The Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem's Submission

The Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem’s Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s for Universal Periodic Review of Israel

August 2011

Contacts Zakaria Odeh Director The Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem E: [email protected] T: +972 (2)2343930, + 972 (2) 6287677

The Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem is a nongovernmental nonprofit coalition of institutions, societies, associations and individuals with experience and mandate of working in Jerusalem on human rights issues. The Coalition was established in 2005 and currently has a membership of 25 institutions. Our vision: To promote and protect Palestinian rights in Jerusalem and combat Israeli government violations of their human rights.

Our mission: To mobilize efforts, capacities and resources to protect the political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights of Palestinians in Jerusalem based on international and human rights law.

ISRAEL

Civic Coalition for Jerusalem

Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Of UPR Working Group,

Key Words: Jerusalem; Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000; Israeli planning system; home demolition; settlements’ cultural, social and political rights; religious freedom

In this submission, the Civic Coalition provides information under Section C, Promotion and Protection of Human Rights on the Ground: Implementation of international human rights obligations of the Human Rights Council’s Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under UPR. i Category: Situation in or in relation to specific regions or territories – Jerusalem

Topic I: The Jerusalem Master plan

Israel’s Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, currently in the process of being approved, promotes expansion of settlements and demolition of Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem contrary to international humanitarian law; and promotes racial segregation and discrimination against Palestinians across East and West Jerusalem contrary to the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Recommendation 31 : stop the policy of colonization through illegal settlement.

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions ii and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem. iii The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” iv As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. v

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units vi and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, vii which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

∑ Further, on 24 October 2010, the Israeli Knesset’s Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs unanimously approved a draft law to officially judaise Jerusalem as a Jewish “national priority” area of the first order, including Palestinian neighbourhoods in occupied eastern Jerusalem based on amendments to the Regional Urban District Plan MM1m under ‘Plan Number 30’. According to Plan 30, Jerusalem will be promoted as the “united Jewish capital” for the Jewish majority as “the heart of the Jewish people” and the cultural and spiritual centre for Jews in Israel and the world-over.

∑ The Plan grants financial and national priority status to the development of Jerusalem in housing, employment, education, welfare, culture, industry, tourism, public infrastructure and immigration absorption in an effort to encourage young Jews to settle in Jerusalem as part of the implementation of the government’s demographic policy to preserve a 70% Jewish majority by offering affordable housing and tax benefits.

∑ A greater budget has been allocated for the construction of new Jewish settlements in Jerusalem to be supported by the construction of an advanced transportation network (railway, roads, bridges) linking Jewish settlements to the city. This will necessitate the confiscation of land and the forced displacement of Palestinians through home demolitions and forced evictions in order to make way for the construction of the planned settlements. Together with the Separation Wall, it is envisaged that this will intensify Palestinian experiences of family separation and geographic isolation from other Palestinian communities.

∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. viii The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

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Recommendation 39: End all settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in particular in and around occupied Jerusalem.

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions ix and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem. x The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” xi As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. xii

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units xiii and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, xiv which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

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30, Jerusalem will be promoted as the “united Jewish capital” for the Jewish majority as “the heart of the Jewish people” and the cultural and spiritual centre for Jews in Israel and the world-over.

∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. xv The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Recommendation 44 : Respect the right of the Palestinians to self-determination and the establishment of their independent State with Jerusalem as its capital.

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions xvi and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

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order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” xviii As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. xix

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units xx and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, xxi which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

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Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. xxii The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Recommendation 63 : End the occupation of all Palestinian and Arab territories occupied, including Jerusalem and withdraw from all the territories since 5 June 1967.

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions xxiii and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem. xxiv The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” xxv As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. xxvi

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units xxvii and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, xxviii which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to

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support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. xxix The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Recommendation 74 : Stop all settlement activities.

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions xxx and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of

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Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem. xxxi The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” xxxii As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. xxxiii

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units xxxiv and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, xxxv which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

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∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. xxxvi The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Recommendation 77 : End the occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions xxxvii and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem.xxxviii The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” xxxix As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. xl

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∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units xli and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, xlii which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. xliii The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Recommendation 81 : Respect the right of the Palestinians to self-determination and the establishment of their independent State with Jerusalem as its capital.

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the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions xliv and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem. xlv The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” xlvi As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. xlvii

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units xlviii and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, xlix which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

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∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. l The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Recommendation 88 : End the occupation of all Palestinian and Arab territories occupied, including Jerusalem.

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions li and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem.lii The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

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of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. liv

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units lv and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, lvi which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. lvii The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

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Recommendation 100 : Implement all resolutions adopted by the Council, in particular resolution 7-18, in which the Council requested Israel to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 and to immediately withdraw all legislative and administrative measures aiming at making the occupied East Jerusalem Jewish, including measures that allow archaeological digging around the Aqsa Mosque, the building of a synagogue, the establishment and expansion of settlements and the shutting down of Palestinian institutions.

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions lviii and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem. lix The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” lx As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. lxi

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units lxii and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, lxiii which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

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amendments to the Regional Urban District Plan MM1m under ‘Plan Number 30’. According to Plan 30, Jerusalem will be promoted as the “united Jewish capital” for the Jewish majority as “the heart of the Jewish people” and the cultural and spiritual centre for Jews in Israel and the world-over.

∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. lxiv The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Recommendation 118 : Stop all illegal measures aimed at annexing East Jerusalem and at erasing its Arabic, Christian and Islamic characteristics, and respect religious freedom and the access to places of worship.

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions lxv and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

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∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem. lxvi The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” lxvii As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. lxviii

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units lxix and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, lxx which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

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Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. lxxi The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Recommendation 131 : Stop all illegal measures aimed at annexing East Jerusalem and at erasing its Arabic, Christian and Islamic characteristics, and respect religious freedom and the access to places of worship.

∑ On 14 September 2004, the Israeli-Jerusalem municipality disclosed the Jerusalem Master plan 2000 to serve as a mandatory map for land use in Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem until the year 2020. Since then Israel has continued to implement discriminatory urban planning policy in order to change the demographic composition of the whole of Jerusalem in favor of a Jewish majority. As part of this, Israel has continued to implement measures designed to change occupied East Jerusalem’s legal status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions lxxii and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem. lxxiii The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” lxxiv As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. lxxv

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into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units lxxvi and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, lxxvii which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. lxxviii The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Recommendation 135 : Release all Palestinian and Syrian detainees and put an end to all the practices that seek to modify the demographic composition and architecture of Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan.

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status, demographic composition and geographic character in violation of numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions lxxix and the prohibition in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the acquisition of territory by the threat or use of force. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (‘the Special Rapporteur on the oPt’) as well as the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) have also expressed their concern about Israel’s discriminatory planning polices in this regard.

∑ In particular, the Civic Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000 (2004, 2006) (the Master plan) which is currently being approved by the (Israeli) Regional Planning Committee in Jerusalem. lxxx The plan outlines measures to enact demographic engineering in order to create a 70% to 30% ratio of Jews to Palestinians within Jerusalem (treating West and occupied East Jerusalem as a single unit). Measures outlined include an increase in the number of settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the promotion of ‘spatial segregation’ between Jewish and Palestinian communities.

