More than 4 years ago, on 9 July 2004, at the request of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued an Advisory Opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Court made clear that the construction of the Wall and the settlements were illegal.

Here is how stopthewall.org described the historic event :

Above: The Apartheid Wall in Abu Dis.

Citing the Right to Self Determination, the Fourth Geneva Convention, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, relevant human rights and humanitarian law, as well as the Rights to Freedom of Movement, Work, Education, Health, Food and Water, Religion and the Right of the Child, the ICJ voted 14-1 that "construction of the wall and its associated regime are contrary to international law" 14-1 that Israel must immediately cease construction of the Wall in all areas, dismantle parts already build and repeal any legislation or regulation relating to the Wall and 14-1 that Israel must make reparations for damages caused by construction of the Wall.

The ICJ reiterates the illegality of Israeli settlements and their relationship to the Wall’s path, referring to the Wall’s unilateral demarcation of a new border in the West Bank, seizure and destruction of property, the effective annexation of occupied lands and settlements and the demographic changes within Palestine as a result of the Wall’s construction. In an important assertion, the Court fully disregards the relevance of the Israeli position that the Wall is for "security" or "self defense."

In the introduction to its website the Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign organisation states as follows :

"Palestinian grassroots

Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign

The Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign is a coalition of Palestinian non governmental organizations and popular committees that mobilize and coordinate efforts on local, national and international levels. These efforts are focused upon stopping and dismantling the Apartheid Wall, and resisting Israeli occupation and colonization.

A call for a coordinated, popular, and grassroots effort to tear down the Wall came out of Jerusalem on the 2nd of October 2002, from the office of the Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON). From this moment the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign was born. The Campaign initiated its work on three levels: acting as the voice of communities locally; mobilization and coordination nationally; and additionally as part of the global struggle against colonization, war and racism."

The following current news items are reported by the website. The first is about the murder of a Palestinian young boy by the zionist occupation army in the village of Ni'lin. The second reports the zionist "legalisation" of the wall and the land robbery near the Palestinian village of Jayyous . The third reports the continuation of Palestinian resistance to the wall.

http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1701.shtml

Ahmad Mousa, 12 year old boy, murdered in Ni’lin by the Occupation

Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, July 29th, 2008

At 5 pm today, the Occupation forces in Ni’lin shot Ahmad Husam Yousef Mousa, a 12-year-old boy from the village.

After the demonstration had finished, Ahmad was sitting under a tree when a live bullet pierced his head. The boy died immediately. His funeral will be held tomorrow morning. The village of Ni’lin has been holding continuous protests against the Wall for over 80 days with the support of national and international activists.

The murder of Ahmad Mousa today comes after a series of other oppressive tactics by the Occupation forces, including an imposed 5 day complete siege and curfew on the village from July 4 to July 9 2008. These are seen as attempts to repress the mobilization of the people fighting against the construction of the Wall; the Wall that, upon completion, will isolate the village of Ni’lin from their lands and livelihoods.

The murder of the child follows a clear pattern the Occupation has established, in which they have killed youth in other villages in the Ramallah district where people were staging ever more powerful demonstrations and protests against the Apartheid Wall in defense of their lands and futures. On July 8, 2005 they killed 15 year old Mahyoub Assi in Beit Liqiya. On May 14, 2005 Jamal Jaber, 15 years old, and Uday Mofeed, 14, were murdered in the same village, and on April 19, 2004 Diya', 24 years old.

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http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1700.shtml

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