Amnesty International: The Separation Wall Is An Ongoing Violation Of International Law

[Purveyor]

MARCH 23, 2013

LONDON, (PIC)– Amnesty International considered that the Israeli apartheid wall built on Palestinian lands in occupied West Bank represents an ongoing violation of international law because “it is cutting off Palestinians from their farmland.”

The organization said in a report: “Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank village of Jayyus, who for years have had trouble accessing their land through the military fence/wall (which in this area takes the form of an electrified and heavily guarded fence), are now faced with Israeli settlers setting up additional obstacles.”

It pointed out that the settlers have installed a caravan outpost to the north of the Israeli settlement Tsufim near the city of Qalqilya on the farmers’ land in an apparent reaction to the resolution issued by the Israeli High Court ruling that the fence should be re-routed in order to return some of the land to the Palestinian farmers.

Ann Harrison, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa program, said: “Settlers obstructing the re-routing of the military fence, because it gives a fraction of the Palestinian farmers’ land back to them and frustrates the settlers’ own plans for settlement expansion, is just outrageous.”

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http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/amnesty-international-the-separation-wall-is-an-ongoing-violation-of-international-law/

[holdencaufield]

1. Isn't it a good thing ...

... that Amnesty International doesn't have any jurisdiction over "International Law"?

[Purveyor]

2. Soon they will be added to the 'terrorist list' I'm sure, if you and your ilk have their way. eom

[holdencaufield]

5. I didn't realise I hand an ilk

I thought, at best, I had cohorts and familiars.

[azurnoir]

15. Russian officials raid Amnesty's Moscow headquarters

Russian prosecutors and tax police have searched the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International and several other rights groups, continuing a wave of pressure that activists say is part of President Vladimir Putin's attempt to stifle dissent.

Sergei Nikitin, Amnesty's Russia chief, said officials from the general prosecutor's office and tax police conducted an unannounced audit of his offices and requested documents that the government already had on file.

They were accompanied by journalists from the state-controlled NTV television station, which has been used by the Kremlin for hatchet jobs against its political foes.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/25/russian-officials-raid-amnesty-moscow-headquarters


just thought you might like to know

[oberliner]

3. This site is the flip-side of Pal Watch

So weird that you would complain of that site and then post from this one.

[Purveyor]

6. It is you that introduced me to "occupiedpalestine" and I do appreciate that. LOL.

I had never heard of them until your post...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/113429885

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

9. Hell, Oberliner introduced me to 972.

I can't stop laughing about that one.


Thanks, oberliner.

[Purveyor]

10. Me too, now that I think of it... LOL eom

[oberliner]

18. I like to think we are a family here in many ways

Small but loyal.

[oberliner]

17. You are very welcome

As I said, I think it should be permanently pinned to the top of the forum.

And that is no joke.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

23. "I think it should be permanently pinned to the top of the forum."

Killing it automatically.

I have to call you on your BS, and it is BS. If you had posted this once I could possibly see no harm in it, but it isn't the second or third time you have lobbied for this amongst the viewers of I/P. Your goal IMHO is to corral all of 972 into a black hole where one would have to dig for information. Seemingly these sub posts would be hidden from the front page of DU whereas your posts would not. Am I wrong? I don't believe so.

You would have I/P segregate 972mag articles from the general population just as Israel does it to the Palestinians themselves. I guess that 972 really has you hurting so much, and since you can't label them as anti-Semites you'll just bulldoze them under: hide them away from DU.

Now if that isn't Jim Crow in action what is?

I also think it's funny, bordering on ridiculous, how, almost without exception, every single article that is posted from 972 gets the same reaction from you. Nothing of value, but plenty of hand wringing.

[oberliner]

12. It definitely seems to be up your alley

I'm happy to have introduced you to it. Maybe if you read enough articles from there, you will get a better insight into what they are all about. Perhaps it will lead to some self-reflection on your part.

[Jefferson23]

8. You're not petitioning to have PalWatch banned, only 972 Magazine.

This website is not appropriate either, ok.

Jonathan Dugard is out.

Bradley Burston, not good.

Gideon Levy, no way... you say he writes the way he does because he 'knows' his audience.

Some list you have there.

[oberliner]

11. Neither should be banned

I think I made one joke to one poster who obviously likes 972mag asking them if they wanted to start a campaign to get it banned. It was tongue in cheek.

Personally I think it's a bit much to have the entirety of either of the websites mentioned dumped here post by post, but I do not believe either should be banned by any means.

[Jefferson23]

13. Interesting way to protect PalWatch. n/t

[azurnoir]

14. what about the algemeiner?

That one gets some of its material from sources that people have been ppred for using on DU?

[oberliner]

19. If Israel National News is ok then Algemeiner is no more RW than that

Wouldn't you agree?

[azurnoir]

21. No IMO algemeiner is to the Right of even Arutz Sheva

and with an added touch of sensationalism

[oberliner]

22. Wow

Well I don't agree with that.

[NYC_SKP]

4. I kick and I rec this OP.

I'm noticing a trend with respect to those who oppose your posts.

Sad, that.

[Purveyor]

7. I appreciate the kick and thank you, indeed. eom

[oberliner]

20. What's the trend?

Challenging possible misinformation?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

16. Kick.