PA: 7 prisoners held under order canceling amnesty

Seems like this military order followed immediately after 1650.

"The prisoners rights group Addameer says Israel has detained a number of prisoners released in the deal by invoking a relatively new provision of Military Order 1651."

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=523635

Here we go again, in July 2012!!!

Army To Arrest, Deport, Internationals Living In The West Bank

Wednesday July 11, 2012 03:30
author by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies Report post

http://www.imemc.org/article/63888 

 

Impact of Israeli Military Order No. 1650 - War is a Crime Blog

"Located at the European University Institute (EUI), the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) conducts 'inter-disciplinary and comparative research (on) major issues facing the process of integration and European society.'

Prepared by Asem Khalil, its new report is titled, 'Impact of Israeli Military Order No. 1650 on Palestinians' Rights to Legally Reside in Their Own Country.' "

"Impact of Israeli Military Order No.1650 on Palestinians’ Rights to Legally Reside in Their Own Country" - Asem Khalil, CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes

"A new Israeli military Order no. 1650 regarding the Prevention of Infiltration took effect on April 2010. Human-rights organizations expressed alarm at the new powers Israeli military forces will have in dealing with Palestinians who do not hold ‘lawful documents’ of stay in the occupied Palestinian territory. 

The objective of this paper is to investigate how this new order fits within a legal system Israel has set up in the West Bank and Gaza Strip through hundreds of military declarations and orders. Three aspects will be analyzed: first, the way residency status is regulated determining which residents are legal and which illegal; second, the regulation for border crossings and the movement of Palestinians within the occupied Palestinian territory and abroad; third, family unification of Palestinians in the occupied territory. 


These examples will show how this new order is part of an overarching policy that has been in crescendo since 1967: maximizing Israeli control of (Palestinian) land and minimizing the number of (Palestinian) people. The fact that this policy is targeting a specific national group and the fact that it is accompanied by a persistent settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territories renders these policies, not only discriminatory, but also racist and colonial."


Full report here.

Israel Under Review by UN Human Rights Committee

Here's a quote regarding Military Order 1650 from the Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee, which convened in Geneva two weeks ago for the third periodic review of Israel's compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

“The State party should carry out a thorough review of the status of all long-term residents in the West Bank and ensure that they are issued a valid permit and registered in the population registers. The State party should refrain from expelling long-term residents of the West Bank to the Gaza Strip based on their former addresses in the Gaza Strip. In light of the State party’s obligations under article 7, the Committee recommends that the State party review military orders No. 1649 and 1650 to ensure that any person subject to a deportation order is heard and may appeal the order to an independent, judicial authority.”

For the full report, click on "read more."

Amira Hass: The Brain Tumor Method of Leaving Gaza

"...About 35,000 Palestinian are candidates for expulsion from their homes, according to the amendment to the order on infiltration that went into effect in April of this year. These are Palestinians who are living in constant fear, people who restrict their movements ahead to time to avoid being caught by an alert soldier who will discover their criminal offense: having the wrong address."

New Military Orders Facilitating the Deportation of Gazans From West Bank and East Jerusalem - Al-Haq

Al-Haq's second Alternative Report addresses Israeli's violations of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights with respect to freedom of movement within the occupied Palestinian territory, including Military Orders 1649 and 1650:


"These military orders dramatically broaden the existing definition of infiltration in the occupied West Bank, criminalizing and subjecting to deportation any person present in the area who does not hold a permit issued by the Commander of the IDF. If implemented, these orders would facilitate the mass deportation or transfer of Palestinians and other protected persons from the West Bank, in clear violation of international law."

Read the full report here.
Read the report's section on Military Orders 1649 and 1650 here.

Military orders 1649 and 1650 Updated and Overview - Hamoked

Order 1650 presents a blank check for the military to use to deport or forcibly transfer from the west bank anyone they see fit, in accordance with changing policies and political situations. As such, the order must be viewed as illegal, regardless of how it is being implemented now, with heavy international spotlight currently placed on the issue.

"تعديلات الأوامر العسكريّة بما يتعلّق في "منع التسلل" - Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center

على مدار السنوات الأخيرة، أصدر القائد العسكري عشرات أوامر الاحتجاز والإبعاد ضد مقيمين في الضفّة الغربيّة، استناداً على الأمر العسكري لمنع التسلل 239 لسنة 1969، والذي تمّ إصداره في حينه لإحداث آليّة قانونيّة تَحِدّ من "ظاهرة التسلل إلى الضفّة الغربيّة" (حسب التفسيرات الإسرائيليّة)، المفاهيم من الدول العربيّة المجاورة.

وقد تم استخدام هذا الأمر منذ تاريخ إصداره حتى تسعينيّات القرن الماضي، بحيث لم يتم تفعيل هذه الآليّة في السنوات الأولى بعد توقيع الاتفاقيّات المرحليّة، وإنما تمّ تفعيله في بداية سنوات الألفين، وبالأخص بعد تجديد معاملات لمّ الشمل وتحوّل الوضعيّة القانونيّة لعشرات الآلاف من مُرشحي الحصول على إقامة في مناطق السلطة الفلسطينيّة، إثر تقديم معاملات لم شمل لمُقيمين "غير قانونيين"، وحيث أنّ عدد كبير من مقدمي طلبات لمّ الشمل كانوا من أصل أردني، وأصبح هؤلاء مُهددين بالاحتجاز والطرد وفقاً لأمر منع السلل. فتعريف المتسلل وفقاً للأمر الأصلي كان على النحو التالي: هو كل شخص يدخل إلى المنطقة عن سابق قصد، وبشكل غير قانوني، بعد أن كان متواجداً الضفة شرقيّة لنهر الأردن، أو سوريا أو لبنان أو مصر.

