Le REF est une plateforme de réflexion et d’interpellation sur les enjeux méditerranéens et sur la mise en
place des politiques publiques en direction de la zone. Il soutient donc les actions de plaidoyer de ses
membres et partenaires, et mène ses propres campagnes de sensibilisation du grand public et d’interpellation
des pouvoirs publics français et européens.
04.02.2020, Beirut
ANND statement on the ‘Deal of the Century’
An immediate end to Israeli occupation and the recognition of the universal, indivisible and inalienable Palestinian Rights are the foundations of a sustainable Peace in the Middle East
On January 28th, 2020 the Middle East Peace Plan known as the Deal of the Century was presented by the US President Donald Trump in Washington DC. A “peace” plan that was built unilaterally and that considers the Israeli occupation as the exclusive partner. The “peace” plan markets an illusion of peace at the expense of Palestinian people’s rights and dignity. It gives further impunity to all human rights violations committed by the Israeli occupation, including through legalizing illegal Israeli settlements.
The two maps presenting the “State of Israel” and a Future State of Palestine- thus with no immediate recognition of the Palestinian State- envision as defined by “the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967” a ”scattered archipelagos of non-contiguous territory completely surrounded by Israel, with no external borders, no control over its airspace, no right to a military to defend its security, no geographic basis for a viable economy, no freedom of movement and with no ability to complain to international judicial forums against Israel or the United States.” The plan is in violation of the international law and international humanitarian law and contradicts the following UN Resolutions:
The Arab NGO Network for Development, in solidarity with the Palestinian people; calls upon the international community to condemn the unilateral ‘peace’ plan; and recalls that
an immediate end to Israel’s prolonged occupation is at the center of achieving sustainable peace.
Commitments towards achieving sustainable development will prove fruitless as
sustainable peace is at the core of sustainable development. This requires the recognition of the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, addressing the illegality of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, ensuring accountability and holding the Israeli occupation responsible to all the grave human rights violations and the violations of the international laws committed.
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