According to data obtained by Al-Marsad from the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority, overall, only 12% of the Syrian population (excluding Ghajar – see below) currently holds Israeli citizenship.
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Earlier this month, Al-Marsad submitted a ‘List of Issues’ report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee for its 2018 review of Israel’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Al Marsad submitted the report – prepared by Cornell Law School International Human Rights Clinic – to guide the pre-session Working Group in preparing the
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Al-Marsad’s submission – prepared by the Cornell Law School International Human Rights Clinic – outlines multiple violations of the ICCPR by Israel with regard to the Syrian population in the occupied Syrian Golan, including: The Right to Freely Dispose of Natural Resources; The Right to be Free from Discrimination; The Right to Life; The Right to Freedom of Movement; The Right to Family; Cultural Rights: Education and Identity.
The book describes how Syrians have witnessed the forcible transfer and displacement of friends and family; the destruction of homes; the appropriation of land and the arrival of a foreign occupier.
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Forgotten Occupation – Life in the Syrian Golan After 50 Years of Israeli Occupation
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In July, the Irish parliament will consider a Bill banning the import of goods and services from Israeli settlements. The Irish parliament (the Seanad) debated the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 on Tuesday 30 of January, but decided to postpone a vote until later in the year.
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Earlier this year, the Israeli authorities announced the decision to hold local elections on 3 October 2018 in the Syrian villages in the occupied Golan. These elections would be the first of their kind since the occupation just over fifty years ago.
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Since Israel’s last Universal Periodic Review in 2012, it has continued to implement policies that violate the basic human rights of the Syrian population in the occupied Syrian Golan. Al-Marsad’s submission covers six categories of Israeli violations during this period: (1) Illegal settlements and exploitation of natural resources; (2) Housing, planning and home demolition; (3) Landmines; (4) Revocation of residency; (5) Family separation; and (6) Education.
Yesterday, 23 deputy ambassadors and senior diplomats from EU countries, and the EU delegation, visited Majdal Shams, one of the five remaining Syrian villages in the occupied Golan. The visit was to learn about the serious human rights situation of the Syrian population in the occupied Golan due to the Israeli occupation and the conflict in Syria.
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