Aboud Stops Construction on the Wall
The people of Abud received a court decision on Thursday by the Israeli High court to cease construction of the wall in that area for 14 days. Despite this on Thursday, at around 11a.m., villagers still saw the bulldozers hard at work, destroying their lands. A rally of 100 Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals marched down holding the official court decision in their hands to make sure the decision was enforced.
We marched down from the village and onto the road but the military were expecting us to march over the hill. When the Army couldn’t physically block us because they were too far away, they resorted to tear gas, but the rally pushed through. The army finally caught up with us. After a sound bomb was fired and a lot of shouting they were finally prepared to talk. They promised that they had ceased construction 1 hour ago and that they were no longer going to violate the court order (maybe it was just because it was the start of their weekend). The villagers said they would be watching and that they would be back if the court order was violated again.
The barrier near Aboud has already been completed on the Green Line 6 kilometres west of the village and now an additional fence on Aboud land close to the village will annex the Israeli Bet Arye and Ofarim settlements. These settlements were illegally established in the 1980’s on Aboud’s land. The separation barrier will annex more of the villages farmland to Israel in violation of international law.
by Harry of the International Solidarity Movement http://www.palsolidarity.org
Please also see:
International Court of Justice: LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/imwp/imwpframe.htm
B’TSELEM: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories; Separation Barrier
http://www.btselem.org/English/Separation%5FBarrier
Sad Day for Children of Gaza
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_31479.html
Action Alert: The New York Times Distorts Key Facts About Cancellation of Play on Activist Rachel Corrie
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/03/07/action-alert-the-new-york-times-distorts-key-facts-about-cancellation-of-play-on-activist-rachel-corrie
The people of Abud received a court decision on Thursday by the Israeli High court to cease construction of the wall in that area for 14 days. Despite this on Thursday, at around 11a.m., villagers still saw the bulldozers hard at work, destroying their lands. A rally of 100 Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals marched down holding the official court decision in their hands to make sure the decision was enforced.
We marched down from the village and onto the road but the military were expecting us to march over the hill. When the Army couldn’t physically block us because they were too far away, they resorted to tear gas, but the rally pushed through. The army finally caught up with us. After a sound bomb was fired and a lot of shouting they were finally prepared to talk. They promised that they had ceased construction 1 hour ago and that they were no longer going to violate the court order (maybe it was just because it was the start of their weekend). The villagers said they would be watching and that they would be back if the court order was violated again.
The barrier near Aboud has already been completed on the Green Line 6 kilometres west of the village and now an additional fence on Aboud land close to the village will annex the Israeli Bet Arye and Ofarim settlements. These settlements were illegally established in the 1980’s on Aboud’s land. The separation barrier will annex more of the villages farmland to Israel in violation of international law.
by Harry of the International Solidarity Movement http://www.palsolidarity.org
Please also see:
International Court of Justice: LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/imwp/imwpframe.htm
B’TSELEM: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories; Separation Barrier
http://www.btselem.org/English/Separation%5FBarrier
Sad Day for Children of Gaza
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_31479.html
Action Alert: The New York Times Distorts Key Facts About Cancellation of Play on Activist Rachel Corrie
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/03/07/action-alert-the-new-york-times-distorts-key-facts-about-cancellation-of-play-on-activist-rachel-corrie