Stop Israels Discriminatory Policies Towards Palestinian Inhabitants Of Jerusalem

Your Excellency

We are writing to you regarding Israels discriminatory policies towards Palestinian inhabitants of Jerusalem. As you will already be aware, Palestinians in general suffer intensive Israeli military repression, which is incompatible with human rights and the Genиve conventions. In addition to ignoring Security Council resolutions 194 and 242, Israel is also violating the human rights of native Palestinians in East Jerusalem, which by international law is considered as occupied territory.
Palestinians in East Jerusalem are faced with forced exclusion and confiscation of their property and land. The number of confiscations is increasing at an alarming rate. According to The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (BTselem), from the total number of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem who have lost their right of residence since 1967, 35\% (a total of 4,577) have lost their land in the last two years since 2008. Furthermore, between 2004 and 2008, the Israeli military has demolished 402 Palestinian constructions. In 2008, 89 demolition processes occurred while the first half of 2009 witnessed 40 demolition processes. In addition, in the West Jerusalem municipal area, 41 Palestinian constructions were demolished since 15 November 2009. According to BTselem, more than a third of lands that were illegally annexed to Jerusalem municipality, most of which belonged to Palestinians, were then used to construct Israeli settlements in the city.
Based on these findings, we the undersigned, demand of you in your capacity as Secretary General of the United Nations, the following:
1. to oblige Israel to abide the international law and the Genиve conventions regarding the status of East Jerusalem as occupied territory .
2. to oblige Israel to stop its discriminatory polices towards Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, policies which include land confiscation, house demolitions, withdrawal of Palestinian rights of residence and denying Palestinians building permits in the city.