∑ CERD has already noted “with deep concern that separate ‘sectors’ are maintained for Jewish and Arab persons, in particular in the areas of housing and education, and that according to some information, such separation results in unequal treatment and funding.” lxxxi As outlined in the BADIL- led submission to the UPR, Israeli laws provide legal mechanisms to enforce the preferential treatment of Jews in the fields of land and housing within Israel, and since 1967 this regime of racial discrimination has been extended to the oPt including East Jerusalem. Unofficial (the plan is yet to be officially approved) Implementation of key aspects of the Master plan’s recommended policy of ‘spatial segregation’ (Master plan at p33) will facilitate further racial discrimination against Palestinians in planning and other sectors, contrary to the recommendations of CERD; and entrench the segregated system which the Special Rapporteur on the oPt has compared to apartheid. lxxxii

∑ In its treatment of occupied East Jerusalem, the Master plan has implemented measures that will result in violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, including the transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory through construction of illegal settlement housing units lxxxiii and demolition of Palestinian homes (as discussed in paragraph 7 of this submission). In the introduction to the Master plan document, the Director General of the Municipality explicitly links the Master plan to the Jerusalem Light Rail project, lxxxiv which as Al-Haq note in their submission to the UPR is designed to support the settlements. Expansion of settlements and supporting infrastructure in East Jerusalem is ongoing regardless of formal ratification of the Master plan.

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Jewish settlements to the city. This will necessitate the confiscation of land and the forced displacement of Palestinians through home demolitions and forced evictions in order to make way for the construction of the planned settlements. Together with the Separation Wall, it is envisaged that this will intensify Palestinian experiences of family separation and geographic isolation from other Palestinian communities.

∑ In the context of this plan, the Civic Coalition takes this opportunity to draw attention to the new Israeli high-speed train (Plan A1 and Railway 29) being constructed to connect Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s two main metropolitan centers, which has been under construction since 2001. The planned route crosses into the 1949 cease-fire line (‘green line’) border and continues running at least 6 kilometers into the West Bank, where it expropriates part of the privately-owned Palestinian land of Beit Surik and Beit Iksa for the construction of the route, and roads and tunnels forming part of the rail project for the exclusive benefit and use of Israeli citizens. lxxxv The train has been described by the CEO of Israel Railways, Yitzhak Harel, as “the largest and most complex project in Israel”. The A1 train implements the national priority plan, discussed above, for the development and expansion of the Israeli railroad network under the Jerusalem Municipality’s sub-district Plan Number 30 designating Jerusalem, including Palestinian neighborhoods in the occupied eastern part of Jerusalem, a Jewish national and financial priority area.

Topic II: Israel’s continued policy of illegal house demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem

Despite the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the oPt and CERD, 44 Palestinian homes were demolished in the first six months of 2008 displacing 269 people including 159 children. The Civic Coalition is concerned with the accelerated rate of home demolitions and evictions in 2010.

Recommendation 69 : “Refrain from evicting Arab residents from their homes in Jerusalem”

∑ Since 1967, Israel has continued to demolish and evict Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem. The Special Rapporteur on the oPt has noted the illegality of the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem under international law, lxxxvi while CERD has called for a halt to demolitions of Arab properties. lxxxvii

∑ According to official statistics, between 2000 and 2008 alone, the Israeli authorities demolished more than 670 Palestinian-owned structures in East Jerusalem due to lack of permit. Of these, approximately 90 structures were demolished in 2008, displacing some 400 Palestinians. Specifically, the Civic Coalitions draws the HRC’s attention to the fact that between 1 January and 30 June 2008, 44 Palestinian homes were demolished in Jerusalem and its environs, displacing 269 people including 156 children. lxxxviii This represents an increase of around 110% in the second half of 2007, during which 20 homes were demolished.

∑ In addition, as was reported by the Special Rapporteur, in its latest Report on the situation of human rights in the oPt, in 2009 more Palestinians (approximately 4,577) were stripped of their residency rights than in any year between 1967 and 2007. lxxxix In 2009, OCHA has recorded the demolition of 19 Palestinian-owned structures in East Jerusalem, including 11 inhabited residential structures, due to lack of permit. As a result, some 109 Palestinians, including 60 children, were displaced.

∑ In 2010, East Jerusalem was targeted by Israel in a campaign to forcibly remove Palestinians from the city and supplant them with Jewish settlers. The areas targeted have been Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, Ras Al Amoud, Beit Hanina and the Old City. In the last months of 2010 in particular, following Israel’s failure to renew the freeze on settlement building, the number of Palestinian home demolitions and

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forced evictions in East Jerusalem escalated in line with its broad geo-political, demographic objectives for Jerusalem.

∑ Israel’s home demolition is aimed at exerting pressure on Palestinian communities to leave their neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, which over time has resulted in transfer of population, as outlined by Al-Haq in their submission to the UPR. Indirect forcible transfer is one of the methods by which Israel creates ‘facts on the ground’ in the oPt, including in East Jerusalem.

∑ As the HRC is aware, home demolitions are usually carried out because of unlicensed construction, arising from discrimination against Palestinians in the planning system. xc Amir Cheshin, advisor on Arab Affairs to the former Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek, notes that since 1967: “Israel's leaders adopted two basic principles in their rule of east Jerusalem. The first was to rapidly increase the Jewish population in east Jerusalem. The second was to hinder growth of the Arab population and to force Arab residents to make their homes elsewhere.” xci As evidenced by the Master plan this policy continues, and demolition of Palestinian homes continues unabated and is accelerated by the Master plan. For example, in the Atarot/Kalandia planning area, the proposed total ‘real capacity’ for building housing units for Palestinians is 259: 33 less than the number of housing units that currently exist; an outcome which would require demolition of at least 33 Palestinian homes; in the Old City the figure is 512 housing units (Master plan, p.199) and the document states bluntly that: “The Old City's population density will be decreased by governmental intervention” (p.148). While acknowledging that the Master plan has still not received final approval, the Civic Coalition is concerned about the fate of 15,000 Palestinian housing units which the Master plan states are ‘unlicensed’, particularly in light of the Master plan’s recommendation for ‘enforcement of planning laws’.

Recommendation 147 : “Cease immediately the expansion of settlements and the operations of destruction, inter alia, in East Jerusalem of houses belonging to Palestinian families.”

∑ Since 1967, Israel has continued to demolish and evict Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem. The Special Rapporteur on the oPt has noted the illegality of the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem under international law, xcii while CERD has called for a halt to demolitions of Arab properties. xciii

∑ According to official statistics, between 2000 and 2008 alone, the Israeli authorities demolished more than 670 Palestinian-owned structures in East Jerusalem due to lack of permit. Of these, approximately 90 structures were demolished in 2008, displacing some 400 Palestinians. Specifically, the Civic Coalitions draws the HRC’s attention to the fact that between 1 January and 30 June 2008, 44 Palestinian homes were demolished in Jerusalem and its environs, displacing 269 people including 156 children. xciv This represents an increase of around 110% in the second half of 2007, during which 20 homes were demolished.

∑ In addition, as was reported by the Special Rapporteur, in its latest Report on the situation of human rights in the oPt, in 2009 more Palestinians (approximately 4,577) were stripped of their residency rights than in any year between 1967 and 2007. xcv In 2009, OCHA has recorded the demolition of 19 Palestinian-owned structures in East Jerusalem, including 11 inhabited residential structures, due to lack of permit. As a result, some 109 Palestinians, including 60 children, were displaced.

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failure to renew the freeze on settlement building, the number of Palestinian home demolitions and forced evictions in East Jerusalem escalated in line with its broad geo-political, demographic objectives for Jerusalem.

