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West Bank village sues developers in Montreal court
Leigh Anne Williams | Anglican Journal 22 June 2009 The Israeli-Palestinian dispute over land in the occupied territories has come to a Montreal courtroom this week. Lawyers for the West Bank village of Bil’in are suing developers Green Park International and Green Mount International, which are registered in Quebec, for building settlements on land that was confiscated from the village by Israel. Prior to the start of the hearings, Mohammed Al-Khatib, who serves on the village…
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Defense of universal jurisdiction speech presented to conference in Madrid
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 22 June 2009 Dear friends, comrades, partners in civil society, and national and international human rights organizations, thank you all for coming, and for joining us here today. Today, the Gaza Strip lies in ruins. Five months after Israel’s criminal offensive, which cost the lives of 1,414 Palestinians – 83% of whom were civilians – and injured 5,300 others, recovery is impossible. The siege of the Gaza Strip, an illegal form…
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Israeli forces demolish Aqraba area homes
17 June 2009 On Wednesday, June 17, 2009, the Israeli Army demolished seven houses of shepherds in the small village Qurusdyia in the Aqraba district, southeast of Nablus. About two months ago, the affected families had received eviction orders in Hebrew which they did not understand. Once the deadline had passed for the families to leave the area, the Army moved in with bulldozers and tore everything down. The families now live in tents in Aqraba…
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