Reply #17: HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual says this law make all WB residents potential

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lawbreakers!

Hamoked and nine other human rights organizations urgently appealed to the minister of defense this morning: delay the entry into force of two military orders which will turn all residents of the West Bank into criminals who may be imprisoned for up to seven years or deported from the area


Press Release – Immediate Publication

11.4.2010

A NEW MILITARY ORDER DEFINES ALL RESIDENTS OF THE WEST BANK AS “INFILTRATORS” WHO MAY BE JAILED AND DEPORTED

The new order: an Israeli demand that all residents of the West Bank including those who were born there and live in the Palestinian Authority obtain an Israeli issued permit

HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual and nine other human rights organizations urgently appealed to the minister of defense this morning with a demand to delay the entry into force of two military orders which will turn all residents of the West Bank into criminals who may be imprisoned for up to seven years or deported from the area.

On Tuesday, April 13 2010, the Order regarding Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2) and the Order regarding Security Provisions (Amendment No. 112) are to enter into effect. The orders, signed by the previous GOC Central Command, Gadi Shamni but not revealed, are worded so broadly such as theoretically allowing the military to empty the West Bank of almost all its Palestinian inhabitants. Despite the severe ramifications of the orders, the authorities did not publicize their existence among the Palestinian population as required, which raises grave concerns that they intended to pass them secretly without public debate or judicial review....

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http://www.hamoked.org.il/news_main_en.asp?id=904