∑ As the HRC is aware, home demolitions are usually carried out because of unlicensed construction, arising from discrimination against Palestinians in the planning system. xcvi Amir Cheshin, advisor on Arab Affairs to the former Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek, notes that since 1967: “Israel's leaders adopted two basic principles in their rule of east Jerusalem. The first was to rapidly increase the Jewish population in east Jerusalem. The second was to hinder growth of the Arab population and to force Arab residents to make their homes elsewhere.” xcvii As evidenced by the Master plan this policy continues, and demolition of Palestinian homes continues unabated and is accelerated by the Master plan. For example, in the Atarot/Kalandia planning area, the proposed total ‘real capacity’ for building housing units for Palestinians is 259: 33 less than the number of housing units that currently exist; an outcome which would require demolition of at least 33 Palestinian homes; in the Old City the figure is 512 housing units (Master plan, p.199) and the document states bluntly that: “The Old City's population density will be decreased by governmental intervention” (p.148). While acknowledging that the Master plan has still not received final approval, the Civic Coalition is concerned about the fate of 15,000 Palestinian housing units which the Master plan states are ‘unlicensed’, particularly in light of the Master plan’s recommendation for ‘enforcement of planning laws’.

Topic III: Registration to Jewish-owned properties in the Old City with the Israeli land registry, and Article 215/5 of the Building and Planning Law

Israel has continued over the last six years to use its planning regime in East Jerusalem to impose measures designed to change the legal, geographic and demographic status of East Jerusalem in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions. xcviii Recent developments include the registration of Jewish-owned properties in the Old City of Jerusalem within the Israeli land registry, normalizing Israeli jurisdiction over East Jerusalem; and racial discrimination arising from use of article 212/5 of the Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish Palestinian homes in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, ‘in the public interest’ as part of a process of ‘Judaization’.

Recommendation 31 : Stop the policy of colonization through illegal settlement.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned that since March 2008, the Israeli authorities started to bring 1,300 properties in the Old City, East Jerusalem, into the Israeli land registry . The properties were seized by Israel in 1967, and include 585 apartments, 146 shops and a more than 60 public institutions. Currently there are approximately 3100 settlers living in the Old City with more than 600 outside the Jewish Quarter. This is the first time that the properties will have been officially registered within the Israeli land registry, and is part of a creeping ‘normalization’ of Israeli jurisdiction over East Jerusalem. xcix

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Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

∑ In November 2004, an engineer acting on behalf of the Jerusalem municipality designated the al- Bustan Valley area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem a ‘national park’ on the basis of the engineer’s assertion that the area has historic significance to the Jewish people. Eighty-eight Palestinian homes in the Bustan area of Silwan have been served with demolition orders as a result, a number of which has been issued under section 212/5 and referred to “the historical and archaeological significance of the region to the Jewish people.” As of March 2008, seven of the 88 homes in Silwan have already been demolished. Over 1000 residents are threatened with displacement.

∑ In creating the ‘national park’ in Silwan, the Municipality is cooperating extensively with ultra- nationalist settler organizations. In 2005, the project was allocated a budget of 50 million NIS ($13m) per year for a period of 8 years, with a large proportion allocated to the Elad settler organization. In May 2008, the Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem began the process of approving a plan submitted by Elad for a new settlement complex in Silwan, including a synagogue, 10 apartments, kindergarten classrooms, a library and a car park. It is clear that in the context of ‘Judaization’, the ‘public interest’ refers exclusively to national Jewish interests with little or no consideration being given to the presence of Palestinians.

Recommendation 39 : End all settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in particular in and around occupied Jerusalem.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cii Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

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Recommendation 40 : End the occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. civ Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

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Recommendation 44 : Respect the right of the Palestinians to self-determination and the establishment of their independent State with Jerusalem as its capital.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cvi Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

Recommendation 63 : End the occupation of all Palestinian and Arab territories occupied, including Jerusalem and withdraw from all the territories since 5 June 1967.

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‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cviii Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

Recommendation 69 : Refrain from evicting Arab residents from their homes in Jerusalem.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cx Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

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Recommendation 74 : Stop all settlement activities.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cxii Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

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Recommendation 77 : End the occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cxiv Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

Recommendation 100 : Implement all resolutions adopted by the Council, in particular resolution 7- 18, in which the Council requested Israel to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 and to immediately withdraw all legislative and administrative measures aiming at making the occupied East Jerusalem Jewish, including measures that allow archaeological digging around the Aqsa Mosque, the building of a synagogue, the establishment and expansion of settlements and the shutting down of Palestinian institutions.

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Israeli land registry, and is part of a creeping ‘normalization’ of Israeli jurisdiction over East Jerusalem. cxv

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cxvi Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

Recommendation 108 : End all construction in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the destruction of natural and agricultural resources of the Palestinian people.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cxviii Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

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Palestinian homes in the Bustan area of Silwan have been served with demolition orders as a result, a number of which has been issued under section 212/5 and referred to “the historical and archaeological significance of the region to the Jewish people.” As of March 2008, seven of the 88 homes in Silwan have already been demolished. Over 1000 residents are threatened with displacement.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cxx Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

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refers exclusively to national Jewish interests with little or no consideration being given to the presence of Palestinians.

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cxxii Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

Recommendation 147 : Cease immediately the expansion of settlements and the operations of destruction, inter alia, in East Jerusalem of houses belonging to Palestinian families.

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Jewish Quarter. This is the first time that the properties will have been officially registered within the Israeli land registry, and is part of a creeping ‘normalization’ of Israeli jurisdiction over East Jerusalem. cxxiii

∑ The Civic Coalition is concerned by the Israeli government’s use of section 212/5 of the Israeli Building and Planning Law (1965) to demolish homes ‘in the public interest,’ as a tool to promote the ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, a phenomenon noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. cxxiv Demolition of Palestinian homes is usually carried out under section 205 of the planning law, which allows for demolition on the basis of unlicensed construction. Section 212/5 is usually employed where the person responsible for construction cannot be found, for example if they have died.

Topic IV: Residency Rights

Restrictive measures continue to apply in relation to residency status of Palestinians living in East Jerusalem.

Recommendation 45 : Address the problem of discrimination against minorities and implement the recommendations made by the Or Commission in 2003 in this regard.

∑ Following the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, Palestinian residents of the city have been given the civil status of “permanent residents” of Israel. Palestinians from East Jerusalem have blue Israeli ID cards that give them the right to live in Jerusalem, but not to vote in Israeli national elections or to have an Israeli passport. Unlike citizenship, residency status expires after seven years, for people residing abroad. Therefore, Jerusalemites who move abroad risk permanently losing their status as Jerusalem residents and the rights that go with it. A new law enacted in July 2007 by the Israeli Knesset explicitly denies rights on the basis of national origin. According to the Israeli “centre of life” policy, Palestinian blue ID holders found living or working outside East Jerusalem, for example in Ramallah, would lose their ID (and so their Jerusalem residency rights). Between 1967 and 2010, some 14 000 Palestinian residents of Jerusalem have had their status revoked.

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∑ Permanent residency is not automatically passed on to children, which leads to difficulties in the registration of children with the Jerusalem Centre for Socio-Economic Rights estimating that there are as many as 10 000 unregistered children in East Jerusalem. This makes it very difficult to access basic education, health and other social services. Around 5 500 children in school age are not registered and therefore do not attend school.

∑ Permanent residency is neither automatically transferred through marriage, which means that spouses must apply for family unification in order to be able to reside in the city. Applications for family reunification and ID cards and identification for children and spouses involve a long, expensive bureaucratic process. Stricter implementation of existing Israeli policy has also seen foreign spouses of Palestinians and foreign nationals wishing to visit or work in the Occupied Territories denied entry at Israeli controlled border crossings with Israel and the Occupied Territories. Furthermore and in defiance of the general principle of reciprocity, some of the foreigners denied entry are holders of EU passports whereas Israeli citizens face no restriction while circulating in the EU.

∑ In 2003, Israel introduced the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law which disproportionately impacts residents of East Jerusalem, under which they are forbidden from family unification not only with their spouses, but also with their children.

