Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:16:07 -0800 (PST)
From: "WRITE! Action Alert"
Subject: Letters Needed: 1120 more homes to be built in Occupied Territories by Israel
To: actionalertwt@yahoo.com
WRITE! For Justice, Human Rights and International Law in Palestine.
The US Media needs to cover the following news story already reported by the BBC that Israel is now planning an additional 1,120 homes in the illegal settlements on Palestinian occupied land in additional to the 350 already announced which were internationally denounced as undercutting President Bush's peace efforts in Palestine. This new announcement is a direct slap in the face of President Bush, and shows Israel's true intentions in Palestine - true ambitions for Palestinian territory, which are aggressive and illegal.
This is especially telling when viewed next to the almost complete denial by the Israeli government of building permits to Palestinians in the same area, and especially in East Jerusalem - which is their ancestral homeland. This further demonstrates the unpeaceful attitude of the Israeli's toward the native Palestinians. This policy is described in a recent report by an Israeli peace group, Peace Now. Its report can be read at:
"Area C: Palestinian Construction and Demolition Stats - February 2008", by Hagit Oren, published by Peace Now, (February, 2008).
http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/peace.asp?pi=61&fld=495&docid=3159
Please write to your local newspaper, or one of the major newspapers listed below, or many of them, and ask them to publicize this story because the American people need to know what is really going on in the Middle East - what their "ally" is really up to, and what they apparently think of us."
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - letters@ajc.com, mlupo@ajc.com (Michael Lupo)
Boston Globe - letter@globe.com
Chicago Tribune - ctc-tribletter@tribune.com
Christian Science Monitor - newcomba@csps.com (Amelia Newcomb)
Los Angeles Times - letters@latimes.com,
Miami Herald - HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com
New York Times - letters@nytimes.com, nytnews@nytimes.com
Philadelphia Inquirer - Inquirer.Letters@phillynews.com
San Francisco Chronicle - letters@sfchronicle.com.
Washington Post - letters@washpost.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7240557.stm
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 10:42 GMT
Israel plans new settlement homes
Palestinians say settlements cut the West Bank from East Jerusalem
Israeli housing minister Zeev Boim says tenders will soon be issued for construction of more than 1,000 new homes for Jews in East Jerusalem.
Israel annexed the area in 1967 and has continued settlement activity despite a recent freeze on settlements on other occupied territory in the West Bank.
The international community regards such building as illegal. Palestinians want East Jerusalem as their capital.
Mr Boim said building continued within all Jerusalem's municipal boundaries.
He added that what had been portrayed as delays in construction in East Jerusalem "are in fact final stages of coordination" with the municipal authorities.
Israel announced two months ago that it would build 350 new flats in the Har Homa settlement, a move that soured fresh efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before the two sides had even met.
Mr Boim said there would be an additional 370 new residences in Har Homa, known as Jabal Abu Ghneim in Arabic, and that bids would be issued for 750 more in Pisgat Zeev.
"We condemn these Israeli declarations, and once again we ask the Israeli government to give peace a chance by stopping all settlement activity," Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said.
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Thank you,
The WRITE! Team
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WRITE! TO SUPPORT JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL
Visit us at www.writetruth.org
Thank you,
The WRITE! Team
====================================
WRITE! TO SUPPORT JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL
Visit us at www.writetruth.org
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From: "WRITE! Action Alert"
Subject: Letters Needed: 1120 more homes to be built in Occupied Territories by Israel
To: actionalertwt@yahoo.com
WRITE! For Justice, Human Rights and International Law in Palestine.
The US Media needs to cover the following news story already reported by the BBC that Israel is now planning an additional 1,120 homes in the illegal settlements on Palestinian occupied land in additional to the 350 already announced which were internationally denounced as undercutting President Bush's peace efforts in Palestine. This new announcement is a direct slap in the face of President Bush, and shows Israel's true intentions in Palestine - true ambitions for Palestinian territory, which are aggressive and illegal.
This is especially telling when viewed next to the almost complete denial by the Israeli government of building permits to Palestinians in the same area, and especially in East Jerusalem - which is their ancestral homeland. This further demonstrates the unpeaceful attitude of the Israeli's toward the native Palestinians. This policy is described in a recent report by an Israeli peace group, Peace Now. Its report can be read at:
"Area C: Palestinian Construction and Demolition Stats - February 2008", by Hagit Oren, published by Peace Now, (February, 2008).
http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/peace.asp?pi=61&fld=495&docid=3159
Please write to your local newspaper, or one of the major newspapers listed below, or many of them, and ask them to publicize this story because the American people need to know what is really going on in the Middle East - what their "ally" is really up to, and what they apparently think of us."
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - letters@ajc.com, mlupo@ajc.com (Michael Lupo)
Boston Globe - letter@globe.com
Chicago Tribune - ctc-tribletter@tribune.com
Christian Science Monitor - newcomba@csps.com (Amelia Newcomb)
Los Angeles Times - letters@latimes.com,
Miami Herald - HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com
New York Times - letters@nytimes.com, nytnews@nytimes.com
Philadelphia Inquirer - Inquirer.Letters@phillynews.com
San Francisco Chronicle - letters@sfchronicle.com.
Washington Post - letters@washpost.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7240557.stm
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 10:42 GMT
Israel plans new settlement homes
Palestinians say settlements cut the West Bank from East Jerusalem
Israeli housing minister Zeev Boim says tenders will soon be issued for construction of more than 1,000 new homes for Jews in East Jerusalem.
Israel annexed the area in 1967 and has continued settlement activity despite a recent freeze on settlements on other occupied territory in the West Bank.
The international community regards such building as illegal. Palestinians want East Jerusalem as their capital.
Mr Boim said building continued within all Jerusalem's municipal boundaries.
He added that what had been portrayed as delays in construction in East Jerusalem "are in fact final stages of coordination" with the municipal authorities.
Israel announced two months ago that it would build 350 new flats in the Har Homa settlement, a move that soured fresh efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before the two sides had even met.
Mr Boim said there would be an additional 370 new residences in Har Homa, known as Jabal Abu Ghneim in Arabic, and that bids would be issued for 750 more in Pisgat Zeev.
"We condemn these Israeli declarations, and once again we ask the Israeli government to give peace a chance by stopping all settlement activity," Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said.
******************************************************************************************
Thank you,
The WRITE! Team
====================================
WRITE! TO SUPPORT JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL
Visit us at www.writetruth.org
Thank you,
The WRITE! Team
====================================
WRITE! TO SUPPORT JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL
Visit us at www.writetruth.org
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