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A visit to the jungle
August 6, 2007
The collapse of the Heftsiba construction company sheds light - more precisely, casts a heavy shadow - on the method that enables Israel to talk of peace while continuing to settle the territories. The system of planning and construction regulations was created in line with the requirements of dubious Jewish land salesmen, real estate companies owned by the settlers’ leadership, and Palestinian front men who are ready to sell their homeland for a money. The petition to the High Court of Justice filed by the residents of the village of Bil’in and Peace Now stopped the construction in Matityahu East, a new neighborhood in the settlement of Modi’in Illit. The case brought to the fore a terrible phenomenon, in which the State Prosecutor’s Office, the local authority and the Civil Administration cooperated - some of them actively and others by turning a blind eye - with a well-oiled system that stole and "laundered" Palestinian properties. Several dozen meters away, inside Israeli territory, no contractor would have gotten away with building hundreds of apartments without the necessary blueprints, building permits, and a basic examination of land ownership documents.
Israel settlement builder in dire straits
August 3, 2007
Heftsiba, one of Israel’s largest firms building settlements in the occupied West Bank, is in danger of closing, according to media reports Friday.
This week in Palestine, Week 31 - Nonviolent Resistance in Palestine
August 3, 2007
Let’s begin our weekly report with nonviolent action in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem against the wall and settlement
Anarchists under fire
July 31, 2007
A battle is being waged in the Israeli courts against anarchists who help Palestinian villagers.
Weekly nonviolent demonstration held in village of Bil'in
July 27, 2007
As is the case each week, the local villagers were joined by international and Israeli peace activists. This week, protestors at Bil’in included visitors from an international training delegation in solidarity with the Palestinian nation. For the past ten days, they have been touring several West Bank cities like Bethlehem, Nablus and Hebron, and participating in non-violent activities protesting the Israeli occupation.
