Today, April 13, 2010, two Israeli military orders are to enter into effect with severe legal, political, moral, and human ramifications that threaten not only the prospects of peace but also the stability of the whole region. Israeli Military Order No. 1649, Regarding Security Provisions (Amendment No. 112) as applied to M.O. No. 378 of 1970, and Order No. 1650, Regarding Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2) as applied to M.O. No. 329 of 1969, both issued and signed Major General Gadi Shamni, then “Commander of IDF Forces in the Judea and Samaria Area” on 13 October, 2009 present concrete expressions of a dangerous Israeli racist policy of aggression and provocation that must be immediately countered and halted before it inflicts irreparable damage. By broadly designating as “infiltrators” any Palestinians present in the West Bank without Israeli permits (regardless of the nature of such “permits”), and by giving the Israeli military the right to deport such persons and even to charge them the expenses for such an expulsion, and by making them subject to arrest for a period of three to seven years, Israel is thereby targeting a whole population and illegally legislating for a program of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization calls on all parties concerned to bring Israel to rescind these Orders and to cease and desist from pursuing such (and all) dangerous policies targeting the Palestinian people at the most basic human and “demographic” level. Having thus unequivocally and actively declared its policies and intentions, Israel is to be held responsible for thwarting all efforts at the resumption of any peace endeavors and for the deliberate victimization and provocation of the Palestinian people beyond endurance. Such violations and arrogance are the most fatal form of incitement and aggression. We therefore hold the Israeli authorities responsible for any and all consequences that may result from such actions, and we call upon the international community to rise to the challenge, to put an immediate end to these measures, and to hold Israel accountable for all its irresponsible and illegal policies that present an imminent threat to the whole region and to the global rule of law.
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