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Bethlehem-Jerusalem Segregation Wall, 2021. (Source: lajee.org)
Home Demolition, Bethlehem, 2020. (©Nasser Ishtayeh)
Deny Access to lands, Jordan Valley, 2020. (©Nasser Ishtayeh)
Checkpoints in the West Bank, 2019. (©Issam Rimawi)
facto enforcement, rather than via clear military orders or legislation, deliberately obfuscates
the intentional denial of access to natural resources and services to Palestinians, further
perpetuating and triggering new waves of displacement.87
1.2.7. Denial of Reparations
Since 1948, Israel has systematically denied Palestinian refugees their right to reparations,
which includes the right of return, property restitution, compensation, and guarantees of
non-repetition. This has manifested both directly and indirectly as result of multiple Israeli
laws, policies and practices.88 Israel’s legally and militarily enforced policies constitute an
ongoing violation of Palestinian individual and collective rights. On a foundational level, the
denial of Palestinian refugees’ right of return hinders the ability of the Palestinian people to
exercise their right to self-determination, as the physical presence of Palestinians as a whole
is prerequisite to self-determination.89 In addition, the denial of their right to return renders
87
BADIL, Forced Population Transfer: The Case of Palestine – Denial of Access to Natural Resources and Services (Working Paper
No. 20, BADIL 2017) [hereinafter BADIL, Denial of Access]<http://www.badil.org/phocadownloadpap/badilnew/publications/research/working-papers/wp20-DANRS.pdf> accessed 3 October 2022.
88
BADIL, Denial of Reparations (n 45), 28-32.
89
BADIL, Palestinian Self-Determination: Land, People, and Practicality (Working Paper No. 28, BADIL 2021)
<https://www.badil.org/cached_uploads/view/2021/11/15/wp-28-self-determination-1636973309.pdf> accessed
3 October 2022.
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