Press and independent media
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West Bank village sues developers in Montreal court
22/06/2009
[Anglican Journal] 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.
If they're building a liberal space in Tehran, why not in Bi'lin, too ?
22/06/2009
[Mondoweiss] Here is a great interview of American-Israeli lawyer Emily Schaeffer, the descendant of Holocaust survivors, who works for a Tel Aviv human-rights firm and is suing two Canadian companies in Canada for their role in building the settlement in Bi’lin
Canadian companies face legal action for settlement building in Palestine
22/06/2009
[Rabble.ca] On April 17 of this year the small and modest Palestinian village of Bi’lin (located 7 km West of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank) lost one of its most loved and well-known members. Bassem Ibrahim Abu Rahmah was 30 years old when he was shot in the chest with a tear gas canister by an Israeli soldier.
Africa-Israel under scrutiny for settlement construction
22/06/2009
[Electronic Intifada] Africa-Israel is the latest target of a boycott campaign by Palestine solidarity activists because of the company’s involvement in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. American and European financial institutions hold a substantial stake in Africa-Israel Investment, investigations reveal.
Palestinian lawsuit condemns Canadian condo project as war crime
21/06/2009
[Canada.com] Members of a tiny Palestinian farming community will be in Quebec Superior Court Monday claiming two Canadian construction companies are committing war crimes by building condominiums and roads on the village’s land in the West Bank
