Israel annexes West Bank area

fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
edited September 2008 in A Moving Train
"Israel has annexed thousands of hectares of West Bank land beside the barrier it is building, according to an Israeli rights group.

The group says some settlements have seized up to two and a half times more land than they have been designated by fencing it off or through intimidation.

Under international law the settlements in the West Bank are illegal.

The International Court of Justice issued an advisory ruling in 2004 that the barrier breached international law where it is built on occupied territory and should be dismantled.

B'Tselem calculates that the annexation of the land has more than doubled the size of the settlements, with Palestinians, who still own the land, denied access.

Palestinians, despite privately owning half the land, now have no access to it.

They also argue that it makes the agreed goal of a future Palestinian state all the more difficult to reach."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7609905.stm
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  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    bump.
  • More of the same from Israel, while the west turns a blind eye (at the least, providing support in other cases). I really wonder how far Israel would have to go before the average person in the US, Europe, etc would get outraged and condemn them. I'm sure that would coincide with the western media giving Israel the Russian treatment that it would actually deserve though. What a joke.
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  • Fuckin' settlers. I'm so sick of this crap.
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  • acutejamacutejam Posts: 1,433
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

    — Winston Churchill

    Ya'll have been slacking, Israel wasn't on the front page of AMT for like a day or two!
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  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    acutejam wrote:
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

    — Winston Churchill

    Ya'll have been slacking, Israel wasn't on the front page of AMT for like a day or two!
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  • acutejam wrote:
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

    — Winston Churchill

    Ya'll have been slacking, Israel wasn't on the front page of AMT for like a day or two!

    How ridiculous for people to discuss a influential, oppressive regime in a political forum. Who needs knowledge and discussion of current affairs anyway, right?
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  • This is exactly the walls purpose....to take and hold like a medieval fortress.

    Maybe if they stopped taking land...

    just a thought. :rolleyes:

    Oh but they want peace...they strive for peace says the media...
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  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    This is exactly the walls purpose....to take and hold like a medieval fortress.

    Maybe if they stopped taking land...

    just a thought. :rolleyes:

    Oh but they want peace...they strive for peace says the media...
    Oh, they absolutely want peace:
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=302949
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