Abstract

The Israeli private companies deliberately committed various violations against the Palestinian inhabitants and civilian properties by pillaging the natural resources in Palestine. The research sheds light on the need for the Palestinian people to exercise their right over their natural resources and wealth, and the need to stop the violations and practices of Israeli companies that impede the implementation of this right, especially in the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, which are major sources of many minerals. Israeli practices violate the Public International Laws by giving the private companies the green light and the necessary declarations and facilities to extract and exploit the natural resources in Palestine. The research gave more attention to these companies’ pillage and robbery of the natural resources in Palestine, mainly extracting the minerals in the Dead Sea. The research problem centers on the Israeli flagrant violation for the Public International Law provisions by giving the private companies the green light and the necessary declarations and facilities to extract and exploit the natural resources in Palestine. The research concludes some essential results and recommendations. The most important results are Israel occupied the Palestinian lands for their natural resources and got benefit from them. Israel encouraged and facilitated its civilian population to reside in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Mining and extracting natural resources in Palestine by Israel for the economic benefit amount to the war crime of pillage, entailing responsibility for Israel and for its officials who commit such types of crimes. The most important recommendations are: Israel must abandon its illegal utilization of the natural resources in Palestine, damaging the Palestinians' properties, building up the Separation Discrimination Wall, transporting the Israeli civilians to the Palestinian Occupied Territories, plundering of the Dead Sea natural resources. The Israeli procedures and activities severely violate mainly the resolutions which have been issued by the UN organs, and Public International Law provisions.