∑ In June 2010, The Israeli authorities invoked “breach of loyalty to the state of Israel” in order to withdraw the residency rights for 3 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) as well as for a former Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs.Three of the men sought refuge in the International Red Cross building in Sheikh Jarrah, where they have been staying ever since. The Israeli Magistrate Court decided in December 2010 to forcibly deport one of the men from the city of Jerusalem to the West Bank. Cancellation of residency and forced transfer on grounds of a ‘breach of trust’ is an extreme and sweeping measure which does not fulfil the test of proportionality.

Recommendation 53 : Suspend the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law Temporary Order of 31 May 2003.

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reunification and ID cards and identification for children and spouses involve a long, expensive bureaucratic process. Stricter implementation of existing Israeli policy has also seen foreign spouses of Palestinians and foreign nationals wishing to visit or work in the Occupied Territories denied entry at Israeli controlled border crossings with Israel and the Occupied Territories. Furthermore and in defiance of the general principle of reciprocity, some of the foreigners denied entry are holders of EU passports whereas Israeli citizens face no restriction while circulating in the EU.

Recommendation 59 : Progressively remove restrictions that prevent Palestinian children from having access to basic services, including schools and health care.

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Recommendation 95 : Follow-up the recommendations made by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the special procedures that visited in September 2006, in the areas of equality and non-discrimination, paying particular attention to women and ethnic, national and religious minorities, the elimination of any distinction, exclusion or preferential treatment among groups of population in all the territories under State jurisdiction, particularly in the areas of access to justice, employment, education, health services, property rights, housing rights, family reunification, freedom of expression, belief and religion.

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Recommendation 102 : Respect all United Nations resolutions and its obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, with a view to guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms to all Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, by combating all forms of discrimination and ensure the enjoyment of the rights of the Palestinian people, inter alia, to housing, education, health, freedom of expression and freedom of movement.

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Recommendation 148 : Do not renew the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law after its expiration in July 2009 and re-examine its scope with a view to respecting the obligation of non-discrimination.

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Topic V: The Wall in Jerusalem

Violations of Israel’s obligations under international law that result from construction of the Wall have been extensively covered by the Human Rights Council and other UN bodies.

Recommendation 5: Accelerate the process of bringing its national legislation into compliance with the provisions of the main international instruments to which it is a party.

∑ The construction of the wall on occupied Palestinian territory has been continuing since 2001 in one of the clearest examples of the unlawful character of the Israeli occupation and in direct violation of several fundamental Palestinian human rights, recently reported the Special Rapporteur on the oPt.cxxv As noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt in an earlier report, the Wall is “an exercise in social engineering, designed to achieve the Judaization of Jerusalem by reducing the number of Palestinians in the city.” cxxvi Construction of the Wall in Jerusalem continues, and is now completed in Dahiat al- Barid. Crossings that had been used by school children and workers to cross the Wall, including a 30cm gap in a steel door in the Wall, and a sewer running underneath it, have been closed. Final closure leads to further fragmentation of Palestinian social, cultural and economic life in Jerusalem. To take one example, in April 2008 a Coalition member, the Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce, was forced to open a new branch in Arram on the eastern side of the Wall in anticipation of the closure in order to continue providing services to the private sector.

Recommendation 11 : Dismantle the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and refrain from expansion of settlements.

∑ The construction of the wall on occupied Palestinian territory has been continuing since 2001 in one of the clearest examples of the unlawful character of the Israeli occupation and in direct violation of several fundamental Palestinian human rights, recently reported the Special Rapporteur on the oPt.cxxvii As noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt in an earlier report, the Wall is “an exercise in social engineering, designed to achieve the Judaization of Jerusalem by reducing the number of Palestinians in the city.” cxxviii Construction of the Wall in Jerusalem continues, and is now completed in Dahiat al- Barid. Crossings that had been used by school children and workers to cross the Wall, including a 30cm gap in a steel door in the Wall, and a sewer running underneath it, have been closed. Final closure leads to further fragmentation of Palestinian social, cultural and economic life in Jerusalem. To take one example, in April 2008 a Coalition member, the Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce, was forced to open a new branch in Arram on the eastern side of the Wall in anticipation of the closure in order to continue providing services to the private sector.

Recommendation 26 : End construction of, and dismantle the already built, illegal separation wall.

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closure leads to further fragmentation of Palestinian social, cultural and economic life in Jerusalem. To take one example, in April 2008 a Coalition member, the Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce, was forced to open a new branch in Arram on the eastern side of the Wall in anticipation of the closure in order to continue providing services to the private sector.

Recommendation 37 : Acknowledge-recognize accept and fully implement the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the wall.

∑ The construction of the wall on occupied Palestinian territory has been continuing since 2001 in one of the clearest examples of the unlawful character of the Israeli occupation and in direct violation of several fundamental Palestinian human rights, recently reported the Special Rapporteur on the oPt.cxxxi As noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt in an earlier report, the Wall is “an exercise in social engineering, designed to achieve the Judaization of Jerusalem by reducing the number of Palestinians in the city.” cxxxii Construction of the Wall in Jerusalem continues, and is now completed in Dahiat al- Barid. Crossings that had been used by school children and workers to cross the Wall, including a 30cm gap in a steel door in the Wall, and a sewer running underneath it, have been closed. Final closure leads to further fragmentation of Palestinian social, cultural and economic life in Jerusalem. To take one example, in April 2008 a Coalition member, the Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce, was forced to open a new branch in Arram on the eastern side of the Wall in anticipation of the closure in order to continue providing services to the private sector.

∑ The construction of the wall on occupied Palestinian territory has been continuing since 2001 in one of the clearest examples of the unlawful character of the Israeli occupation and in direct violation of several fundamental Palestinian human rights, recently reported the Special Rapporteur on the oPt.cxxxiii As noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt in an earlier report, the Wall is “an exercise in social engineering, designed to achieve the Judaization of Jerusalem by reducing the number of Palestinians in the city.” cxxxiv Construction of the Wall in Jerusalem continues, and is now completed in Dahiat al-Barid. Crossings that had been used by school children and workers to cross the Wall, including a 30cm gap in a steel door in the Wall, and a sewer running underneath it, have been closed. Final closure leads to further fragmentation of Palestinian social, cultural and economic life in Jerusalem. To take one example, in April 2008 a Coalition member, the Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce, was forced to open a new branch in Arram on the eastern side of the Wall in anticipation of the closure in order to continue providing services to the private sector.

Recommendation 90 : Recommended that Israel immediately cease work on the construction of the wall being built in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and begins dismantling it.

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in the city.” cxxxvi Construction of the Wall in Jerusalem continues, and is now completed in Dahiat al- Barid. Crossings that had been used by school children and workers to cross the Wall, including a 30cm gap in a steel door in the Wall, and a sewer running underneath it, have been closed. Final closure leads to further fragmentation of Palestinian social, cultural and economic life in Jerusalem. To take one example, in April 2008 a Coalition member, the Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce, was forced to open a new branch in Arram on the eastern side of the Wall in anticipation of the closure in order to continue providing services to the private sector.

Recommendation 142 : Dismantle the separation wall.

∑ The construction of the wall on occupied Palestinian territory has been continuing since 2001 in one of the clearest examples of the unlawful character of the Israeli occupation and in direct violation of several fundamental Palestinian human rights, recently reported the Special Rapporteur on the oPt.cxxxvii As noted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt in an earlier report, the Wall is “an exercise in social engineering, designed to achieve the Judaization of Jerusalem by reducing the number of Palestinians in the city.” cxxxviii Construction of the Wall in Jerusalem continues, and is now completed in Dahiat al-Barid. Crossings that had been used by school children and workers to cross the Wall, including a 30cm gap in a steel door in the Wall, and a sewer running underneath it, have been closed. Final closure leads to further fragmentation of Palestinian social, cultural and economic life in Jerusalem. To take one example, in April 2008 a Coalition member, the Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce, was forced to open a new branch in Arram on the eastern side of the Wall in anticipation of the closure in order to continue providing services to the private sector.

