Palestinians own 40% of Israeli Settlements

heather on November 23rd, 2006

By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem (Independent) Published: 22 November 2006 Almost 40 per cent of land used by Israel for its settlements in the occupied West Bank is the private property of Palestinians, the Israeli organisation Peace Now said yesterday on the basis of leaked official maps and other data. Contrary to official claims that…

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Report From Member of Zaytoun Harvest Team 2006

heather on November 19th, 2006

To read a detailed day by day report and see pictures of the 2006 harvest documented by Ed Hill, visit www.bristolcomputers4palestine.co.uk and click ‘Mailing archive’ on the left hand menu. From there you can scroll down to the 2006 reports.

Olive Harvest Update Nov 06

cathi on November 12th, 2006

Our Zaytoun/International Womens’ Peace Service team is so big this year that we split into three groups of around 5 people. One team went to Az-Zawiyya village in the Salfit district, where there have been problems with land access and illegal Israeli settlers, another went to Marda, a village we have been to three years…

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