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4) Israel complies fully with the Fourth Geneva Convention including, but not limited to Article 49, paragraph 6 ("The occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into territories it occupies"), which requires that it cease building new settlements, and vacates all existing "Jewish-Only" Israeli colonies/settlements in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip;
WHEREAS the Israeli government with its illegal occupation and expansionist program in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip is engaged, and has been engaged, in grave human rights violations including but not limited to: the use of live ammunition on unarmed civilians (including men, women, and children); massive and disproportionate use of force including the firing of missiles from Apache helicopter gunships against defenseless civilian populations; illegal mass arrests and institutionalized torture (including men women, and children); the willful destruction of agricultural land; the deprivation of water; forced malnutrition with concomitant health consequences including stillborn deaths and irreversible developmental damage to children; the mass demolition of homes and confiscation of land; hostage taking and extra-judicial assassinations; denial of medical service s to the sick and wounded; the use of human shields (including children); the targeting of schools, and hospitals; the building of illegal fortified "Jewish-only" Israeli colonies/settlements on confiscated land connected by "Jewish-only" bypass roads, and the heavily subsidized transfer of hundreds of thousands of its own civilian population into these colonies/settlements;See the full content of this document
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National Lawyers Guild Supports Divestment
Following is the text of the divestment resolution adopted by the National convention of the National Lawyers Guild, on October 24, 2004, in Birmingham, AL.
RESOLUTION TO DIVEST, IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE, FROM ISRAELWHEREAS the Israeli government with its illegal occupatio...See the full content of this document
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