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.

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