September 2, 2014
By Emily Harris
U.S. U.N. and Palestinian officials (click here) have criticized the decision. The land at the heart of the dispute hugs the line separating the West Bank from Israel and reaches in toward Palestinian villages.
It is a dispute over land in the West Bank. Over the weekend, Israel declared nearly 1,000 acres of the West Bank to be Israeli state land. This clears the way for more Jewish settlement in an area Palestinians say should be part of their future state. U.S., U.N. and Palestinian officials all criticized Israel's decision....
The ink isn't dry on the ceasefire when Israel begins it's aggression again. If Egypt is brokering the ceasefire, it needs to demand Israel end it's aggression into Palestine. Palestine is not the problem. It is Israel and it's demand for more and more land that is the problem. Israel creates it's own problems, as well as issues for The West. Currently, the UK is demanding all products imported from illegitimate Israeli settlements be labeled as such to provide the correct morality for UK citizens.
September 2, 2014
HEBRON (Ma’an) — A group of Israeli settlers (click here) chopped down grape vines on Palestinian agricultural property in northern Beit Ummar on Monday, a popular committee spokesman said Monday.
Muhammad Awwad said the settlers destroyed seven grape vines in the Wad Abu al-Rish area near the illegal settlement of Beit Ein.
The vines belong to Hammad Abd al-Hamid Jaber al-Sleibi, Awwad said.
In 2013, there were 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Over 90 percent of investigations into settler violence by Israeli police fail to lead to an indictment.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
By Emily Harris
U.S. U.N. and Palestinian officials (click here) have criticized the decision. The land at the heart of the dispute hugs the line separating the West Bank from Israel and reaches in toward Palestinian villages.
It is a dispute over land in the West Bank. Over the weekend, Israel declared nearly 1,000 acres of the West Bank to be Israeli state land. This clears the way for more Jewish settlement in an area Palestinians say should be part of their future state. U.S., U.N. and Palestinian officials all criticized Israel's decision....
The ink isn't dry on the ceasefire when Israel begins it's aggression again. If Egypt is brokering the ceasefire, it needs to demand Israel end it's aggression into Palestine. Palestine is not the problem. It is Israel and it's demand for more and more land that is the problem. Israel creates it's own problems, as well as issues for The West. Currently, the UK is demanding all products imported from illegitimate Israeli settlements be labeled as such to provide the correct morality for UK citizens.
September 2, 2014
HEBRON (Ma’an) — A group of Israeli settlers (click here) chopped down grape vines on Palestinian agricultural property in northern Beit Ummar on Monday, a popular committee spokesman said Monday.
Muhammad Awwad said the settlers destroyed seven grape vines in the Wad Abu al-Rish area near the illegal settlement of Beit Ein.
The vines belong to Hammad Abd al-Hamid Jaber al-Sleibi, Awwad said.
In 2013, there were 399 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Over 90 percent of investigations into settler violence by Israeli police fail to lead to an indictment.
More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law.
