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Forgotten Occupation – Life in the Syrian Golan After 50 Years of Israeli Occupation
Forgotten Occupation - Life in the Syrian Golan After 50 Years of Israeli Occupation
Proposed Irish Bill would ban goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Golan
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.
Al-Marsad submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Israel – 29th session of the Universal Periodic Review, January 2018
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.
Adalah and Al-Marsad demand Israel remove army outposts and minefields from occupied Syrian town in the Golan Heights
Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and Al-Marsad – Arab Human Rights Centre in the Golan Heights sent a letter to senior Israeli officials on 30 July 2017 demanding that they evacuate Israeli military outposts and minefields from the occupied Syrian town of Majdal Shams located in the Golan Heights.
Joint letter from Al-Marsad and Adalah to Israeli Defense Ministry
In July 2017, Al-Marsad and Adalah wrote to Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the Military Advocate General Sharon Ofek, and head of the Israeli military’s Northern Command Yoel Strick, regarding the danger posed to residents of Majdal Shams by Israeli military outposts and minefields.