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November 2015
Dear friends,
 
Welcome to our November Newsletter!
 
The Society of St. Yves was founded in 1991 and is working under the patronage of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem to help "the poor and the oppressed" according to the social doctrine of the Catholic Church. St. Yves provides gratis legal assistance, counsel and advocacy to all members of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender or religion. Through national and international lobby and advocacy we are able to bring the light of the poor and marginalized to the attention of communities around the world in an effort to bring pressure for change.
 
This month read about the most important updates on St. Yves work on the one hand, and a general update on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories on the other hand, especially in light of the alarming escalation of violence and the Israeli collective punishment measures against Palestinians that have been taking place on daily basis since the beginning of October: St. Yves addressed the Israeli Government's punitive residency revocations against alleged Palestinians "attackers" in East Jerusalem, as well the issue of punitive closures and barriers in East Jerusalem. St. Yves has also organized a workshop focusing on the Israeli collective punishment measures against Palestinians under the current Israeli legal and judicial regimes, as well as under International law.


Sincerely,
The Society of St. Yves - Catholic Center for Human Rights
Updates from St. Yves
St. Yves demands the Israeli Government to Rescind Its Decision on Revoking The Residencies of Suspected Palestinian Jerusalemites 
The Society of St. Yves – Catholic Center for Human Rights demanded the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister of Interior Silvan Shalom to rescind with immediate effect the Cabinet’s decision dated 14.10.2015 whereby the Minister of Interior gave instructions to revoke the status of 19 Palestinian residents of Occupied East Jerusalem suspected of carrying out “terror attacks”.

St. Yves Holds a Workshop on "Collective Punishment: Between Israeli Policies and International Law"
The Society of St. Yves - Catholic Center for Human Rights in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung held on Friday the 27th of November a workshop entitled "Collective Punishment: Between Israeli Policies and International Law".
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St. Yves Demands The Israeli Government to Put an End to Punitive Closures Policies in East Jerusalem
 
The Society of St. Yves – Catholic Center for Human Rights demanded the Israeli authorities in an official correspondence addressed to the Police and Security Minister to put an end with an immediate effect to the policy of punitive closures imposed on Occupied East Jerusalem Palestinians, causing the disruption of all aspects of their daily lives.
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St. Yves briefs US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

St. Yves briefs US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, David Saperstein on the latest developments on the Cremisan Valley case.

 
Updates from the Occupied Palestinian Territories



 
Israeli forces prepare to demolish homes of 2 alleged attackers

Israeli forces raided the homes of two Palestinians who were shot dead after allegedly carrying out two separate vehicular attacks, injuring a total of seven Israeli soldiers on Friday, local sources and an Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an.Local sources said Israeli forces raided the homes of Omar Arafat Issa al-Zaaqiq, 19, and Fadi Muhammad Mahmoud Khasib, 25, and measured the dimensions of both family homes in preparation for punitive demolitions.
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Israel Issues Administrative Detention Orders to 23 Palestinians
 
Israeli authorities issued administrative detention orders to 23 Palestinians, Sunday reported the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC). Israel uses administrative detention regularly as a form of collective punishment and mass detention of Palestinians, and frequently uses administrative detention when it fails to obtain confessions in interrogations of Palestinian detainees.
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Israel demolishes al-Araqib village for 91st time
Israeli forces demolished homes in the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev region of Israel for the 91st time on Thursday, local activists said.Palestinian activists Aziz al-Touri said that Israeli excavators raided the village in the morning and demolished all the housing structures in the area, as well as the village cemetery, which was levelled.Residents of al-Araqib have repeatedly fled into their village cemetery and lived there after Israeli authorities bulldozed parts of the town, since they had been assured the cemetery would not be destroyed.
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