Muscat: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor condemned the Israeli occupation’s orders to seize control of three Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank and bar their residents from returning.
According to Oman News Agency, the Monitor described the move as a dangerous escalation of Israel’s apartheid policies and forced displacement of Palestinians. It highlighted a public declaration by Israel’s Defense Minister, announcing expulsion of around 40,000 Palestinian refugees from Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams camps.
The Monitor stressed that these actions amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, as Israeli occupation forces carry out military operations in these areas using tactics that blatantly violate international law. It noted that the military is systematically demolishing these areas without any legitimate military justification, with bulldozers carving new roads through the ruins of destroyed homes and plans underway to establish military sites in an attempt to alter the region’s geography.
The organization warned that the lack of accountability and justice only emboldens further violations, posing a grave threat not just to Palestinian rights, but to the stability of the international system as a whole.