Palestine-Religious Rights-60th Anniversary
The Zionists illegal and irresponsible moves regarding religious centers has incited waves of international objections throughout the 60-year history of Palestine's occupation.

The international community, too, has issued several resolutions in that respect, among them we can refer to the following:
1- UN Security Council Resolution 46, dated April, 17, 1948 2- UN Security Council Resolution 271, dated Oct., 12, 1990 3- UN Security Council Resolution 452, dated July, 20, 1979 4- UN Security Council Resolution 1073 dated Dec., 28, 1996 5- UN Security Council Resolution 1322 dated Oct. 07, 2000 ISRAEL'S VIOLATIONS OF INT'L LAWS
The Zionists' moves made against holy sites of the Muslims and the Christians are considered in direct contrast with the international laws and the norm of entire civilized societies, among which we can refer to the following:
1- Hague Regulations IV, ratified in the year 1907, articles 18, 55, and 56.

Article 18 of that set of laws points out to the necessity of observing religious freedom, even for the prisoners, or the residents of occupied territories by the occupier military forces, on condition that the regulations set by those forces, too, would be respected.

In accordance with Article 55 of the same set of laws, the occupier regime is only entitled the right to manage and take advantage of the state buildings, real properties, jungles, and agricultural lands of the enemy government within the occupied country, and it is also obliged to take proper care of them against wear and tear.

Article 56 of that law, too, reiterates that the properties and institutes allocated to religious affairs, endowments, academic and artistic centers, even if they are state owned, should be regarded as private properties, and their privacy needs to be respected by the occupier forces.

2- Geneva Convention IV, ratified in the year 1949, articles 30, 38, 58, 76, 78, 86, 93, 142.

Bases on above mentioned articles, recognizing the religious rights of the individuals by the occupier government is stressed repeatedly and most emphatically.

3- Article 58 of Geneva Convention's Additional Protocol, ratified in the year 1977, reiterates that historic sites, cultural and artistic centers, and religious monuments and centers are regarded as the cultural heritage of the entire mankind.

The article also states that certain measures need to be adopted to safeguard and manage such centers at occupied countries and that violation of this law should be regarded as a sever war crime that is punishable at the International Court of Justice.