martedì 16 gennaio 2007

sì, viaggiare ....

però non insieme.
Dal 19 gennaio, infatti, entra in vigore una legge israeliana che impedisce che Israeliani (o stranieri) e Palestinesi viaggino insieme in macchina a meno che non ci siano parentele di primo grado o permessi speciali.
On 19 November 2006, the commander of IDF forces in the West Bank, Major-General Yair Naveh, issued an order prohibiting Israelis and tourists from using their vehicles to transport Palestinians in the West Bank without a permit from the army. The order is to take effect on 19 January 2007. The order does not apply to Palestinians who hold a permit to enter Israel or the settlements, to Israeli bus drivers, Israel residents carrying Palestinians who are first-degree relatives, and soldiers and police officers on duty. Violation of the order is a criminal offense, for which both the Palestinian passenger and the Israeli driver are subject to punishment. ... Under international law, Israel must respect the human rights of all persons under its authority. These rights include the right to equality, freedom of movement, maintain family ties and social ties, engage in political activity, and the right to work and earn a livelihood. The military authorities ignore the discriminatory nature of the order and justify it as a military necessity, for example, by restricting the number of Palestinians entering Israel in Israeli vehicles without a permit. However, even assuming that the order advances one security objective or another, the sweeping nature of the order, and the fact that it is not urgent (even in the eyes of the military authorities, who postponed its validity for two months) make the infringement of human rights in this case disproportionate, and therefore illegal. The order is abhorrent, not only because it violates human rights and international law, but because of the extent to which it interferes in the individual's private life. The separation between Israelis and Palestinians, however, is not new. Yet, until now, it was seen, primarily, in measures taken in the public sphere, for example, by building the separation barrier, prohibiting Palestinian vehicles on certain roads, and forbidding Israelis to enter Area A. The new order, on the other hand, penetrates into the private space of the vehicle, with the objective of separating two persons lawfully present in the area. Furthermore, the very use of legislation to force separation between people based on their nationality raises associations with the loathsome regimes that nobody seeks to resemble.
(fonte Maan News Agency, B'Tselem: repeal the order banning foreigners and Israelis from transporting West Bank Palestinians in their vehicles)
e ancora...
Eight Israeli human rights organizations have petitioned the Israeli High Court of Justice to abolish the order prohibiting Israeli and foreign nationals from transporting Palestinian citizens in their vehicles in the West Bank from 19 January. ... the "order is legal basis for targeted, systematic, institutional discrimination, amounting to apartheid."
(fonte Maan News Agency, Human rights group urge Israel to revoke order prohibiting travel with Palestinians).

apartheid.

Nessun commento: