| Al Jazeera, June 30, 2009 | |||
Israel has approved the construction of 50 new homes in a West Bank settlement and announced plans to expropriate more Palestinian land. The move comes just hours before Israel’s defence minister, Ehud Barak, visits the US in a bid to defuse tensions over Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. The land grab and new permits come despite a demand from Barack Obama, the US president, for a complete freeze to all Israeli settlement activity, and could exacerbate a rare public spat between the allies. |
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Palestinians Excluded From Bulk of West Bank
February 27, 2010By Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Service
‘Illegal’ Palestinian structure destroyed by Israeli Defence Forces.
Credit:Mel Frykberg/IPS
IDNA, Occupied West Bank, Feb 27, 2010 (IPS) – Israel’s illegal occupation and continued expropriation of Palestinian land in the West Bank has left 2.5 million Palestinians living there with effectively less than 40 percent of the territory.
Muhammad Al Bedan, 55, a vegetable farmer with 14 children, struggles to support his family on just over 600 US dollars a month.
“We can only afford to eat chicken twice a month and red meat is out of the question. I can’t afford to buy my children new clothing. They rely on hand-me-downs. Three of my children have had to leave school without completing their education so that they can help to support the family,” Al Bedan told IPS.
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