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(b) The Israeli so-called E-1 plan aimed at expanding the Israeli settlement of
Maale Adumim and building the wall around it, thereby further disconnecting occupied
East Jerusalem from the northern and southern parts of the West Bank and isolating its
Palestinian population;
(c) The implications for the final status negotiations of the announcement by Israel that
it will retain the major settlement blocks in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
settlements located in the Jordan Valley;
(d) The expansion of Israeli settlements and the construction of new ones on
the Occupied Palestinian Territory rendered inaccessible behind the wall, which create
a fait accompli on the ground that could well be permanent and would be tantamount to de facto
annexation;
(e) The Israeli decision to establish and operate a tramway between West Jerusalem
and the Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev, in violation of international law and relevant
United Nations resolutions;
(f) The continued closures of and within the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the
restriction of the freedom of movement of people and goods, including the repeated closure of
the crossing points of the Gaza Strip, which have created an extremely precarious humanitarian
situation for the civilian population and impaired the economic and social rights of the
Palestinian people;
(g) The continued construction, contrary to international law, of the wall inside the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem;
4.
Urges Israel, the occupying Power:
(a) To reverse the settlement policy in the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem
and the Syrian Golan, and, as a first step towards their dismantlement, to stop immediately the
expansion of the existing settlements, including “natural growth” and related activities;
(b)
To prevent any new installation of settlers in the occupied territories;
5.
Urges the full implementation of the Access and Movement Agreement
of 15 November 2005, particularly the urgent reopening of the Rafah and Karni crossings,
which are crucial to the passage of foodstuffs and essential supplies, as well as the access of
United Nations agencies to and within the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
6.
Demands that Israel implement the recommendations regarding the settlements made
by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in her report to the Commission on
Human Rights at its fifty-seventh session on her visit to the occupied Palestinian territories,
Israel, Egypt and Jordan (E/CN.4/2001/114);
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