Palestine as a Non-Member Observer State at the United Nations accused persons shall benefit by safeguards of proper trial and defence, which shall not be less favourable than those provided by Article 105 and those following of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949.” 52 With regard to the Israeli apprehensions of such possible actions, and not wanting to appear to accept or acknowledge Palestinian statehood, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman instructed the Israeli embassies and other representative offices throughout the diplomatic world to refuse to receive any letters, cables or official documents titled or sealed with the heading of the State of Palestine. He also instructed them not to address any official letters sent by diplomatic authorities with phrases or terms not acceptable to Israel, such as occupied Palestine, occupied Jerusalem or occupied territories53. However, Palestine’s new status as an observer state in the United Nations shall enable it to accede to the treaties relating to international humanitarian law, and especially the Geneva Conventions and their subsequent Protocols. 52 Grave breaches, according to Article (147) include any of the following actions: “wilful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health, unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement of a protected person, compelling a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power, or wilfuly depriving a protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed in the present Convention, taking of hostages and extensive destruction and appropriation of propertry, not justified bymi8liatry necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly. 53 http://www.maannews.net/arb/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=543041 29