Settlements
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| Title | | Description | Date |
| Porto Alegre is Palestine’s friend, so why has it embraced Israel’s war industry? | | Jamal Juma` -
EI
"Tarso Genro, governor of Rio Grande do Sol in Brazil, concluded a deal to develop a huge Israeli military technology center in Porto Alegre over the past few weeks. One day before signing the contract with the arms company Elbit, Genro was in the occupied West Bank, where he witnessed first-hand the oppression on which Israel’s weapons industry thrives." ca
| 17/5/2013 |
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| Dutch probe sends warning to firms abetting Israel’s crimes | | Salma Karmi-Ayyoub -
EI
"This week sees the conclusion of a three-year criminal investigation into the Dutch crane company, Riwal, accused of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank. The case is unprecedented as it is the first time a company has been criminally investigated for involvement in the Israeli occupation.The case started with a complaint submitted to the Dutch prosecutor by the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq in March 2010." ca | 17/5/2013 |
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| Israel`s only real state secret. No, it`s not an atom bomb. | | Bradley Burston -
Haaretz
"A report this week by Army Radio showed that cabinet ministers themselves do not know how much of their own budgets will go toward subsidizing, fostering, enlarging, protecting, and retroactively legalizing settlements, as well as finding fresh financial inducements to entice thousands of new residents into homes beyond the 1967 Green Line border." ca | 17/5/2013 |
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| UNESCO to send fact-finding commission to Jerusalem | | Ma`an News Agency -
"UNESCO will send a fact-finding commission on May 20 to investigate ongoing Israeli measures in Jerusalem, the Palestinian minister of foreign affairs said Thursday.Riyad al-Malki told a news conference in Ramallah that the commission would spend five days in Jerusalem before returning to the UNESCO headquarters in Paris to submit a detailed report." ca
| 17/5/2013 |
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| State to Supreme Court: Will examine legalization of 4 outposts | | Itamar Fleishman -
Ynet -
"Peace Now: ‘Slap in face to efforts of John Kerry’" - id(for rh)
| 16/5/2013 |
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| Settlers set wheat fields on fire | | WAFA - In the latest of numerous such incidents, a group of settlers set
fire to wheat fields in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, and
prevented Palestinians from putting down the fire. Earlier, settlers set
fire to another wheat field in the same area - in this case in the
village of Qaryut. ak
| 14/5/2013 |
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| `E. J`lem building plan delayed for sensitivity` | | Jpost.com - Tenders to build 1,500 units in the Ramat Shlomo
neighborhood of east Jerusalem have been delayed by at least three
weeks. Senior officials said that the Interior Ministry supervisor
responsible for the process received instruction from the Prime
Minister`s Office not the approve the plan due to "political
sensitivity," according to Army Radio.
Ramat Shlomo is one of five Jerusalem ring neighborhoods, along with
Gilo, Ramot, Pisgat Zev, and East Talpiyot, which are located across the
1967 Green Line. bz | 14/5/2013 |
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| We need to review security for Jews in the West Bank, says Israel’s Economy Minister Naftali Bennett | | Alistair Dawber - The Independent - "The darling of the right in January’s general election, when his Jewish Home party finished third, Mr Bennett says his plan will deal with how the Israeli army and individuals deal with the, `significant downturn in security for the Jews living in Judea and Samaria.` Judea and Samaria are Biblical names for the Occupied West Bank" | 13/5/2013 |
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| The Government Approves 296 Units in Beit El. The so-called restrain on settlements was only in tenders. | | Hagit Ofran - Peace Now Settlement Watch - It is true that since the
establishment of the Government there were no new tenders published, but
tenders are only a small part of the approvals of the construction. Only
part of the construction in settlements needs to go through tenders, in
most of the settlements, usually the smaller ones, such as Beit El, the
construction may start directly after the approval of the plan with no
need for a tender. bz | 12/5/2013 |
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| EU`s Ashton `disturbed` by new Israeli settlement moves | | AFP - Ynet - Israel has signed off on plans for nearly 300 new settler
homes near Ramallah, angering the Palestinians who accused the Israeli
government Thursday of trying to "sabotage" US moves to rekindle peace
talks.
