Number: 46/2023
Date: June 14, 2023
Native language: Arabic
Press release
The International Commission (Hashd) calls for the rule of law and to eliminate internal violence.
The International Commission to Support Palestinian Rights (Hashd) strongly condemns and denounces crimes of family tension and internal violence in the Palestinian territories, the most recent of which was the murder of Akram Nafez Hamdan (18 years old) after he spent 17 days in intensive care after a family fight in Beit Hanoun. In the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
On Monday, June 12, 2023, it was stated that Ibrahim Zakaria al-Hayek (17 years old) of Qatanna, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, was murdered by a gunshot wound to the head after a family fight in which a house in the town was set on fire.
The International Commission to Support Palestinian Rights (Hashd) renews its condemnation of these crimes directed at the community because of the grave danger they pose to the rule of law and the civil and societal fabric, and thus it calls on the authorized authorities to open serious investigations into the circumstances of the two unfortunate incidents and to take deterrent legal measures against the perpetrators in a manner that preserves the rule of law and the civil and societal fabric, and to take the deterrent legal measure against the perpetrators in a manner that preserves the rule of law, and accordingly demands the following:
- The International Commission (Hashd) emphasizes the need of avoiding clan violence and other expressions of taking the law into one’s own hands. Apart from being illegal, they endanger civic and societal harmony.
- The International Commission (Hashd) calls for concerted national and societal efforts to protect the rule of law and civil peace, including measures to prevent the spread of firearms and limit their use by law enforcement officials, as an important safeguard against future occurrences of these crimes.
Finished.
The International Commission to Support Palestinian Rights (Hashd)
