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"Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that of any other country, occupied or not, are prohibited, regardless of their motive."
Under Article 13 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
"(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country."
Israel spurns all international laws and its own. That's how rogue states operate. Dealing with the devil's impossible. Israel's one of the worst.
Addameer, PHR-I, and Hana have just cause to be concerned. She's isolated in Gaza. Her parents and relatives can't see her.
Both organizations called lawless deportation or transfer "one of the most serious war crimes."
"Given the stark asymmetry in power, resulting from the belligerent occupation, between the Palestinian and Israeli parties involved, neither the potential 'consent' of the prisoners nor the fact that these deals have been negotiated by a Palestinian authority can serve as justification for the deportations as this contravenes the spirit of articles 7, 8 and 47 of the GC (Geneva Convention) IV concerning the inviolability of the protections afforded by the Convention."
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