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.

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.

Contrary to Israel's Statements, Infiltration Orders Allow, as of Yesterday, the Imprisonment or Deportation of Palestinian West Bankers Without Judicial Review - Hamoked

Yesterday two military orders came into effect which define, for the first time since the occupation of the oPt in 1967, Palestinian residents of the Occupied Territories as “infiltrators” or “illegal aliens” in their land and in their homes.

State's Response to HaMoked's Letters on Orders 1649 1650

Dear Madam,


Re: The Order on the Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2) and the Order on Security Provisions (Amendment No. 112) – Response


April 11, 2010


General


1. In your above-referenced letters, which were addressed to the Commander of the Central Command and to the Minister of Defense, you sought to present your comments to the above legislative amendments, and to delay their taking effect. With the consent of the Commander of the Central Command, below is our response to all of your claims, in order.

Hamoked's Letter to GOC Central Command

Date: March 25, 2010

In response please cite: 37230

To: Major General Avi Mizrahi
GOC Central Command

Via Fax

Dear Sir,

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

1. I hereby appeal to you regarding the orders cited in the heading which were signed on October 13, 2009 and are due to come into effect on April 13, 2010. These orders substantially alter the law regarding any person currently present in the West Bank, and, regrettably, prior to their signing no public debate allowing for input by actors outside the military, including human rights organizations such as HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual was held. In the time that has passed since the orders were signed, we have studied their provisions and we now wish to present you with our comments, before the orders come into effect.