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humanitarian situation for the civilian population as well as impaired the economic and
social rights of the Palestinian people;
(i)
The continued construction, contrary to international law, of the wall inside
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem;
(j)
The latest Israeli plan to demolish hundreds of houses in occupied East
Jerusalem, including its decision to demolish more than eighty-eight houses in the AlBustan neighbourhood of Silwan, which would result in the displacement of more than two
thousand Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, in addition to the Israeli decision to
evacuate Palestinian families from their houses in the Al-Sheikh Jarrah area of East
Jerusalem and to replace them by Israeli settlers;
6.
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 including in East Jerusalem;
(b)
To prevent any new installation of settlers in the occupied territories,
including in East Jerusalem;
7.
Urges the full implementation of the Access and Movement Agreement of 15
November 2005, particularly the urgent reopening of Rafah and Karni crossings, which is
crucial to ensuring the passage of foodstuffs and essential supplies, as well as the access of
the United Nations agencies to and within the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
8.
Calls upon Israel to implement the recommendations regarding the
settlements made by the then 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);
9.
Also calls upon Israel to take and implement serious measures, including
confiscation of arms and enforcement of criminal sanctions, with the aim of preventing acts
of violence by Israeli settlers, and other measures to guarantee the safety and protection of
the Palestinian civilians and Palestinian properties in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem;
10.
Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with its legal
obligations, as mentioned in the Advisory Opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the
International Court of Justice;
11.
Urges the parties to give renewed impetus to the peace process in line with
the Annapolis Peace Conference and the Paris International Donors’ Conference for the
Palestinian State and to implement fully the road map endorsed by the Security Council in
resolution 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003, with the aim of reaching a comprehensive
political settlement in accordance with the resolutions of the Security Council, including
resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, and other
relevant United Nations resolutions, the principles of the Peace Conference on the Middle
East, held in Madrid on 30 October 1991, the Oslo Accords, the Arab Peace initiative and
subsequent agreements, which will allow two States, Israel and Palestine, to live in peace
and security;
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