The TIPH, composed of 64 international observers from five European countries and headed by Norway, was established upon the adoption of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 904, following the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre that took place in 1994.
On February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a settler and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reserve medic, entered into the mosque during the dawn prayers on a Ramadan morning and killed 29 worshippers and injured another 125. Goldstein was killed by survivors of the attack.
The UNSC Resolution 904 also called upon Israel to confiscate arms of the Israeli settlers to prevent them from committing further crimes against the people of Palestine.
"Israel has never honored international will nor law. Just yesterday, Benjamin Netanyahu again confirmed to the settler movement that even Israeli colonial installations, considered illegal by Israeli law, will not be removed and that the entirety of the land of historic Palestine is for the State of Israel," said Erekat.
He added that "the latest Israeli decision not to renew the mandate of TIPH, which has existed since 1997, is an additional step towards Israel's nullification of all signed treaties, including the Oslo Interim Agreement."
It further consolidates the Israeli colonial enterprise and represents one further step towards a "de jure" annexation of further areas in the occupied State of Palestine, noted Erekat.
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