Al-Marsad
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Al-Marsad – The Arab Center for Human Rights in the Golan Heights is an independent human rights
organization that operates in the Golan Heights. The organization was created in October 2003 and is run from Majdal Shams
.Original: L'objectif révélé du centre est de «faire l'inventaire des graves violations de l'occupation israélienne contre les Arabes syriens du Golan afin de faire connaître à la communauté internationale la situation des. Droits de l'homme dans le Golan» et d'encourager une intervention internationale. L'un de ces abus serait le «nettoyage ethnique» des Arabes syriens du Golan effectué par Israël. Al-Marsad, fondé en octobre 2003 par un groupe d'avocats et de professions libérales est une organisation indépendante à but non lucratif.
Translation: The centre's explicit aim is to "draw up an inventory of the serious violations made by the Israeli occupation against the Syrian Arabs of the Golan," in order to both bring to the international community's attention and encourage intervention. One of the abuses is the "ethnic cleansing" of Syrian Arabs of the Golan carried out by Israel. Al-Marsad, founded in October 2003 "by a group of lawyers and professional people" is an independent, non-profit organization. It was the first human rights organization founded in the Golan Heights.
Al Marsad is registered with the Israel
i Registrar of Non-Profits.
The main function of the organization is to host journalists and public figures. Its stated objective as elaborated in a brochure is "to document the grave violations of the Israeli occupation against the Syrian Arabs of the Golan" and push for international involvement. It has accused Israel of engaging in "ethnic cleansing" of the Syrian Arab population in the Golan. The Israeli military forced 95% of the Syrian Arabs, as well as a number of Palestinian refugees from the 1948 Palestine war
, from the Golan. A number of villages were completely destroyed by the Israeli army.
The Golan Heights were captured by Israel from Syria in the Six-Day War
of 1967. They are internationally recognized as Syria
n territory occupied by Israel
, although Israel asserts it has a right to retain the area.
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
organization that operates in the Golan Heights. The organization was created in October 2003 and is run from Majdal Shams
Majdal Shams
Majdal Shams is a Druze village in the northern part of the Golan Heights, in the southern foothills of Mt. Hermon. Since the June 1967 Six-Day War, the village has been controlled by Israel, first under martial law, but since 1981 under Israeli civil law, and incorporated into the Israeli...
.Original: L'objectif révélé du centre est de «faire l'inventaire des graves violations de l'occupation israélienne contre les Arabes syriens du Golan afin de faire connaître à la communauté internationale la situation des. Droits de l'homme dans le Golan» et d'encourager une intervention internationale. L'un de ces abus serait le «nettoyage ethnique» des Arabes syriens du Golan effectué par Israël. Al-Marsad, fondé en octobre 2003 par un groupe d'avocats et de professions libérales est une organisation indépendante à but non lucratif.
Translation: The centre's explicit aim is to "draw up an inventory of the serious violations made by the Israeli occupation against the Syrian Arabs of the Golan," in order to both bring to the international community's attention and encourage intervention. One of the abuses is the "ethnic cleansing" of Syrian Arabs of the Golan carried out by Israel. Al-Marsad, founded in October 2003 "by a group of lawyers and professional people" is an independent, non-profit organization. It was the first human rights organization founded in the Golan Heights.
Al Marsad is registered with the Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i Registrar of Non-Profits.
The main function of the organization is to host journalists and public figures. Its stated objective as elaborated in a brochure is "to document the grave violations of the Israeli occupation against the Syrian Arabs of the Golan" and push for international involvement. It has accused Israel of engaging in "ethnic cleansing" of the Syrian Arab population in the Golan. The Israeli military forced 95% of the Syrian Arabs, as well as a number of Palestinian refugees from the 1948 Palestine war
1948 Palestine war
The 1948 Palestine war refers to the events in the British Mandate of Palestine between the United Nations vote on the partition plan on November 30, 1947, to the end of the first Arab-Israeli war on July 20, 1949.The war is divided into two phases:...
, from the Golan. A number of villages were completely destroyed by the Israeli army.
The Golan Heights were captured by Israel from Syria in the Six-Day War
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War , also known as the June War, 1967 Arab-Israeli War, or Third Arab-Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt , Jordan, and Syria...
of 1967. They are internationally recognized as Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
n territory occupied by Israel
Israeli-occupied territories
The Israeli-occupied territories are the territories which have been designated as occupied territory by the United Nations and other international organizations, governments and others to refer to the territory seized by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967 from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria...
, although Israel asserts it has a right to retain the area.