Thursday`s announcement came just days after Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu reportedly ordered a freeze on tenders for new West Bank
settler homes to avoid harming efforts by US Secretary of State John
Kerry to bring both sides back to the negotiating table. bz | 11/5/2013 |
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| Erekat: New settler homes `sabotage peace moves` | | Ma`an News -
"Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said the move sent a clear message to Washington that Israel was not interested in resuming the direct talks, frozen in 2010."We condemn this new decision which is proof that the Israeli government wants to sabotage and ruin the US administration`s efforts to revive the peace process," he told AFP."This is a message to the American administration and a blow to the peace process," he said, suggesting it would drag the region towards violence rather than peace." ca
| 10/5/2013 |
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| REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN HEBRON HILLS | | The Alternative Information Center - Intense, coordinated activity of Israeli army, police
and settlers prevented local Palestinians from accessing
their grazing and farm land situated near the settlements
and outposts of the area. Nineteen such
cases were recorded this month.-rh
| 9/5/2013 |
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| Uprooted Livelihoods : Palestinian Villages and Herding Communities in the Jordan Valley | | Ma`an Development Center - The area compromises 28.5% of the West Bank and is naturally rich in water, fertile land, and other resources. Currently, there are 11,679 Israeli settlers and over 58,000 Palestinians in this vital region, but due to Israeli occupation policies that severely limit Palestinians’ access to their land and resources, the living standards between the two communities are blatantly separate and unequal.-rh | 9/5/2013 |
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| Case closed: When felons roam free due to `lack of public interest` | | Yossi Gurvitz -
Yesh Din -
"One might have thought? Better think again. The police prosecution is not interested. And the public? It hasn’t an inkling what its servants are doing behind its back." - id
| 8/5/2013 |
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| Twelve Palestinians Injured Near Ramallah | | Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - Ramallah, Saturday May 4 2013; Palestinian
medical sources reported that eight Palestinians have been injured by
Israeli army rubber-coated metal bullets, while four others suffered
fractures and bruises after being attacked by Israeli settlers who
invaded Ras Karkar village, west of the central West Bank city of
Ramallah. [bz] | 5/5/2013 |
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| Video: Detention of Palestinians who complained of trespassing settlers | | B`Tselem -
"Lt. Col. Sharon Rivlin, a military court justice at Ofer Camp, ordered the unconditional release from detention of three Palestinian residents of Hebron. The detainees–Shaker Zaro (Tamimi), his son Sh`hab a-Din Zaro (Tamimi), and Shukri Zaro (Tamimi)– had been arrested by soldiers summoned to deal with trespassing settlers. On Wednesday, 24 April 2013, the three Palestinians in question saw on their privately-owned land settlers from Giv’at Gal. Recently settlers from Giv’at Gal, an illegal settlement outpost that overlooks the Zaros’ land have been coming there frequently." ca | 3/5/2013 |
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| WATCH: IDF detains Palestinian children and foreign citizen in Hebron | | Mairav Zonszein -
+972
"According to sources from Youth Against Settlements and B’Tselem that I spoke with, the children were detained because settlers from the extremist Beit Hadassah settlement inside Hebron complained to the IDF that they had thrown stones. One of the children is only 10, the others 11 and 12 (the age of criminal responsibility is 12).(Footage of the arrest is below, and highly disturbing to watch)." ca | 3/5/2013 |
