its own population to occupied territory; apartheid, through strengthening the policies of discriminatory zoning and planning, institutionalized discrimination, and segregation, or the permit regime; and forcible displacement through direct expulsion via confiscations, home demolitions, revocation of residency, or by creating an environment of coerciveness that leaves Palestinians with no choice but to leave their homes or remain in an act of resilience. A resilience that, as shown in previous chapters, is also suppressed and punished by Israel. These ongoing violations of international law by Israel trigger obligations on the UN and third-party states. The High Contracting Parties of the Geneva Conventions must honor their obligation under Article 146 of the Fourth Geneva Convention to identify and bring to justice the individuals that allegedly committed or ordered to commit any of the acts that constitute a grave breach of the convention, including acts of forcible transfer triggered by the policy of suppression inside the oPt. The High Contracting Parties must also abide by their obligation to ensure that Israel respects the Conventions. International Customary Law also establishes that “states must exercise the criminal jurisdiction which their national legislation confers upon their courts, be it limited to territorial and personal jurisdiction, or include universal jurisdiction, which is obligatory for grave breaches.”394 Finally, the Responsibility to Protect from gross violations of human rights establishes that “the international community has a responsibility to use appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other means to protect populations from these crimes.”395 If a State is manifestly failing to protect its populations, the international community must be prepared to take collective action to protect populations, in accordance with the UN Charter. As long as the international community fails to honor their obligations and put an end to the ongoing Israeli policy of illegal suppression of resistance by which the most basic rights of Palestinians are razed on a daily basis, Palestinians will have no choice but to continue living under this coercive system of domination and control, or to leave their homes. 394 ICRC, Rules 157 and 178 of Customary IHL. Available at: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/ eng/print/v1_cha_chapter44_rule158 395 Outreach Programme on the Rwanda Genocide and the United Nations, Background Information on the Responsibility to Protect, United Nations. Available at: http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/ rwanda/about/bgresponsibility.shtml 106

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