Die Lage von palästinensischen Familien in Ostjerusalem, die von Räumungen bedroht sind, könnte sich entspannen. Laut einem Urteil dürfen die Bewohner:innen vorerst bleiben – so lange bis die Eigentumsrechte geprüft sind – ein Verfahren, daß sich lange hinziehen kann und damit prinzipiell Möglichkeiten für eine politische Regelung eröffnet… ob diese gewollt sein wird, muß sich zeigen.
Hier der Bericht von Benjamin Hammer, ARD-Studio Tel Aviv, auf tagesschau.de.
Statement of the Humanitarian Country Team on the imminent eviction of the Salem Family in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem
Joint Statement
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territory
Jerusalem, 18 February 2022
Today, representatives of the Humanitarian Country Team in Palestine, comprising United Nations Agencies and international and Palestinian NGOs, met with the Salem family in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The family of 12, including six children and the elderly mother, Fatima Salem – all of whom are Palestine refugees – faces eviction during March from their family home of 70 years.
The announcement of the scheduled eviction has recently raised tension in the Jerusalem neighbourhood, with clashes involving Palestinian residents, Israeli settlers, and Israeli Security Forces resulting in property damage, multiple injuries and arrests, including the arrest of eight children since Friday 11 February. The Salem family itself and their neighbours have been subject to attacks with pepper spray and stones resulting in injury and property damage.
The Salem family is one of 218 Palestinian families, comprising 970 individuals, including 424 children, living in East Jerusalem, mainly in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, that are currently facing the threat of forced eviction by the Israeli authorities.
The United Nations has repeatedly called for a halt to forced evictions and demolitions in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem: under international humanitarian law, forcible transfers of protected persons by the occupying power are forbidden regardless of their motive.
Active steps must be taken to de-escalate the situation before another crisis erupts; we urge all political and community leaders to refrain from provocative action and rhetoric. Israeli authorities must take steps to ensure the protection of civilians, including Palestine refugees.
For more information, please contact Ofir Feuerstein at feuerstein@un.org
In der Debatte um den aktuellen Bericht von amnesty international zur Situation in Israel-Palästina schlagen (gerade in Deutschland) die Wellen wieder einmal hoch. Signalworte stoßen bekannte Reaktionen an, der Inhalt des Berichts gerät dabei fast aus dem Blick.
Hanno Hauenstein in der Berliner Zeitung versucht eine sachlich-differenzierende Einordung.
Der Bericht (englisches Original) selbst kann hier heruntergeladen werden, hier die Einordung von ai Deutschland (geänderte Fassung).
Als Modell ist die zwei-Staaten-Lösung weiterhin „einzige Lösung“, sagt Mona Juul, eine der „Oslo-architects“ und VN-Botschafterin Norwegens im Interview.
“We think from the Norwegian side, absolutely that the situation on the ground between the Israelis and the Palestinians, 30 years after the Madrid Conference, merits increased focus on the need for the Israelis and the Palestinians to get back into the negotiating table,” she told JNS in a discussion at the Norwegian Mission to the United Nations. Juul was referring to the 1991 bilateral Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in Madrid that eventually led to the exchange of letters and the subsequent, secretive Oslo Accords discussions that Juul facilitated, together with her diplomat husband, Terje Rød-Larsen.
“It’s obvious the two-state solution is the only solution, and there are prescriptions on what that solution could look like. What is lacking, of course, is the necessary political will on both sides to compromise and to find that common solution,” she added.”
