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Bil'in sues Canadian building companies
July 10, 2008
[Jerusalem Post] A West Bank village has sued two Canadian companies for building in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, the village’s lawyer said Thursday.
Attorney Michael Sfard said this was the first time a private company has been sued for investing in settlements. The claim was filed Wednesday in Superior Court in Montreal, Canada, against Green Park International and Green Mount International, sister companies registered in Quebec.
Palestinian villagers try to sue Canadian builders
July 10, 2008
[The Guardian] Lawyers for a Palestinian village have begun a rare legal case against two Canadian construction companies working in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, accusing them of breaching war crimes laws and demanding an injunction to halt their work as well as damages worth around £1m.
Bil'in residents to sue Canadian construction companies
July 10, 2008
[YNet] Residents of West Bank village demand Canadian court order construction companies to halt building in Jewish settlement of Modi’in Illit. ‘Companies part of occupation that seizes our lands and hands them over to the settlers,’ Palestinian says
Press Release: Bil'in announced that it has commenced legal proceedings in Canada
July 9, 2008
The Village of Bil’in, in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories, announced today that it has commenced legal proceedings in Canada against two Canadian Companies for committing war crimes. The case has been filed in the Quebec Superior Court sitting at Montreal, Canada. A full copy of the claim is attached.
Bil’in alleges that Green Park International Inc. and Green Mount International Inc., both registered corporations in the Province of Quebec, acting as agents for Israel, are illegally constructing residential and other buildings on lands under the municipal jurisdiction of the Village and are marketing and selling condominium units to the civilian population of the State of Israel. Bil’in further alleges in its claim that its land and the defendants are subject to the rules and obligations of international law because the West Bank is occupied territory arising from an act of war that took place in 1967.
Israel has not dismantled any section of the Separation Barrier that was nullified by the High Court
July 9, 2008
The Separation Barrier has not been moved in any of the sections that were built and later nullified by the High Court of Justice. The human rights organization B’Tselem published this finding today, 9 July 2008, marking the fourth anniversary of the advisory opinion given by the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, which held that building the barrier in the West Bank breached international law.
