coordination about (97) times, this provided cover for smuggler merchants to bring in spoiled
goods and settlement products.
During the year, Palestinian military medical service crews were subjected to many Israeli
occupation violations against them, some of which were the detention of field staff and
obstruction of their work during confrontations, delaying the arrival and transportation of
ambulances at Israeli occupation’s military checkpoints, searching the ambulances and
examining the identities of the ambulance crews in some cases.19
On the other hand, the occupying power denied members of the United Nations
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture entry visas to the occupied Palestinian territory, in
their mission to conduct a field visit to the Occupied Palestinian territory, as scheduled for
the period 5-12 April 2019. This ban caused obstruction to the endeavor of the State of
Palestine to achieve the optimal implementation of the Optional Protocol and benefit from
the experiences of the Subcommittee with other countries in preventing torture and illtreatment and in the fulfillment of its international obligations under the Convention.
7- Violations against Jerusalem: The Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs, like other Jerusalem
institutions, was subjected to measures that limited its role and restricted its work in order
to prevent the achievement of its objectives in strengthening citizens' resilience and
steadfastness.
The Israeli security services arrested, interrogated and repeatedly summoned the Minister
of Jerusalem Affairs Fadi Al-Hedmi. These forces also stormed and interrogated staff of the
Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs, on June 30, 2019 and threatened them not to practice any
social activity in Jerusalem.
Within the framework of its systematic policies, the Israeli occupation forces completely
demolished 63 houses and partially demolished 110 other houses in Jerusalem, where the
house self-demolition rate increased to 38% with Israeli orders. Demolitions of various forms
have resulted in the displacement of hundreds of Palestinian families from their homes. The
Correspondence No. 1634 received by the Commission by the Democracy and Human Rights Unit at the .19
Ministry of Interior on 10/2/2020.