected status, with the backing of the foreign state who funded it and the Arabs then establish a permanent settlement around the school.

The West Bank is disputed territory;

At best. I'd argue it is sovereign Israel territory with Israel voluntarily withholding the application of sovereignty pending a negotiated settlement of borders between Israel and an emerging State of Palestine. Area C is under full Israeli civilian control according to an agreement between Israel and the government representatives of the Arab Palestinian people. Palestine has no existing sovereign rights to ANY of Area C by the agreement of their government.

Those who constantly bemoan the disappearing two-state solution and unilateral actions should be outraged by the brazen Palestinian efforts to predetermine the border of any possible state by their own illegal building in areas that Israelis have equal right to claim as their own.

They should also be outraged by the complicity of the EU and other nations and the hypocrisy demonstrated by insisting Israel maintain the status quo while handing billions of dollars to the Arabs to change the status quo.

Regavim is an excellent source.

 

[Augustine_]

TruthNotBS

Claim: Restriction of the freedom of movement is violation of human rights.

3. Movement Restrictions and Segregation

• Checkpoints and Permit System: In the West Bank, Palestinians are subjected to a draconian permit system and face numerous checkpoints that severely restrict their freedom of movement. These restrictions are not imposed on Jewish settlers, who can travel freely within the same areas.
• Source: Amnesty International on Movement Restrictions (Amnesty International).
• Road Segregation: Certain roads in the West Bank are designated for Jewish settlers only, and Palestinians are prohibited from using them. This road segregation reinforces the systemic discrimination and apartheid conditions.
• Source: Human Rights Watch on Road Segregation (Human Rights Watch).

Relevant Questions:

1. Which rights are defined in international law as inherent human rights?
2. Which international laws govern the freedom of movement of individuals?
3. Do sovereign States have a right to govern freedom of movement into their State?
4. Do Treaties between States have legal weight which can, or should, be enforced by an international body?
5. Which State, or other non-State party, holds sovereignty or legal control over the Area(s) in question?
6. Are there defined areas which are restricted for use based on ethnicity as the defining factor?

Damn who knew you were an anti-semite

 

[Shusha]

Damn who knew you were an anti-semite

Me?

No. It is an carry-over discussion from another thread. The claim is not mine, but another poster's. My intent is to counter the claim.

 

[Augustine_]

Me?

No. It is an carry-over discussion from another thread. The claim is not mine, but another poster's.

Even pretending to criticize the actions Israeli government means you're an anti-semite, so be careful

 

[rylah]

This is an argument for complete Israel sovereignty.