1-21-2016 Israel Seizes Palestinian Land — Thumbs Nose at Europe by Destroying Aid Structures – Maayan Lubel Forward

1-21-2016 Israel Seizes Palestinian Land — Thumbs Nose at Europe by Destroying Aid Structures – Maayan Lubel Forward


http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/331156/israel-seizes-palestinian-land-thumbs-nose-at-europe-by-destroying-aid-stru/#ixzz3xucu4LFp

 

…The appropriation, covers 380 acres in the Jordan Valley close to Jericho, an area where Israel already has many settlement farms built on land Palestinians seek for a state. It is the largest land seizure since August 2014…


Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

 

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