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wall, roadblocks and a permit regime that only affects the Palestinian population, and to the
application of a two-tier legal system;
(d)
To cease the requisition and expropriation of Palestinian land and the
allocation of “State land” for the establishment and expansion of settlements, and to halt the
granting of benefits and incentives to settlements and settlers;
(e)
To put an end to all measures and policies resulting in the territorial
fragmentation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and which
are isolating Palestinian communities into separate enclaves;
(f)
To take and implement serious measures, including confiscation of arms and
enforcement of criminal sanctions, with the aim of ensuring full accountability for and
preventing all acts of violence by Israeli settlers, and to take other measures to guarantee
the safety and protection of Palestinian civilians and Palestinian properties in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;
(g)
To bring a halt to all actions, including those perpetrated by Israeli settlers,
harming the environment, including the dumping of all kinds of waste materials in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian
Golan, which gravely threaten their natural resources, namely water and land resources, and
which pose an environmental, sanitation and health threat to the civilian populations;
(h)
To cease the exploitation, damage, cause of loss or depletion and
endangerment of the natural resources of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, and of the occupied Syrian Golan;
9.
Welcomes the adoption of the European Union Guidelines on the eligibility
of Israeli entities and their activities in the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967 for
grants, prizes and financial instruments funded by the European Union from 2014 onwards;
10.
Encourages all States and international organizations to continue to actively
pursue policies that ensure respect of their obligations under international law with regard
to all illegal Israeli practices and measures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
East Jerusalem, particularly Israeli settlements;
11.
Reminds all States of their legal obligations as mentioned in the advisory
opinion of the International Court of Justice of 9 July 2004 on the legal consequences of the
construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
12.
Urges all States:
(a)
To ensure that they are not taking actions that either recognize or assist the
expansion of settlements or construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem;
(b)
To implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in
relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to take
appropriate measures to help ensure that businesses domiciled in their territory and/or under
their jurisdiction, including those owned or controlled by them, refrain from committing or
contributing to gross human rights abuses of Palestinians, in accordance with the expected
standard of conduct in the Guiding Principles and relevant international laws and standards;
(c)
To provide information to individuals and businesses on the financial,
reputational and legal risks and the possible abuses of the rights of individuals of becoming
involved in settlement-related activities, including economic and financial activities, the
provision of services in settlements and the purchasing of property, and to consider
informing businesses of these risks in the formulation of their national action plans for the
implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
13.
Encourages business enterprises to take transparent action to comply with the
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights with respect to their activities relating to
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