donderdag 27 mei 2010

Palestijnse boycot producten nederzettingen in strijd met Oslo Akkoorden


De Palestijnse boycot van producten uit de nederzettingen haalde zelfs het achtuur journaal eergisteren, met een reportage van Sander van Hoorn die zelf had gecheckt of er echt geen producten uit nederzettingen meer in Palestijnse supermarkten werden verkocht. Tot zover kan ik er alle begrip voor opbrengen, maar dat eigenaren van supermarkten die zich er niet aan houden in de gevangenis kunnen worden gegooid vind ik nogal belachelijk, net als de hoge straffen die er staan op werken in de nederzettingen.
 
Los van de vraag of het al dan niet begrijpelijk is dat de Palestijnse Autoriteit op deze manier campagne voert tegen de nederzettingen, Aaron Lerner wijst erop dat het waarschijnlijk in strijd is met de Oslo Akkoorden, om precies te zijn de Gaza-Jericho overeenkomst uit 1994. Deze stelt namelijk dat
 
#1. "The agricultural produce of both sides will have free and unrestricted access to each others' markets"
 
#2. "There will be free movement of industrial goods free of any restrictions"
 
En voordat iemand over de Gaza blokkade begint: een van de problemen met Hamas is juist dat ze de Oslo Akkoorden weigeren te erkennen.
 
RP
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Background -  PA boycott of settlements violate the Gaza-Jericho Agreement
Dr. Aaron Lerner  - IMRA
8 March 2010

 
A review of  ANNEX IV Protocol on Economic Relations between the Government of the State of Israel and the P.L.O., representing the Palestinian people Paris, April 29, 1994 of the Gaza Jericho Agreement finds that the boycott of goods produced in the "settlements" and a ban on the supply of Palestinian workers to the settlements constitutes a gross violation of the agreement by the PA.

#1. "The agricultural produce of both sides will have free and unrestricted access to each others' markets"

#2. "There will be free movement of industrial goods free of any restrictions"

#3. As for labor, the agreement enables the PA to independently  limit the flow of Israeli workers into the area under the control of the PA but not the flow of Palestinian workers out while calling for the sides to "attempt to maintain the normality of movement of labor".   The PA could, however, require that all Palestinians working in the settlements be employed through a Palestinian employment service. Palestinian employment legislation that would formally prevent employment in the settlements would be clearly at odds with the commitment  "to maintain the normality of movement of labor" and thus could be blocked.

It should be noted from the wording of the agreement that is clearly applies also to Israeli controlled areas beyond the Green Line.  For example, another part of the agreement deals with the obligation to maintain tourist sites.  Interpreting the Israeli "side" to be limited to within the Green Line would mean that no one has responsibility for the tourism sites in Israeli controlled territory beyond the Green Line.


Excerpts of relevant parts of the Agreement follow:.

GAZA-JERICHO AGREEMENT
ANNEX IV
Protocol on Economic Relations between the Government of the State of Israel and the P.L.O., representing the Palestinian people
Paris, April 29, 1994
www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/Gaza-Jericho+Agreement+Annex+IV+-+Economic+Protoco.htm

Article VII
LABOR
1. Both sides will attempt to maintain the normality of movement of labor between them, subject to each side's right to determine from time to time the extent and conditions of the labor movement into its area. If the normal movement is suspended temporarily by either side, it will give the other side immediate notification, and the other side may request that the matter be discussed in the Joint Economic Committee.
The placement and employment of workers from one side in the area of the other side will be through the employment service of the other side and in accordance with the other sides' legislation. The Palestinian side has the right to regulate the employment of Palestinian labor in Israel through the Palestinian employment service, and the Israeli Employment Service will cooperate and coordinate in this regard.

Article VIII
AGRICULTURE
10. The agricultural produce of both sides will have free and unrestricted access to each others' markets, with the temporary exception of sales from one side to the other side of the following items only: poultry, eggs, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes and melons. The temporary restrictions on these items will be gradually removed on an increasing scale until they are finally eliminated by 1998...

Article IX
INDUSTRY
1. There will be free movement of industrial goods free of any restrictions including customs and import taxes between the two sides, subject to each side's legislation.
...
3. Each side will do its best to avoid damage to the industry of the other side and will take into consideration the concerns of the other side in its industrial policy.
...

Done in Paris, this twenty ninth day of April, 1994
For the Government of Israel
Finance Minister Avraham Shohat
For the PLO
Abu Ala (Ahmed Korei)

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