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U.N. report says Israel must remove all 1/2 million settlers
Thu, 2013-01-31 11:40
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U.N. report says Israel must remove all 1/2 million settlers
Thu, 2013-01-31 11:43
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[url=http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-rights-inquiry-calls-israel-halt-settlements-1.... rights inquiry says Israel must remove settlers[/url]
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecution as possible war crimes.
A three-member U.N. panel said private companies should stop working in the settlements if their work adversely affected the human rights of Palestinians, and urged member states to ensure companies respected human rights.
"Israel must cease settlement activities and provide adequate, prompt and effective remedy to the victims of violations of human rights," Christine Chanet, a French judge who led the U.N. inquiry, told a news conference. [...]
About 250 settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have been established since 1967 and they hold an estimated 520,000 settlers, according to the U.N. report. The settlements impede Palestinian access to water and farmland.
The settlements were "leading to a creeping annexation that prevents the establishment of a contiguous and viable Palestinian state and undermines the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination," it said.
Sat, 2013-02-02 00:00
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Boom Boom
On another thread I posted something recently about how Israeli expansionism on the West Bank will make the dream of a Palestinian state impossible. I think it was from the Bill Maher show on HBO. I'll look.
ETA: I can't find the exact post, but it was about this.
In an interview Sunday on Israeli radio, Benjamin Netanyahu said “there will construction” in the disputed E-1 zone between Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem and the major West Bank Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim. But he said it will take time for Israel to complete the planning process for 3,000 housing units.
Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state they say should include all of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including E-1.