Israeli military block Palestinians from setting up encampment February 9, 2013 - 15:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Israeli military prevented Palestinians from setting up an encampment on Saturday, February 9 to protest at Jewish settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, land where they seek statehood, Reuters said. With peace talks stalled for more than two years, grassroots Palestinian activism has been on the rise. Four tent camps - dubbed nascent Palestinian towns by the activists - have been erected and swiftly dismantled by the Israelis since last month. A military spokeswoman said soldiers evicted around 20 Palestinians on Saturday morning as they tried to erect a cluster of steel-framed tents near Al-Tiwaneh, a Palestinian village south of the city of Hebron. "We came here to build a Palestinian village upon Palestinian land, and to freely use our land in the way we want as Palestinians have rights and own this land," activist Younis Araar said. Hebron and its surroundings have Jewish settlements whose growth Israel views as its biblical and security prerogative. Most world powers deem Israel's settlement of land it seized in the 1967 Middle East war illegal, and Palestinians fear the hilltop enclaves will deny them a viable state. Partner news  Top stories Only three senators on the committee - Republican Ron Paul and Democrats Tom Udall and Chris Murphy - opposed the bill. If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years.   Partner news |  Latest news Russian expert rules out Karabakh war renewal by Armenia  Alexander Krylov: the possibility of the renewal of Karabakh war should not be exaggerated in the face of the balance of power.German scientists ready to include Armenian petroglyphs in UNESCO list The scientists conducted a survey of ancient rock art, with a database of Armenian petroglyphs to be later developed.OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs won’t visit Artsakh French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Jacques Faure said the co-chairs are not planning a visit to Nagorno Karabakh.Penguin reaches $75mln agreement in iBooks price fixing lawsuit In a press release, Penguin's parent company, Pearson, noted it had made a $40 million provision for settlement in its 2012 accounts. |