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| Hebron Governor Meets EU Representative In Palestine | | Saed Bannoura -
IMEMC
"The governor told the EU official that the Israeli army is not only ongoing with its harassment and assaults against the residents, but also continued and expanded its military drills in inhabited Palestinian villages and areas, and continued to destroy Palestinian farmlands, grazing areas, and the forcible removal and relocation of the Bedouins and the residents." ca | 3/5/2013 |
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| Security forces fear settlers` revenge for Tapuach murder | | Itamar Fleishman -
Ynet -
"West Bank riots persisted throughout Tuesday; Palestinians` property damaged by settlers, ten people arrested; defense establishment fears escalation into third intifada." - id | 1/5/2013 |
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| Israeli security forces deployed in West Bank after settler is stabbed to death : Fatal attack on settler near Nablus occurs at around same time that Israeli air strike kills alleged terrorist in Gaza | | Harriet Sherwood - The Guardian - Confrontations between militant settlers and Israeli security forces in the West Bank were reported following the attack. Two Palestinian school buses were stoned by settlers, while others set fire to tyres and olive groves, the Palestinian official Ghassan Daghlas told the news agency Ma`an.-rh
| 1/5/2013 |
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| Settlers throw stones, burn fields after terror attack | | Itamar Fleishman - Ynet - A bus carrying Palestinian schoolgirls was
attacked with stones, and its windshield was shattered. The driver was
injured and evacuated to a hospital. bz | 30/4/2013 |
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| Settler Stabbed To Death Near Nablus | | Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - Eviatar Borovzky, 30, inhbitant of the Yitzhar
settlement near Nablus, was stabbed to death by a Palestinian man near
the Za’tara roadblock - the first fatal attack carried out by the
Palestinians since September of 2011. The stabber was identified as
Salam Za’al, who managed to escape despite being shot and injured by
Israeli soldiers, and was later arrested after the army invaded the
Shweika neighborhood in Tulkarem and surrounded his home. As could have
been expected, the other Yitzhar settlers embarked on indiscriminate
retaliations, assaulting female school students on a field trip and
setting on fire olive trees that belong to villagers of Huwwara, Aseera
Al-Qibliyya, Madama and Orif. ak | 30/4/2013 |
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| In South Hebron, `new rules` are rather like the `old rules` | | David Shulman - +972 - Security forces are targeting Israeli activists and Palestinian shephards in new ways in the South Hebron hills. It’s as if the they’d decided to circumvent the whole irksome apparatus of the courts and to resort instead to brute force. It’s much simpler, and maybe more effective | 29/4/2013 |
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| Israeli army breaks up Palestinian march | | Al Jazeera - "This was a peaceful area. We`re gathered today to say we
refuse to be attacked and driven off our own land," said Sami Issa, a
resident. "We want their army to pull the settlers out." bz | 28/4/2013 |
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| Monastery to be severed from convent by West Bank barrier | | Nir Hasson - Haaretz - The Tel-AQviv Magistrate`s Court rejected an
alternative route that was suggested, below Nahal Gilo, which would have
allowed the farmland, the monastery and the convent to remain on the
Palestinian side, on the grounds that the route would not be secure as
it would run along the low ground.