Palestinian Family Fears Gaza Expulsion - Associated Press

Fearing expulsion to Gaza, Palestinian family stays home in Jenin

The Helou family is so worried about getting expelled to Gaza by Israeli authorities that they’re all but trapped in Jenin.

They couldn’t even leave to get their disabled son the best possible surgery to let him walk.

Some 20,000 Palestinians in the West Bank live under the same fear, because they hold residency papers from the Gaza Strip and Israeli authorities refuse to allow their papers to be updated – though they have lived in the West Bank for years.

Amira Hass: IDF Order Will Enable Mass Deportation From West Bank

A new IDF order aimed at preventing infiltration is going into effect, may affect thousands of Palestinians.

A new military order aimed at preventing infiltration will come into force this week, enabling the deportation of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, or their indictment on charges carrying prison terms of up to seven years.

When the order comes into effect, tens of thousands of Palestinians will automatically become criminal offenders liable to be severely punished.

35,000 Palestinians Under Threat of Forcible Transfer to Gaza - Hamoked

Dear Colleagues,

HaMoked has received a response to its petition under the Freedom of Information Act for figures of Palestinians forcibly transferred to Gaza on the basis of their registered address, and those who may be considered at high risk for forcible transfer under the new orders. The full translated document is attached, but in short, it shows that nearly 35,000 individuals must be viewed as being at high risk:

Letter from Hamoked to the Military Legal Advisor in the West Bank

Date: June 8, 2010
In response please cite: 65091

To:
Major Limor Tachnai
The Military Legal Advisor for the West Bank
Via Fax

Dear Ms.,

Re: Order regarding Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2) and Order regarding Security Provisions (Amendment No. 112)

Ref: ours 37230 of March 25 & April 11, 2010; 65091 of April 26, 2010
Yours: 707660 222/20 of May 13, 2010

1. We seek to recall that on March 25, 2010, we appealed in letter to the military commander regarding the Orders in reference, prior to their taking effect. There we raised our concerns regarding the wording of the Orders, in particular the expansive definition of "infiltrator" and the custody and deportation proceedings. We therefore requested to delay their taking effect, to allow for evaluation of our comments.

"Stop Immediately the Expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip" - Hamoked

Today, 25.5.10, Hamoked – Center for the Defence of the Individual served a petition to the HCJ, along with 15 other Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations, regarding the practice of expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip solely on the basis of their registered address.

Camped Out in Erez Crossing - Gaza Gateway

The eleven-day protest of Ahmed Sabeh, released from an Israeli prison on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, and taken to the Gaza Strip – even though his home, wife and son are in Tulkarem – raises an interesting challenge to Israel’s control over the borders and population registry of the occupied Palestinian territory. Mr. Sabeh has camped out inside the Erez Crossing, refusing to enter Gaza, in protest of Israel’s refusal to allow him to return to his home in the West Bank. The Hamas government, in turn, has announce that it will not allow him back into Gaza, in order to avoid facilitating the Israeli policy of removing Palestinians from the West Bank.

Letter From the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the US Presbyterian Church

The Right Reverend Suheil Dawani

The Right Reverend Dr. Munib Younan

The Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb 

The Rev. Dr. Canon Naim Ateek 

Dear Partners in Christ:

Acting out of the commandments of love for God and neighbor and our commitments to honor human rights, I have contacted the Israeli government to urge them to revoke the Order regarding Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2) and the Order regarding Security Provisions (Amendment No. 112), which were signed on October 13, 2009, and took effect in the West Bank on April 13, 2010. I further wrote to officials of the U.S. government urging them to pressure Israel to this effect. A copy of the letter is attached.

Israel Deports Palestinian From West Bank - Kuwait News Agency

The Israeli Army expelled on Tuesday from the West Bank town of Hebron to Gaza a 19-year-old Palestinian in line with a previous decision to deport what Tel Aviv viewed as "illegal residents" of the region. 

Amira Hass: Israel Expels West Bank Palestinian to Gaza Upon Release From Prison

Ahmad Sabah completed his prison term, only to find out he wouldn't be allowed to reunite with his family.

Palestinian prisoner from the West Bank was forcibly deported to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, immediately after his release from prison in Israel.

Ahmad Sabah, 39, who was released from Ketziot prison after serving his sentence, was put on a bus to Gaza while his wife, son and other relatives waited for him since the morning hours at the Tarqumiya checkpoint in the West Bank.

Sabah was told only before boarding the bus at about noon that he was being taken to Gaza. His family and relatives only found out in the evening that he would not be coming home.

Palestinians Deported to Gaza - Al Jazeera

Two Palestinians have been deported to the Gaza Strip from Israel, raising fears that more expulsions could follow under a controversial new Israeli military order. 

After nine years in Israeli jail, Ahmad Sabah, a 40-year-old Palestinian, was sent to Gaza, instead of being released to the West Bank where his family was waiting for him.

Israelis sent him to Gaza because he had a Palestinian ID issued there.

His family said that Sabah, who was arrested in 2001 for "security offences" against Israel, has no connection to Gaza and he has refused to leave the border crossing in protest at his treatment.

"It is my right to return to my wife and family," he said. 

Amira Hass: Otherwise Occupied / Access Denied

Defining a Palestinian with a Gaza Strip address as a punishable infiltrator if he is found in the West Bank - as implied by a military order that has now gone into effect - is one more link in a chain of steps that Israel has taken, whose cumulative effect is to sever the Strip from Palestinian society as a whole. 

Space limitations prevent listing more than a sampling of these measures here. But even looking at them in abridged form can serve as a reminder that one needs to analyze every regulation of the military occupation in the context of its predecessors and their implementation on the ground. Indeed, this is what the legal experts at the organization Hamoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual did when they warned against the ramifications of the new Order No. 1650 regarding Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2).