Category: Freedom of religion and belief, expression, and right to participate in public and political life

Topic I: Repression of Palestinian cultural, social and political activity

Arab and Palestinian social, cultural and political organizations are being repressed by the Israeli authorities within Jerusalem as part of the ongoing program of ‘Judaization’ highlighted by the Special Rapporteur on the oPt. Various Palestinian communal and human rights organizations which provide aid to East Jerusalem residents have been closed off by the police on "security grounds", which remain vague and unspecified. Since august 2001, the Israeli Authority closed approximately 28 organizations serving the Palestinian community, including the reputable Orient House, the Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce and the Arab Studies Society. In 2008, there were numerous instances of such repression in the first six months including the extension of an administrative order closing 80 Palestinian civil society organizations.

Recommendation 9: Grant Palestinians economic, social and cultural rights as well as civil and political rights. allow Palestinians to reach places of worship, and protect religious freedom in accordance with article 27 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, as the occupying power, and bear its responsibility in this respect. and allow the international community organizations, particularly ICRC, to ascertain the health conditions of Arab detainees in Israeli prisons.

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political identity. The HRC is already aware of the forcible closure of the opening ceremony at the al- Hakawati Theatre of the Jerusalem – Capital of Arab Culture initiative during March 2008 cxxxix which was carried out on the orders of the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Avi Dichter, on grounds of alleged Palestinian Authority involvement.

∑ There have been numerous such closures since the start of 2008. On 2 April a social event for Palestinian Prisoners Day , also at al-Hakawati Theater, was forcibly closed. On 1 May Israeli forces shut down the opening ceremony of the Samed Association for Social Education in the Aqabat al- Khalidyay quarter of Old City on orders of Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter. The Turkish ambassador Organ Ozer, who was attending the ceremony was ejected, the Palestinian organizers were removed for interrogation. Samed is an independent association, registered with the Palestinian Interior Ministry, which works on social issues. On Friday 23 May 2008 Israeli police and Special Forces raided the Palace Hotel in Jerusalem, where the Islamic Waqf Education Department was holding its central ceremony of 2008. The Civic Coalition documented 11 instances in which Palestinian institutions were closed and cultural and political representatives were detained between 1 January and 31 May 2008.

∑ Repression of cultural identity extends to events organized for children. Over the summer months, Palestinian community groups organize camps for children, which as well as being social events bringing children together over the long summer break usually have a cultural and educational focus. During July 2007, there were numerous instances in which these summer camps were targeted by the Israeli administration on spurious grounds. On Tuesday 3 July 2007, Israeli forces prevented hundreds of children attending summer camps in Jerusalem from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and held them at the gates. On 17 July 2007, a summer camp organized by the Wadi Joze Association in the Refugee Girls’ School in Jerusalem was raided and shut down by Israeli forces. The official reason given for the raid was that ‘Palestinian slogans’ were being promoted at the event. The organizers were arrested and taken away for interrogation. Many of the children were traumatized by the raid and subsequently received counseling. On the same day, Israeli police stationed inside the Al Aqsa compound harassed parties of children from other summer camps and detained hundreds outside the gates of the Mosque. Israeli police claimed children were singing religious songs, and stated that they had decided to ban such religious activities on the compound ground. On 18 July a party of children from a summer camp organized by the Nidal Center of the Health Work Committees was detained as they tried to enter the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque. Police and border guards held the party up to check IDs and the registration details of the organizers of the trip.

∑ In mid-February 2008, the Israeli authorities extended an administrative order closing 80 Palestinian civil society organizations in Jerusalem, the eighth such extension to have been issued. The order was issued on grounds of ‘public safety,’ a somewhat bizarre pretext given the nature of the affected organizations, including the Jerusalem Arab Chambers of Commerce and the Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, which are members of the Civic Coalition , which has also been officially closed. The Israeli authorities are doubtless aware that these organizations continue to function in a limited capacity: providing services to small businesses, advising on housing and planning procedures, and in the case of the Civic Coalition providing free legal advice and advocacy. They are no doubt also aware that being unable to function officially creates a climate of fear and a reluctance to do anything that might ‘draw attention’ and result in complete closure of the organizations and detention and interrogation of staff.

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to several closures during 2009. The Nidal Center for Community Development , affiliated with the Palestinian Health Work Committees, was closed in July 2009. For nearly ten years, the Centre offered educational and recreational services to children – including tutoring sessions led by local university students – and training programs for women. Other institutions subjected to closures include the Cultural Forum Society, the Agricultural and Industrial Chamber of Commerce, the Higher Tourist Culture Center, and the Small Project Center, established by the European Union. The activities carried out by these institutions were publicized in the media, and all relate to the social, cultural, and economic development of the Palestinian community.

∑ By these means, Palestinian civil society and political activity in East Jerusalem has been largely incapacitated by the permanent threat of closure. Just as the policy of limiting the size of the Palestinian population requires the placing of obstacles in the way of Palestinian construction and home demolition, so repression of Palestinian social, political and cultural identity in Jerusalem necessarily involves closure of institutions and systematic infringements of Palestinian’s social and cultural rights.

Recommendation 59 : Progressively remove restrictions that prevent Palestinian children from having access to basic services, including schools and health care.

∑ Repression of cultural and social life in the oPt has not attracted as much attention as other rights issues. Severe restrictions on Palestinian cultural activity in Jerusalem are imposed by the Israeli occupying authorities with the effect of preventing expression of Palestinian cultural, social and political identity. The HRC is already aware of the forcible closure of the opening ceremony at the al- Hakawati Theatre of the Jerusalem – Capital of Arab Culture initiative during March 2008 cxl which was carried out on the orders of the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Avi Dichter, on grounds of alleged Palestinian Authority involvement.

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the raid and subsequently received counseling. On the same day, Israeli police stationed inside the Al Aqsa compound harassed parties of children from other summer camps and detained hundreds outside the gates of the Mosque. Israeli police claimed children were singing religious songs, and stated that they had decided to ban such religious activities on the compound ground. On 18 July a party of children from a summer camp organized by the Nidal Center of the Health Work Committees was detained as they tried to enter the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque. Police and border guards held the party up to check IDs and the registration details of the organizers of the trip.

∑ Since the beginning of 2009, Israeli authorities have banned, and physically prevented, numerous peaceful, cultural, and educational activities marking the declaration of Jerusalem as the "Capital of Arab Culture 2009 ." In addition, the Palestinian National Theater , which hosts folkloric dancing festivals, art exhibitions for Palestinian artists, and a Palestinian festival for literature , was subjected to several closures during 2009. The Nidal Center for Community Development , affiliated with the Palestinian Health Work Committees, was closed in July 2009. For nearly ten years, the Centre offered educational and recreational services to children – including tutoring sessions led by local university students – and training programs for women. Other institutions subjected to closures include the Cultural Forum Society, the Agricultural and Industrial Chamber of Commerce, the Higher Tourist Culture Center, and the Small Project Center, established by the European Union. The activities carried out by these institutions were publicized in the media, and all relate to the social, cultural, and economic development of the Palestinian community.

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was carried out on the orders of the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Avi Dichter, on grounds of alleged Palestinian Authority involvement.

