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Israel has committed many war crimes Resolutions including: The Fourth Geneva Convention; The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; The United Nations Charter; The Hague Convention and many including the use of illegal chemical weapons targeting UN schools and civilians. This motion is targeting the illegal war crimes and the vast UN violations committed by the State of Israel.
The motion is put in place to send a message that no one should violate international law and simply get away with it.
This is the reality of Palestinians, within those illegal settlements, being denied their basic human rights of shelter, food, freedom and the right to life.
The State of Israel has breached 65 UN more international laws.
The following are some of the international laws breached:
Violation of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination as codified in Resolution 1514 and 2625
Violation of international humanitarian law prohibiting:
1. The establishment of Israeli settlements and the expulsions of Palestinians from their territory (Art. 49 and 147 of the 4th Geneva Convention);
2. Mistreatment, torture and prolonged administrative detention of Palestinians in Israeli prisons (Art. 3, 32 and 78 of the 4th Geneva Convention);
3. Non-compliance with the right of return of Palestinian refugees to their homes (Resolution 194);
4. Collective punishment of the Palestinian population of Gaza, where the World Health Organisation reports that life will not be sustainable by the year 2020 (Art. 33 of the4th Geneva Convention).
This motion is to raise the awareness of mistreatment by the Israeli Government, and indeed is not intended to offend Jewish citizens or their faith.
Judiasm is not Zionism, and Zionism is not Judiaism.