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'Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
Ingrid Jaradat Gassner
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Seventh sesssion, Item no. 7
3-28 March 2008
Written statement submitted by Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, a
non-governmental organization in special consultative status
60 Years of Nakba and Still No Solution to the Question of Palestine that Respects International
Law
60 years after the massive displacement of the Palestinian people (Nakba), Israel pursues its policy of
population transfer by acquiring Palestinian lands and resources by force and imposing a colonial and
apartheid regime in territories under its jurisdiction. Israeli officials are also intentionally and
knowingly targeting civilian areas, in particular in the occupied Gaza Strip. An impartial investigation
is incremental and the perpetrators of these war crimes and crimes against humanity must be held
accountable.
Moreover, while violence between Palestinians and Israelis is often deplored and calls for ceasefire
abound, the root causes and the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people are not addressed. This
approach encourages armed resistance. It is time for the international community to make a strategic
change and adopt an approach that not only condems violence but addresses its root causes and the
fundamental rights of the Palestinian people.
Solutions to this conflict exist. But in order to bring the just and durable peace that everyone seeks,
they must respect the rights of all peoples, including the right of refugees and internally displaced
persons to return home. Unfortunately, Palestinians still witness today a peace process characterised by
real politik, yielding unsustainable 'pragmatic and realistic' solutions.
There are today around 7 million Palestinian refugees who still do not have access to remedy and
reparations, including the right to return and property restitution. As the United Nations is celebrating
the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights, justice and dignity for the
Palestinian people is still denied. It is in this context that Badil calls upon all parties to the conflict, in
particular the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the United States, to adopt a rightsbased
approach that respects international law.
Until then, Badil urges all members of the international community to hold those responsible for war
crimes and crimes against humanity accountable and to undertake measures of Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions against the government of Israel until it complies with international law.
Badil recommends to:
1. Urge state members of the UN to take measures such as economic sanctions and diplomatic
boycott against Israel for its breach of international law and non-implementation of UN
Resolutions, as well as the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on The Legal
Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
2. Undertake a study on the applicability of the crimes of apartheid and population transfer to
Israel's actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel.'

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