Here are brief summaries of the 6 categories of Israeli laws that defines how internal Israeli discrimination works:
Here are brief summaries of the 5 categories of laws named above that define the Israeli military occupation:
- (1) Land Laws: military orders that allow confiscation of Palestinian-own lands under various pretenses (because it is unused, to use for the good of the people, for security reasons, for wilderness preserves, etc.) At this point, the Israeli military now controls more than 70% of the West Bank. In addition, large areas of Palestinian and Arab lands has been annexed into Israel directly (East Jerusalem and Syrian Golan) in direct violation of international law.
Relevant Israeli Military Orders: 58, 59, 291, 321, 348, 364, 569, 1060, 1091, and numerous unnumbered military orders (summaries given below in Appendix 1).
- (2) Isolation of Palestinian Communities: The land confiscated is chosen strategically so that Palestinian communities are largely surrounded by Israeli controlled lands, and the resources of the region fall under direct Israeli control (especially water and rich farmlands (Jordan Valley)). Then the roads between the communities are bisected by Israeli military checkpoints where Palestinian commerce are harassed to the point of significantly hurting the Palestinian economy (both in terms of movement of goods, and in terms of civilians being able to get to their jobs). In addition, Palestinian society is also severely hampered by this interference with movement between communities. This strangling of Palestinian economy, society and culture is considered to be a severe violation of Palestinian inalienable right of self-determination - a violation of international humanitarian law.
Relevant Israeli Military Orders: 58, 59, 291, 321, 348, 364, 569, 1060, 1091, and numerous unnumbered military orders (summaries given below in Appendix 1).
- (3) Two-Tier Legal System: A major use of Palestinian confiscated lands is for Israeli settlements (which is illegal as per international law). The settlements are given a different legal system than the Palestinian communities. The settlements are linked legally and economically to Israel's democracy with lots of economic benefits for the settlers and companies that operate there. In contrast, all Arab government agencies and functions have been replaced by Israeli military committees and Israeli controlled civic administrations. This extreme transformation of the local legal/government system is a violation of international law. And when the Israelis have allowed democratic elections to take place, they have often cancelled the results if they did not like them, and have even deported elected officials to nearby countries. The Israeli military have allowed appeals of their committee rulings to the Israeli Supreme Court, but that Court has been known to generally rule on behalf of the Israeli military "for security reasons".
Relevant Israeli Military Orders: 29, 30, 164, 172, 271, 297, 310, 348, 378, 406, 412, 561, 783, 841, 847, 892, 981, 1025, 1057, 1058, 1060, 1080, 1083, 1101, and numerous unnumbered military orders (summaries given below in Appendix 1).
- (4) Control of Palestinian Economy: Israeli military rule over the occupied territories has developed as a web of permits laid over the Palestinian economy which are issued by the Israeli military, thus giving the Israeli military (and by extension the Israeli government) control over every aspect of the Palestinian economy. Investigations have then shown that the Israeli government then manipulates this permit system to benefit the Israeli economy, often at the expense of the Palestinian economy. For example, agricultural permits have been shown to be issued only when this complements Israeli agricultural output, and never in competition with it, and building permits are almost never issued to Palestinians, in order to inhibit the growth of the Palestinian communities, vs. the ongoing expansion of the Israeli settlements.
Relevant Israeli Military Orders: 25, 26, 33, 45, 47, 49, 50, 65, 92, 93, 128, 133, 134, 144, 158, 267, 361, 362, 379, 395, 398, 418, 450, 451, 514, 528, 555, 569, 745, 768, 780, 818, 825, 854, 936, 947, 950, 952, 973, 974, 998, 1002, 1010, 1015, 1070, 1103, 1198, and numerous unnumbered military orders (summaries given below in Appendix 1).
- (5) Massive Violation of Human Rights: Israeli violation of human rights takes place both on a daily basis, as well as in the inhumane suppression of Palestinian rebellion.
- Daily violation of human rights can be seen in terms of restrictions on Palestinian economic activity and restrictions on movement around the territories, such as harassment at checkpoints, controlling who Palestinian businesses can employ and what they can sell, what organizations Palestinians can join or help organize, violate right to privacy and free speech and freedom of association, arming Israeli settlers, and then not stopping them from brutalizing Palestinian civilians, stealing their land and closing their neighborhoods to entry or exit, treatment by Israeli officials and military personnel in a threatening and disrespectful manner, and many other examples described in documents of the UN, Red Cross, and other human rights organizations and watchdog groups.
- Israeli suppression of Palestinian rebellion has been marked by the use of the Defense (Emergency) Regulations of 1945, which violate a range of human rights such as imprisonment, deportation, property demolition, area closure, censorship, all without charges or trial and all on either an individual or massive level, and the practice of collective punishment whereby entire communities are punished for the actions of a few rebels. But the collective punishment has been so massive and so ongoing (building settlements and the wall and the highway and checkpoint systems and bombardment and destruction of entire Palestinian neighborhoods and towns) that many believe that the collective punishments actually represent the game plan of the Israeli government, and the intermittent rebellion of the Palestinians, which Israel claims it is only defending itself against, is actually the righteous rebellion against the massive abuse of the Israeli actions which the Israelis claim is just punishment and prevention of Palestinian aggressions.
Relevant Israeli Military Orders: 50, 101, 107, 144, 244, 284, 290, 329, 378, 537, 1079, and numerous unnumbered military orders (summaries given below in Appendix 1).