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Titolo: Israele e l'esproprio di territorio palestinese

Israele e l'esproprio di territorio palestinese
Since 1967, Israel has established in the West Bank (including East
Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip 152 settlements that have been recognized by
the Interior Ministry. In addition, dozens of outposts of varying size
have been established. Some of these outposts are settlements for all
intents and purposes, but the Interior Ministry has not recognized them as
such. 
Israel has established in the Occupied Territories a separation cum
discrimination regime, in which it maintains two systems of laws, and a
person’s rights are based on his or her national origin. This regime is
the only one of its kind in the world, and brings to mind dark regimes of
the past, such as the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
As part of the regime, Israel has stolen thousands of dunams of land from
the Palestinians, on which it established dozens of settlements in which
hundreds of thousands of Israeli civilians now live. Israel forbids
Palestinian to enter and use these lands, and use the settlements to
justify numerous violations of Palestinian rights, such as the right to
housing, to gain a living, and freedom of movement. The sharp change
changes Israel made to the map of the West Bank makes a viable Palestinian
state impossible as part of the right of the Palestinian people to
self-determination.
The settlers, on the other hand,. Benefit from all rights given to
citizens of Israel who live inside the Green Line, and in some instances,
ever additional rights. The great effort Israel has expended in the
settlement enterprise – financially, legally, and bureaucratically – has
turned the settlements into civilian enclaves within an area under
military rule, and has given the settlers a preferred status. to
perpetuate this unlawful situation, Israel has continuously violated the
Palestinians’ human rights.
Especially conspicuous is the Israel’s manipulative use of the law to
create a semblance of legality for the settlement enterprise. So long as
the Jordanian law assisted Israel in advancing its goals, it seized the
argument that international law requires that an occupying state apply the
law in effect in the territory prior to occupation, construing
international law in a cynical and tendentious way. When Jordanian law was
unfavorable for Israel, it did not hesitate to revoke it though military
legislation and develop new rules ti meet its ends. In doing so, Israel
tramples on international agreements to which it is party that are
intended to reduce human rights violations and protect people under
occupation. 
In that the very establishment of the settlements is illegal, and in light
of the human rights violations resulting from the existence of the
settlements, B’Tselem demands that Israel evacuate the settlements. The
action must be done in a way that respects the settlers’ human rights,
including the payment of compensation. 
Clearly, evacuation of the settlements will be complex, and will take
time. However, there are intermediate steps that can be taken immediately
so as to reduce, as far as possible, human rights violations and breach of
international law. For example, the government should cease new
construction in the settlements, whether to build new settlements or to
expand existing settlements. It must also freeze the planning and building
of new bypass roads, and must cease expropriating and seizing land
intended for the bypass roads. He government must return to Palestinian
villages all the non-built-up land that was placed within the municipal
jurisdiction of the settlements and the regional councils, eliminate the
planning boards in the settlements, and, as a result thereof, revoke the
power of the local authorities to draw up outline plans and grant building
permits. Also, the government must cease the granting of incentives to
encourage Israeli citizens to move to settlements, and to make resources
available to encourage settlers to move inside Israel’s borders. 
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