UN EXPERT CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS  http://www.namnewsnetwork.org/v2/read.php?id=177822   The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Richard Falk, has expressed his solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for self-determination, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.The release issued by the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine here Tuesday, said that the Special Rapporteur called for urgent attention to the plight of the Palestinian Bedouin people of the occupied West Bank. “The recent unprecedented pressure by Israeli authorities and settlers to expel Palestinian Bedouin communities from 'Area C' is deplorable, illegal and must cease.” In recent months, approximately 2,300 Bedouins who reside in 20 impoverished communities in the hills east of Jerusalem have been informed by the Israeli authorities that they must leave the area, as part of a plan to expel Bedouin communities living in 'Area C', where Israel exercises total control. Reports indicate that the relocation plan may be implemented in January next year.Falk stressed that “the proposed relocation of the Palestinian Bedouins, without the free and informed consent of the communities, amounts to forced transfer of protected persons under international humanitarian law.” International law prohibits the forced transfer of civilians living under occupation, unless temporarily required for their own security or military necessity. “The Israeli authorities’ expulsion of the Bedouins would meet none of these conditions.”Furthermore, the destruction or confiscation of private civilian property, including homes, as well as the transfer of settlers into occupied territory, is prohibited. Israel, as the Occupying Power, is obligated to protect the residents of the occupied territory and to administer the territory for the benefit of the residents. The establishment and expansion of settlements is a direct breach of these obligations.
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