5 human rights organizations from inside the Green Line have petitioned before the Israeli Supreme Court, to demand that the government authorities in Tel Aviv withdraw the ban on the entry of fuel into Gaza after this led to the suspension of the power station, which posed a threat to the health of the residents In light of the spread of the Corona virus.
And the Israeli Supreme Court granted, until tomorrow, Tuesday, the so-called "representative of the state" to submit its response.
The centers, namely, His Army - Maslak, Adalah, the Center for the Defense of the Individual, the Association for Civil Rights, and the Physicians for Human Rights Association considered in the petition that the measures that Israel is taking aiming at harming the residents of the Gaza Strip, and in violation of the obligations dictated by international law as an occupying power .
In the petition, the centers demanded that Israel immediately rescind all restrictions it imposes on the entry of fuel and other goods through the Kerem Shalom crossing, the central artery for the residents of the Gaza Strip.
It considered the closure of the crossing and the blocking of the flow of fuel, which caused receiving electricity for 4 hours every 16 hours a day, in addition to imposing a complete closure on the Sea of ​​the Strip, as steps that seriously undermine the fulfillment of the vital needs of civilians in Gaza and add to the burdens on its economy, health system and other basic infrastructure.
Those organizations attached the petition to testimonies indicating the depth of the damage suffered by the residents of the Strip.
The petition referred to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Gaza, which added to the difficult economic and humanitarian crisis affecting the health and food security apparatus of the population.
The organizations said in a statement: "The destructive sanctions imposed by Israel contradict international law and Supreme Court decisions, and ignore Israel´s duty to preserve the good life of the two million Palestinians in Gaza and protect their rights. Therefore, Israel must immediately stop its deliberate infringement of the residents of the Gaza Strip, and immediately renew entry into the Gaza Strip." Regulated and continuous fuel and fuel from the Kerem Shalom crossing, and additional restrictions on the entry of goods and sea are lifted.
