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As we have been warning for the past few months, Ariel Sharon has now completed the implementation of his plan for the total occupation of the West Bank. Helicopter attacks against Gaza have also begun, with six Palestinians killed during an assassination attack and 10 injured, most of them civilians.
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Entire West Bank under Israeli Military Occupation
The Palestine Monitor, A PNGO Information Clearinghouse
June 24, 2002
As we have been warning for the past few months, Ariel Sharon has now completed the implementation of his plan for the total occupation of the West Bank. Helicopter attacks against Gaza have also begun, with six Palestinians killed during an assassination attack and 10 injured, most of them civilians.
The Israeli army has taken over all areas previously under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and has now rendered the Authority practically nonexistent. Sharon has succeeded in fulfilling his mission of degenerating the political situation, taking the region back to pre-Oslo conditions. He has since yesterday, completed his destruction of all agreements between Palestinians and Israelis.
Today the Palestinian territories within the West Bank are under 24-hour military curfew, with the Israeli army violating the legal, moral and ethical aspects of international human rights in an unprecedented manner. The Israeli government continues to insist that it is not bound to international law, rejecting the Fourth Geneva Convention, which governs the legal responsibilities of military occupiers and protects the rights of the occupied. The most recent example of this flagrant disregard for law and decency is the decision by the Israeli government to deport and exile the families of those who have carried out military actions.
We call upon the international community to take immediate action calling for Israel to cease acting with impunity. In response to the completion of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi stated, ' Neither Sharon nor his military generals can prevent Palestinians from striving to achieve their freedom and their dream for a just peace. One day, we as Palestinians will build our independent, sovereign, democratic and peaceful state. Occupation is not the solution but a reactionary measure which aims to destroy the potential for peace.'
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