The petitioners claimed that the route was designed for Israel to annex
the settlement of Har Gilo to the Israeli side of the barrier and, in
the future, to connect it with the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem. bz | 28/4/2013 |
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| Israel Uproots Trees To Prepare For New Settlement In Bethlehem | | Saed Bannoura -
IMEMC
"Thursday April 25, 2013, Israeli bulldozers uprooted dozens of trees on a hill close to the Jabal Abu Ghneim (Har Homa) illegal settlement, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, in order to pave a new road that leads to a planned settlement neighborhood of 3000 homes for Jewish settlers.Bethlehem Governor, Abdul-Fattah Hamayil, stated that the new violation is part of a decision made by the Jerusalem City Council to build more illegal settlement units on Palestinian lands in the area." ca
| 26/4/2013 |
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| Police Arrests Two Israeli Teenage Settlers For Torching Palestinian Cars | | Saed Bannoura -
IMEMC -
"Dir Jareer village stated that the settlers conducted their assault during early dawn hours, burnt the cars and attacked property before leaving the village." - id
| 24/4/2013 |
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| Israel`s justice system fails to protect the Palestinians it rules | | Yossi Gurvitz - +972 - As the good civilians left their vehicle, some of them hooded, they started attacking the Palestinians. The assault, which included use of clubs and tear gas, went on for several long minutes, as the soldiers in the jeep did nothing. During history lessons, we used to call an attack by a group of civilians on others as the agents of the government did nothing “pogroms”; the Israeli media prefers the term “clashes.”-rh | 24/4/2013 |
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| The Land of Outposts – a tour to the Nablus rural area Friday, 26.4 with Combatants for Peace | | | 23/4/2013 |
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| Why an eight year old boy of Hebron spent one hour as a detainee | | CPT Khalil Team - On April 21 soldiers in Hebron detained an eight year
old boy for one hour, for setting foot on Shuhada street, a street in the
center of Hebron closed to Palestinian residents and available only to
settlers. | 23/4/2013 |
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| An Nabi Saleh, Kufr Qaddum, Al Ma`asara, Ni`lin, Bil`in | | Register for transportation Friday May 10 to weekly demonstrations against the wall and the settlements | 23/4/2013 |
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| Israeli forces destroy over 1,300 olive trees in the South Hebron Hills | | Ma`an - Israeli soldiers, accompanied by officials from the military
government`s Civil Administration and demolition crews, uprooted some
1300 olive trees in the village of Susiya at the South Hebron Hills.
Susya and other villages in the area are the target of long-standing
harassment and repeated demolitions and destruction, aimed at removing
Palestinian presence from the area and leaving it completely to Israeli
settlers. According to B`Tselem, there are 26 outstanding Israeli
demolition orders in Susiya, any or all of which might be implemented at
any moment without prior notice. Still, the Susiya villagers persist in
rebuilding and replanting after each militay raid, aided by Israeli
activists of the Jerusalem-based Ta`ayush movement. ak | 23/4/2013 |
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| Israeli firms shed crocodile tears for Palestinian workers | | Stephanie Westbrook - The Electronic Intifada - The Israeli organization Machsom Watch has documented how the Shin Bet uses blacklisting of Palestinians as an instrument of oppression against Palestinians, as well as a way of creating a pool of potential collaborators (“Invisible prisoners,” April 2012 [PDF]).-rh | 18/4/2013 |
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| The Quiet Terror | | Yesh Din - The settlers, it seems, are very fond of attacks during harvest time: What better way to make it clear there’s no point for a Palestinian to work his land? Thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell there; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.-rh | 17/4/2013 |
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| Water restrictions in Area C threaten to displace villages | | Ma`an News Agency - Despite winter rainfall which has painted green patches on the rolling south Hebron hills, the 145 residents of Tuba face a daily struggle to access the most basic levels of water needed to survive.-rh | 17/4/2013 |
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| Village of Sabastiya celebrates successful campaign against sewage dumping on their land | | International Solidarity Movement -
"The residents of Sabastiya have been demonstrating against the dumping since March this year and are now celebrating the success of their campaign. On the three occasions that the villagers demonstrated against the sewage since March they have been joined by both Israeli and international activists. Sabastiya is an ancient village located just 10 km north of Nablus. For over a decade, residents of the village have been suffering harassment from Israeli forces and settlers. In 2001 settlers uprooted and destroyed around 1000 olive trees." ca | 12/4/2013 |
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| The PLO`s dangerous land swaps rhetoric | | Samah Sabawi -
Al Jazeera
"It is as if we are somehow meant to believe that an end to occupation that may lead to a deformed state on tiny patches of undesirable agricultural land, where less than a third of the total Palestinian population lives, is all that is needed to bring about peace. Finally, this talk of "land swaps" evokes memories of decades of colonial oppression and total disregard for the indigenous people`s rights, the people whose lives are affected with every line drawn on some sterile map by well-suited men." ca
| 5/4/2013 |
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