Israel government ignores UN report condemning apartheid wall
international |
anti-war / imperialism |
news report 
Wednesday October 01, 2003 16:01
by kokomero
"How can the Jews who suffered and survived the Holocaust allow themselves to resort to such means"
The Israeli cabinet has decided to continue with the construction of a new section of the apartheid wall despite the publication of a United Nations report which said the barrier was illegal and tantamount to what it called an unlawful act of annexation.
Sharon and his government of thugs continue to ignore opinion at home and abroad, and this latest development comes against the background of important statements from Marwan Barghouti and Shimon Peres.
Mr. Barghouti was very critical of the Israeli state saying:
"How can the Jews who suffered and survived the Holocaust allow themselves to resort to such insufferable and unacceptable means against another people?"
Marwan Barghouti said at the summing up in his trial that if the Israelis do not offer Palestinians an independent homeland they will have to expand their own state to affoard Palestinians euqal rights:
"I hope the Israelis have learned that the Palestinian people can not be brought to yield with force. If an occupation does not end unilaterally or through negotiations then there is only one solution, one state for two people.
Shimon Peres in an interview with the Guardian said that he and the majority of Israelis believe in a two-state solution:
'One state would mean two people at war. Better to have two states and no war,' he said.
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Jump To Comment: 1Koko i think maybe I met you last week when you cooked dinner in Beit Titi? Maybe not too. Anyway I have just come back from a house which last week recieved a 48 hours notice demolition order. Their home has been built for the last 5 years, some time during the last year the Israeli occupation built their apartheid wall right up against this home, annexing it into Israel along ith the surrounding land, during construction the road crew used explosives which launched stone large enough to smash its way through the reinforced concrete roof/ upperfloor of the home in several locations. Now their home is too close to this fence and military road so the Israeli Occupation force is going to demolish it. The house belongs to a man who spent numerous years living in Tulkarem refugee camp because his privious family home was taken at some point in the past by the Israelis.
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