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offered educational and recreational services to children – including tutoring sessions led by local university students – and training programs for women. Other institutions subjected to closures include the Cultural Forum Society, the Agricultural and Industrial Chamber of Commerce, the Higher Tourist Culture Center, and the Small Project Center, established by the European Union. The activities carried out by these institutions were publicized in the media, and all relate to the social, cultural, and economic development of the Palestinian community.

∑ Repression of cultural and social life in the oPt has not attracted as much attention as other rights issues. Severe restrictions on Palestinian cultural activity in Jerusalem are imposed by the Israeli occupying authorities with the effect of preventing expression of Palestinian cultural, social and political identity. The HRC is already aware of the forcible closure of the opening ceremony at the al- Hakawati Theatre of the Jerusalem – Capital of Arab Culture initiative during March 2008 cxlii which was carried out on the orders of the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Avi Dichter, on grounds of alleged Palestinian Authority involvement.

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held them at the gates. On 17 July 2007, a summer camp organized by the Wadi Joze Association in the Refugee Girls’ School in Jerusalem was raided and shut down by Israeli forces. The official reason given for the raid was that ‘Palestinian slogans’ were being promoted at the event. The organizers were arrested and taken away for interrogation. Many of the children were traumatized by the raid and subsequently received counseling. On the same day, Israeli police stationed inside the Al Aqsa compound harassed parties of children from other summer camps and detained hundreds outside the gates of the Mosque. Israeli police claimed children were singing religious songs, and stated that they had decided to ban such religious activities on the compound ground. On 18 July a party of children from a summer camp organized by the Nidal Center of the Health Work Committees was detained as they tried to enter the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque. Police and border guards held the party up to check IDs and the registration details of the organizers of the trip.

Recommendation 101 : Ensure the enjoyment by the Palestinians of all their cultural and religious rights, as contained in the Universal Declaration for Human Rights, and allow them to have access to all places of worship, in accordance with the Fourth Geneva Convention, without any restriction, and in order to preserve the cultural heritage, take all measures to protect these places and preserve their dignity.

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∑ Repression of cultural and social life in the oPt has not attracted as much attention as other rights issues. Severe restrictions on Palestinian cultural activity in Jerusalem are imposed by the Israeli occupying authorities with the effect of preventing expression of Palestinian cultural, social and political identity. The HRC is already aware of the forcible closure of the opening ceremony at the al- Hakawati Theatre of the Jerusalem – Capital of Arab Culture initiative during March 2008 cxliii which was carried out on the orders of the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Avi Dichter, on grounds of alleged Palestinian Authority involvement.

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Recommendation 102 : Respect all United Nations resolutions and its obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, with a view to guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms to all Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, by combating all forms of discrimination. and ensure the enjoyment of the rights of the Palestinian people, inter alia, to housing, education, health, freedom of expression and freedom of movement

∑ Repression of cultural and social life in the oPt has not attracted as much attention as other rights issues. Severe restrictions on Palestinian cultural activity in Jerusalem are imposed by the Israeli occupying authorities with the effect of preventing expression of Palestinian cultural, social and political identity. The HRC is already aware of the forcible closure of the opening ceremony at the al- Hakawati Theatre of the Jerusalem – Capital of Arab Culture initiative during March 2008 cxliv which was carried out on the orders of the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Avi Dichter, on grounds of alleged Palestinian Authority involvement.

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During July 2007, there were numerous instances in which these summer camps were targeted by the Israeli administration on spurious grounds. On Tuesday 3 July 2007, Israeli forces prevented hundreds of children attending summer camps in Jerusalem from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and held them at the gates. On 17 July 2007, a summer camp organized by the Wadi Joze Association in the Refugee Girls’ School in Jerusalem was raided and shut down by Israeli forces. The official reason given for the raid was that ‘Palestinian slogans’ were being promoted at the event. The organizers were arrested and taken away for interrogation. Many of the children were traumatized by the raid and subsequently received counseling. On the same day, Israeli police stationed inside the Al Aqsa compound harassed parties of children from other summer camps and detained hundreds outside the gates of the Mosque. Israeli police claimed children were singing religious songs, and stated that they had decided to ban such religious activities on the compound ground. On 18 July a party of children from a summer camp organized by the Nidal Center of the Health Work Committees was detained as they tried to enter the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque. Police and border guards held the party up to check IDs and the registration details of the organizers of the trip.

Topic II: Religious freedoms and respect for the sanctity of holy places

The Israeli authorities continue to restrict access to Al-Aqsa Mosque and to restrict access to it contrary to the recommendations of CERD and Special Rapporteur on the oPt, continue to carry out actions

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Recommendation 61 : Guarantee equitable protection to all places of worship in the country, including all Muslim and Christian sacred places.

∑ The HRC is already aware that access to Al Aqsa Mosque is severely restricted by the ongoing closure of Jerusalem to residents of the West Bank and Gaza, and by other restrictions including a regular ban on Palestinian men under the age of 50 and Palestinian women under the age of 45 from entering the Mosque, especially on Fridays. CERD stresses that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque is an important cultural and religious site for people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories” and urges Israel “to ensure that the excavations in no way endanger the mosque and impede access to it”. cxlv The UN General Assembly has affirmed the need for respect for holy places in Jerusalem. cxlvi The HRC is already aware of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. cxlvii

∑ The Coalition draws the HRC’s attention to the fact that excavation works are still continuing and that the works are part of a wider pattern of active damage to Palestinian, Arab and Islamic cultural heritage. In one example among many, Israeli occupation forces destroyed a wall adjacent to "Suleiman's Fountain" outside Hebron gate in the Old City on 3 October 2007. The Coalition highlights the fact that restrictions on access to the Mosque are continuing, and further, that the Israeli authorities continue to interfere with the internal affairs of Al Aqsa and carry out provocative actions. On 9 December 2007, Israeli police surrounded hundreds of volunteers who came from Jerusalem and areas in Israel to assist with tiling works for the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard, and there was further disruption on 4 March 2008. On 28 April 2008, the Israeli occupation authorities issued an order banning Nasser Abdul Hakeem Abu Qwader (37), head of Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Morning Watch unit (which guard the compound) from coming within 150m of the area. On 12 December 2007, Israeli police prevented the celebration of an Iftar meal marking the first 9 days of the month of The Al- Hijjah (the twelfth month in the Islamic calendar) from taking place in Al-Aqsa Mosque, by refusing to allow fasting Palestinians from Israel to enter. Apparently arbitrary interventions by the Israeli administration targeted at summer camps for Palestinian children as noted in paragraph 15 of this submission constitute further provocative intrusion into the affairs of the Mosque.

Recommendation 66 : Ensure access to religious sites, especially in the Holy City of Jerusalem, and abolish all restrictions imposed on the right to freedom of movement and the right to manifest one's religion. ensure the preservation of the cultural and religious heritage in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, particularly in Jerusalem, and refrain from any actions that aim at changing the character and- or status of these sites.

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aware of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. cl

Recommendation 70 : Refrain from interfering in the affairs of religious institutions, especially with respect to the rights of ownership and property.

∑ The HRC is already aware that access to Al Aqsa Mosque is severely restricted by the ongoing closure of Jerusalem to residents of the West Bank and Gaza, and by other restrictions including a regular ban on Palestinian men under the age of 50 and Palestinian women under the age of 45 from entering the Mosque, especially on Fridays. CERD stresses that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque is an important cultural and religious site for people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories” and urges Israel “to ensure that the excavations in no way endanger the mosque and impede access to it”. cli The UN General Assembly has affirmed the need for respect for holy places in Jerusalem. clii The HRC is already aware of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al- Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. cliii

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(which guard the compound) from coming within 150m of the area. On 12 December 2007, Israeli police prevented the celebration of an Iftar meal marking the first 9 days of the month of The Al- Hijjah (the twelfth month in the Islamic calendar) from taking place in Al-Aqsa Mosque, by refusing to allow fasting Palestinians from Israel to enter. Apparently arbitrary interventions by the Israeli administration targeted at summer camps for Palestinian children as noted in paragraph 15 of this submission constitute further provocative intrusion into the affairs of the Mosque.

