Operation Protective Edge & Legal Remedies - Ifi Working Paper Series #24

Working Paper Series # 24 | October 2014
Operation Protective Edge & Legal RemediesNoura Erakat, Bianca Isaias, and Salmah Rizvi
On 26 August 2014, Israel and Palestinian resistance groups entered into a long-term ceasefire agreement. The terms of the agreement look almost identical to those established in November 2012, including a lack of implementation mechanisms. Indeed, if the parties fail to make these terms more precise and binding, it will be no more than a holding position before Israel’s next assault on the Gaza Strip
Its most significant omission is a commitment to lift Israel’s eight-year debilitating siege. Instead, the agreement simply obligates Israel to “ease” the siege and “open” Gaza’s crossings. These are incredibly vague and subjective directives that do not guarantee the rehabilitation of Gaza or freedom for the Palestinians living there. What does opening Gaza’s crossings mean, for example? Who will oversee that they are in fact open? In 2005, the Israeli High Court mandated that the passageways along the Annexation Wall be opened regularly to allow humanitarian passage (i.e., family, education, health, livelihood) and yet Palestinians are still waiting for that to happen.

Publisher: 
Issam Fares Institute For Public Policy And International Affairs
تاريخ النشر: 
الأربعاء, 1 أكتوبر 2014
نوع المورد: 
Studies and Reports
حلة: 
Safety & Security