55 Even the harassments to which human rights defenders are being subjected have taken a systematic and official form. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced what he called the “maliciousness” of organizations concerned with defending human rights that criticize Israel and turn a blind eye to repressive regimes, and that they must shed light on the maliciousness of organizations defending human rights but which turn a blind eye to the most repressive regimes in the world – those which stone women and hang homosexuals ‐ and prefer to attack the only liberal democracy in the Middle East.57 14 ‐ Illegal Deportation of Palestinians from Palestine (Israeli Decision No. 1650) There has been an escalation in the pace of the Israeli Government in regard to the deportation of Palestinians in an illegal manner from the West Bank. The pace has intensified with the onset of Israeli Military Order No. (1650) pertaining to the prevention of infiltration, and coming into force on 13/04/2010. Its application contributes to the strangulation of Palestinian citizens and the reduction of their freedom of movement within and outside the West Bank, to avoid possible deportation. The number of Palestinians deported to Gaza since the issuance of the military order by the Israeli occupation authorities increased to (7) deportees. Order 1650 threatens the stability of hundreds of Palestinian families and tens of thousands of Palestinians. It allows the Israeli Army to pursue Palestinians who do not hold a residency permit in the territory of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, and to arrest and deport them, or who might be carrying an identity card (ID) issued from the Gaza Strip. The decision is racist and constitutes a serious violation of the principles and commitments contained in international law and International Humanitarian Law, and agreements signed with the Palestinian side, including the Oslo Agreement, signed with the PLO, which Article (IV) stated “that the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) are a single geographic unit.” The Israeli decision violates the right of the Palestinian people to self‐ determination, and affects the sovereignty of the PNA on its own territory and on the geopolitical and political unity of Palestine in the West Bank, occupied Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. It also violates the right of the Palestinian people 57 http://www.alquds.com/node/312870