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Al-Marsad, ACRI and Bimkom Host Community Meeting on Wind Farm Project

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Al-Marsad – Arab Human Right Centre in Golan Heights (“Al-Marsad”), the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (“ACRI”), and Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights (“Bimkom”) held a joint public meeting last week to discuss the legal actions available to native community in the occupied Syrian Golan to block Energix Renewable Energies’ (“Energix”) Clean Wind Energy Project.

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More Shadows than Lights – Local Elections in the Occupied Syrian Golan

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Al-Marsad has published a new report on Israel’s recent attempt to hold municipal elections in the occupied Syrian Golan (“Golan”). On 30 October 2018, Israel held municipal elections in the occupied Syrian villages of Majdal Shams, Buqata, Masada and Ein Qynia for the first time since it invaded the Golan in 1967.

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Letter from Al-Marsad to Frederica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy.

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In April 2019, Al-Marsad wrote to Frederica Mogherini to ask the EU to stop applying a double standard to Israel’s illegal settlement expansion policies and to condemn them uniformly for what they are, egregious violations of international law.

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Al-Marsad Rejects New Illegal Settlement Plan for the Occupied Syrian Golan

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Al-Marsad – Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights (“Al-Marsad”) is extremely concerned by reports of a new Israeli government plan to transfer illegal settlers into the occupied Syrian Golan. This reported plan, which comes just one week after the United States (“U.S.”) acknowledged Israel’s claimed “sovereignty” over the occupied Golan, conflicts directly with international law.

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Al-Marsad Denounces U.S. Recognition of the Occupied Syrian Golan as Israel

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Al-Marsad – Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights (“Al-Marsad”) denounces and condemns the United States of America’s (“U.S.”) recognition of the occupied Syrian Golan as part of Israel. The decision sets a dangerous standard that glorifies systematic human rights abuses, legitimizes illegal aggression and occupation, and endangers peace in the Middle East.

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Al-Marsad parallel January 2019 report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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The report was submitted in response to the Committee’s call for additional information from civil society organizations regarding Israel’s implementation of the Covenant. The Committee will review Israel’s Fourth Periodic Report in March 2019 and adopt a “list of issues” in relation to Israel’s Report at that time.

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