Israeli forces disperse West Bank protests

[Jefferson23]

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Hundreds of Palestinians protested across the occupied West Bank on Friday to call attention to Israel's efforts to confiscate their land.

The weekly marches protesting the Israeli occupation and land confiscation and condemning international silence toward the Palestinian cause set off after Friday prayer.

Dozens of Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets and suffocated by tear gas grenades as Israeli forces dispersed a march in the village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah.

Israeli soldiers used tear gas bombs, rubber-coated bullets, and live fire to suppress the march as protesters approached the village's entrance.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=728553

[oberliner]

1. International silence towards the Palestinian cause?

How many UN resolutions have there been again?

[Jefferson23]

2. How many were vetoed by the US? I imagine you know the answer. n/t

[oberliner]

3. None in the General Assembly

They churn out condemnation after condemnation and the US has no veto in the GA.

[Jefferson23]

4. These condemnations have brought an end to the ocuppation? No, because where votes

count, the US is a sure bet how it votes in the UNSC. You knew that, too.

The US never votes in agreement with the GA, either.

[King_David]

5. That's not international silence though. nt

[Jefferson23]

6. They get plenty of news coverage when Israel needs to mow the lawn..I would agree

with that.

[oberliner]

7. Just saying it has been far from international silence

There has actually been a lot of noise internationally on this.

[Jefferson23]

8. Depends on how you measure that, during the hostilities, yes. Since that time not so much

regarding the West Bank activity and East Jerusalem.

[oberliner]

9. UN, Egypt condemn Israeli plan to seize West Bank land

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is “alarmed” by Israeli plans to expropriate 988 acres of Palestinian land in the Bethlehem area in the south of the occupied West Bank, his spokesman said Monday.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-plan-to-seize-west-bank-land-alarms-uns-ban/

There has been much noise from the international community on this score.

[Jefferson23]

10. Yea, Moon is often alarmed, and what happens next? Not much. The US is part of that

definition, and a significant player..the MSM has been focused on this since the hostilities
ended? Not that I'm aware of.

[Mao Shung]

11. Jefferson's expectations . . .

are unrealistic, if he thinks that a small land expropriation will result in more than a condemnation. It is way too small of a deal for a security council resolution or even a general assembly resolution. Exactly how many people does Jefferson think will move in to this land?