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- November 22, 2009
by Dr Hanan Chehata - MEMO Middle East Monitor - 20 November 2009The situation in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories is worsening every day. In blatant disregard of international law, illegal settlements continue to spring up on confiscated Palestinian land. Palestinian houses are demolished, sometimes bizarrely at the hands of their Palestinian owners under the threat that if they don’t tear down their own homes they will simply be charged for the Israeli demolition of them instead, and the illegal “Separation” or “Apartheid Wall”, as many now refer to it, is growing all the time. Read More…
DEMOCRACY NOW VIDEO: Israel under widespread international criticism for settlement expansion plan
- November 22, 2009
Israel is coming under widespread international criticism for its plan to engage in a new round of illegal settlement expansion on occupied Palestinian land. Israel says it will build 900 new housing units in the East Jerusalem settlement of Gilo. Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority leaders began a renewed effort last week to win international support for formal Security Council endorsement of a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders. We speak with UCLA professor Saree Makdisi, author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
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ITUC Condemns Israel’s settlement expansion
[ 22/11/2009 - 10:02 AM ]
BRUSSELS, (PIC)-- The international trade union confederation has condemned the Israeli expansion of the Gilo settlement in the West Bank, describing the act as "illegal and immoral".
The ITUC secretary general Guy Ryder issued a statement in Brussels a couple of days ago warning that the expansion step would only increase Palestinian anger and exasperate the conflict.
The union represents 175 million workers in 155 countries with 311 branches in various countries including one in Palestine.
The full statement is found on the following link:
http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article4644
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