Recommendation 71: Refrain from preventing or hindering the restoration of Islamic holy shrines by the Waqf.

∑ The HRC is already aware that access to Al Aqsa Mosque is severely restricted by the ongoing closure of Jerusalem to residents of the West Bank and Gaza, and by other restrictions including a regular ban on Palestinian men under the age of 50 and Palestinian women under the age of 45 from entering the Mosque, especially on Fridays. CERD stresses that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque is an important cultural and religious site for people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories” and urges Israel “to ensure that the excavations in no way endanger the mosque and impede access to it”. cliv The UN General Assembly has affirmed the need for respect for holy places in Jerusalem. clv The HRC is already aware of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al- Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. clvi

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∑ The HRC is already aware that access to Al Aqsa Mosque is severely restricted by the ongoing closure of Jerusalem to residents of the West Bank and Gaza, and by other restrictions including a regular ban on Palestinian men under the age of 50 and Palestinian women under the age of 45 from entering the Mosque, especially on Fridays. CERD stresses that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque is an important cultural and religious site for people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories” and urges Israel “to ensure that the excavations in no way endanger the mosque and impede access to it”. clvii The UN General Assembly has affirmed the need for respect for holy places in Jerusalem. clviii The HRC is already aware of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. clix

Recommendation 99: Implement all international resolutions confirming the need to preserve the character and characteristics of Jerusalem, not to change its legal status and to preserve its Islamic and Christian spiritual monuments and symbols.

∑ The HRC is already aware that access to Al Aqsa Mosque is severely restricted by the ongoing closure of Jerusalem to residents of the West Bank and Gaza, and by other restrictions including a regular ban on Palestinian men under the age of 50 and Palestinian women under the age of 45 from entering the Mosque, especially on Fridays. CERD stresses that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque is an important cultural and religious site for people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories” and urges Israel “to ensure that the excavations in no way endanger the mosque and impede access to it”. clx The UN General Assembly has affirmed the need for respect for holy places in Jerusalem. clxi The HRC is already aware of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al- Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. clxii

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∑ The HRC is already aware that access to Al Aqsa Mosque is severely restricted by the ongoing closure of Jerusalem to residents of the West Bank and Gaza, and by other restrictions including a regular ban on Palestinian men under the age of 50 and Palestinian women under the age of 45 from entering the Mosque, especially on Fridays. CERD stresses that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque is an important cultural and religious site for people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories” and urges Israel “to ensure that the excavations in no way endanger the mosque and impede access to it”. clxiii The UN General Assembly has affirmed the need for respect for holy places in Jerusalem. clxiv The HRC is already aware of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. clxv

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administration targeted at summer camps for Palestinian children as noted in paragraph 15 of this submission constitute further provocative intrusion into the affairs of the Mosque.

∑ The HRC is already aware that access to Al Aqsa Mosque is severely restricted by the ongoing closure of Jerusalem to residents of the West Bank and Gaza, and by other restrictions including a regular ban on Palestinian men under the age of 50 and Palestinian women under the age of 45 from entering the Mosque, especially on Fridays. CERD stresses that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque is an important cultural and religious site for people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories” and urges Israel “to ensure that the excavations in no way endanger the mosque and impede access to it”. clxvi The UN General Assembly has affirmed the need for respect for holy places in Jerusalem. clxvii The HRC is already aware of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. clxviii

Recommendation 120 : Acknowledge-recognize, accept and fully implement the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the wall.

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of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al- Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. clxxi

Recommendation 155 : Respect religious and cultural rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including Jerusalem, in accordance with Council resolution 6-19.

∑ The HRC is already aware that access to Al Aqsa Mosque is severely restricted by the ongoing closure of Jerusalem to residents of the West Bank and Gaza, and by other restrictions including a regular ban on Palestinian men under the age of 50 and Palestinian women under the age of 45 from entering the Mosque, especially on Fridays. CERD stresses that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque is an important cultural and religious site for people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories” and urges Israel “to ensure that the excavations in no way endanger the mosque and impede access to it”. clxxii The UN General Assembly has affirmed the need for respect for holy places in Jerusalem. clxxiii The HRC is already aware of the Israeli authorities’ failure to take positive action to ensure the preservation of archaeological and historical sites and objects in East Jerusalem and areas of the West Bank under Israeli administrative jurisdiction. CERD has raised its concerns about “excavations beneath and around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the possible irreparable damage these may cause to the Mosque. (Articles 5 (d) (vii) and (e) (vi), and 7 of the Convention)”. clxxiv

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Topic III: Education

Recommendation 17 : Comply with obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law, and ensure the rights to health, education, work and protection of family rights in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights.

∑ Inadequate numbers of classrooms, the substandard condition of existing facilities and severa acces restrictions have a severe impact on the educational sector in East Jerusalem. Many students fail to complete the secondary cycle and thedroup-out rate is much hgher than in West Jerusalem. Palestinian students face serious difficulties in reaching educational services, reporting longer journeys and delays in getting to educational facilities. The same holds true for students from Jerusalem who wish to attend a school on the other side of the separation barrier.

∑ The East Jerusalem school system continues to have a shortage of approximately 1000 classrooms; only 39 new classrooms have been built recentely. Planning restrictions hinder the construction of new school facilities and some schools are threatened by demolition and sealing orders. Due to this shortage, children often study in ovrcrowded, makeshift classrooms in facilities that are not built for educational purposes and that lack libraries or even playgrounds. The Israeli NGO ACRI estimates that 50 percent of East Jerusalem classrooms were unsuitable or substandard in 2009. East Jerusalem students are also disadvantaged with regard to financing of education. According to the Jerusalem municipality, students attending pimary schools in East Jerusalem receive only one fourth of the budget that students in other parts of the city receive. Only some 20 percent of the general municipal education budget is spent in East Jerusalem.

Recommendation 60 : Ensure more freedom of movement for the Palestinians in the West Bank and particularly Gaza in order to assure adequate standards of living of the Palestinian people and improve their access to health, education and work.

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that 50 percent of East Jerusalem classrooms were unsuitable or substandard in 2009. East Jerusalem students are also disadvantaged with regard to financing of education. According to the Jerusalem municipality, students attending pimary schools in East Jerusalem receive only one fourth of the budget that students in other parts of the city receive. Only some 20 percent of the general municipal education budget is spent in East Jerusalem.

Recommendation 84 : Fully restore the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people, including their rights to life, to live in dignity, adequate food, housing, health, education as well as their freedom of movement. ∑ Inadequate numbers of classrooms, the substandard condition of existing facilities and severa acces restrictions have a severe impact on the educational sector in East Jerusalem. Many students fail to complete the secondary cycle and thedroup-out rate is much hgher than in West Jerusalem. Palestinian students face serious difficulties in reaching educational services, reporting longer journeys and delays in getting to educational facilities. The same holds true for students from Jerusalem who wish to attend a school on the other side of the separation barrier.

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Recommendation 102 : Respect all United Nations resolutions and its obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, with a view to guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms to all Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, by combating all forms of discrimination. and ensure the enjoyment of the rights of the Palestinian people, inter alia, to housing, education, health, freedom of expression and freedom of movement.

