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Almond Tree Planting Interrupted by Israeli Soldiers

Posted on: February 14, 2010
Almond Tree Planting Interrupted by Israeli Soldiers

International Solidarity Movement

13 February 2010

Saturday morning around 9am, Palestinian residents of the Jubbet adh Dhib Village, south east of Bethlehem, were planting almond trees on their limited land when settlers from the nearby illegal outpost of Noqedim called the Israeli soldiers to stop them from doing so.

The soldiers arrived quickly, but didn’t do anything before their commander arrived half an hour later with a paper stating that the area was a closed military zone. Meanwhile, the settlers tried … Continue reading


Updated on February 19, 2010
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Key Dutch party: sanctions against Israel if it thwarts peace

Posted on: April 12, 2009

Cnaan Liphshiz | Ha’aretz

12 April 2009

The Netherlands must impose economic sanctions against Israel if the new government in Jerusalem thwarts the peace process with the Palestinians, the Dutch Labor party said last week.

Members of Labor, which is a member of government as the country’s second largest party, said they intended to write a manifesto on the matter to the foreign minister, Maxime Verhagen, from the centrist ruling CDA party, who is largely seen as a staunch supporter of Israel.

In an interview for Radio 1, Labor’s Martijn van Dam said his party insisted that Verhagen and the European Union … Continue reading


Updated on April 12, 2009
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