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[ISRAEL DETAINS CHILDREN PART II]

Israel claims that they are in compliance with international humanitarian laws and have a just legal system when what we are seeing is clearly otherwise. If Israel refuses to comply with international laws, why are they not complying with their own laws?

What happened : 

Israel detains a 7 year old boy during it’s military raids on the first day of Eid al-Adha on 16th June 2024 from his home at Ramallah, the West Bank.

What Israeli Law says : 

Children under the age of 12 is not criminally responsible

We wish to reiterate that Israel has no jurisdiction over the West Bank. This is per the UN Resolution 1947 and 1967 in which Israel’s Declaration of Establishment 1948 promised to be faithful to the UN. 

Israel must withdraw and not impose their laws on Al-Quds and the West Bank to be compliant with their own Declaration of Establishment 1948.

[ISRAEL HAS NO LEGAL BASIS TO WITHHOLD CORPSES]

Israel is more than determined to collectively punish Palestinians even on a law that no longer exists or a law that has no legal jurisdiction on them. On top of that, the law relied on is not even faithfully adhered to by Israel.

What does Israeli Law say?

Israel’s favourite oppressive law Regulation 133(3) of the Defense Emergency Regulations 1945 states that :

it only applies to a person that has been lawfully convicted of a serious crime that warrants execution

The person has been legally executed in prison and;

The person MUST be buried in their own community

If Israel actually respect their own law, they would give a fine reading of the said provision. Nowhere in this the Emergency Regulations give power to withhold any dead bodies especially on civilians. 

We will continue calling out Israel’s blatant misuse and abuse of the law in oppressing Palestinians.