Recommendation 113 : Lift all military checkpoints and end all restrictions on the rights of Palestinians to movement and their rights to health and education.

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students are also disadvantaged with regard to financing of education. According to the Jerusalem municipality, students attending pimary schools in East Jerusalem receive only one fourth of the budget that students in other parts of the city receive. Only some 20 percent of the general municipal education budget is spent in East Jerusalem.

Recommendation 126 : Lift all military checkpoints and end all restrictions on the rights of Palestinians to movement and their rights to health and education.

End Notes i UN Doc. A/HRC/6/L.24. 24 September 2007 ii Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. iii Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. iv Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 v UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). vi Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy.

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vii The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) viii The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . ix Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. x Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. xi Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 xii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). xiii Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. xiv The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) xv The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . xvi Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. xvii Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. xviii Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 xix UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). xx Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. xxi The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) xxii The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . xxiii Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions.

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xxiv Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. xxv Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 xxvi UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). xxvii Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. xxviii The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) xxix The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv- Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . xxx Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. xxxi Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. xxxii Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 xxxiii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). xxxiv Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. xxxv The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) xxxvi The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv- Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . xxxvii Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. xxxviii Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas.

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However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. xxxix Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 xl UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). xli Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. xlii The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) xliii The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . xliv Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. xlv Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. xlvi Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 xlvii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). xlviii Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. xlix The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) l The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4. li Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. lii Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. liii Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 liv UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008).

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lv Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. lvi The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) lvii The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . lviii Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. lix Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. lx Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 lxi UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). lxii Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. lxiii The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) lxiv The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . lxv Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. lxvi Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. lxvii Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 lxviii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). lxix Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. lxx The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a

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comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) lxxi The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . lxxii Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. lxxiii Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. lxxiv Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 lxxv UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). lxxvi Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. lxxvii The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) lxxviii The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv- Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . lxxix Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and subsequent resolutions. lxxx Planning Administration City Engineer, City Planning Department, Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, Report No. 4 - The Proposed Plan and the Main Planning Policies Prepared for Jerusalem Municipality. Available in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Municipality website, www.jerusalem.muni.il . An unofficial English translation is available from the Civic Coalition from the website www.ccdprj.ps/en . All references in this submission are to our translation. The 2004 version has been superseded by a revised draft published in 2006 and unfortunately we do not have a translation of this more recent document. Further, during the approval process which is currently ongoing, the [Israeli] Regional Planning Committee have recommended changes to the plan including to Palestinian areas. However, the key policy objective remains of demographic engineering with the aim of acheiving a 70:30 balance of Jews to Palestinians in line with Israeli government decisions. lxxxi Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, Para. 35 (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 22 lxxxii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). lxxxiii Figure aggregated from projected construction in settlement planning areas (Masterplan pp. 195-198). As already noted, this is the most recent figure available to us. The approval process currently underway includes revisions to the detail of the plan, but the principle of settlement expansion in Jerusalem remains an essential part of Israeli policy. lxxxiv The Director General states: “I particularly felt the need for a Master Plan when I was placed at the head of the project for a light railway for Jerusalem. The lack of planning cried out to the skies. A light railway is above all a comprehensive urban instrument and as such it was necessary to identify development patterns of the city so as to give an adequate solution to the needs of the citizens, both for the present and the future to come.” (Masterplan, p. 5) lxxxv The Coalition of Women for Peace, Who Profits from the Occupation, Crossing the Line: The Tel Aviv- Jerusalem Fast Train (October 2010) 4 . lxxxvi UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008).

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lxxxvii Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 35 House‘) إ ﻣ 2008 م ﻣ او أ ا ل اس ازل ھم ,lxxxviii Land Research Center demolitions in Jerusalem during the first five months in 2008: Statistical summary’) (Arabic only, available from the Civic Coalition on request) and aggregated data from The Civic Coalition human rights bulletin January – June 2008, available from the Civic Coalition website www.ccprj.ps Note that our figures on home demolition in Jerusalem are considerably higher than those supplied by the UN Office for the Coordinationf of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Every home demolition documented by the Land Research Center is documented with affidavits and where possible photographs and we are confident of our figures. We raised the issue with OCHA in early July 2008 are currently discussing it with them. lxxxix UN Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/13/53/Rev.1 7 June 2010). xc UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). xci Amir Cheshin , Separate and Unequal: The Inside Story of Israeli Rule in East Jerusalem (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999, pp. 31-32): xcii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). xciii Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 35 House‘) إ ﻣ 2008 م ﻣ او أ ا ل اس ازل ھم ,xciv Land Research Center demolitions in Jerusalem during the first five months in 2008: Statistical summary’) (Arabic only, available from the Civic Coalition on request) and aggregated data from The Civic Coalition human rights bulletin January – June 2008, available from the Civic Coalition website www.ccprj.ps Note that our figures on home demolition in Jerusalem are considerably higher than those supplied by the UN Office for the Coordinationf of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Every home demolition documented by the Land Research Center is documented with affidavits and where possible photographs and we are confident of our figures. We raised the issue with OCHA in early July 2008 are currently discussing it with them. xcv UN Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/13/53/Rev.1 7 June 2010). xcvi UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). xcvii Amir Cheshin , Separate and Unequal: The Inside Story of Israeli Rule in East Jerusalem (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999, pp. 31-32): xcviii Including UN Security Council Resolutions 252 (1968) and 446 (1979) and numerous subsequent resolutions. xcix Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps c UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). ci Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). ciii Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps civ UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cv Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps

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cvi UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cvii Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cviii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cix Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cx UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cxi Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cxii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cxiii Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cxiv UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cxv Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cxvi UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cxvii Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cxviii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cxix Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cxx UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cxxi Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cxxii UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cxxiii Civic Coalition for Jerusalem and Mapping and GIS Department of the Arab Studies Society, New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008 (March 2008) available from the Civic Coalition website, www.ccdprj.ps cxxiv UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. John Dugard, Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories (A/HRC/7/17, January 2008). cxxv U N Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/13/53/Rev.1 7 June 2010) cxxvi Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 A/62/275 (17 August 2007) cxxvii U N Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/13/53/Rev.1 7 June 2010) cxxviii Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 A/62/275 (17 August 2007) cxxix U N Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/13/53/Rev.1 7 June 2010)

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cxxx Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 A/62/275 (17 August 2007) cxxxi U N Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/13/53/Rev.1 7 June 2010) cxxxii Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 A/62/275 (17 August 2007) cxxxiii U N Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/13/53/Rev.1 7 June 2010) cxxxiv Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 A/62/275 (17 August 2007) cxxxv U N Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/13/53/Rev.1 7 June 2010) cxxxvi Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 A/62/275 (17 August 2007) cxxxvii U N Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 (A/HRC/13/53/Rev.1 7 June 2010) cxxxviii Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 A/62/275 (17 August 2007) cxxxix Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008), para. 52 cxl Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008), para. 52 cxli Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008), para. 52 cxlii Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008), para. 52 cxliii Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008), para. 52 cxliv Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008), para. 52 cxlv Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) cxlvi UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” cxlvii Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36 cxlviii Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) cxlix UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” cl Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36 cli Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) clii UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” cliii Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36 cliv Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) clv UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” clvi Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36

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clvii Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) clviii UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” clix Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36 clx Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) clxi UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” clxii Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36 clxiii Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) clxiv UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” clxv Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36 clxvi Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) clxvii UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” clxviii Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36 clxix Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) clxx UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” clxxi Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36 clxxii Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (A/HRC/8/18, 10 June 2008) clxxiii UN General Assembly Resolution 1322 (2000),“Reaffirms the need for full respect by all of Holy Places of Jerusalem and condemns any behaviour to the contrary” and “Deplores the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al- Sharif in Jerusalem” clxxiv Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, (CERD/C/ISR/CO/13, 14 June 2007), para. 36