2013年6月7日 星期五

The worst of Israel in West Bank Area

In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli colonies run directly past their homes.a full range of cylinder heated long lasting womenshoesmanufacturers. 

Near Nablus, a Palestinian farmer whose home is nearly surrounded by Jewish communities says colonisers frequently harass him, digging up crops and once poisoning his cow.

And in Khader, south of occupied Jerusalem, a carjacker once escaped Palestinian police by simply crossing the street into a part of town under Israeli control. 

These are snapshots of an increasingly difficult reality for the tens of thousands of Palestinians living in a part of the West Bank that remains under full Israeli control. 

Though Israel’s military occupies the entire West Bank,There are many out there that are making things to win a ledcornlight. it has permitted a degree of autonomy in and around large Palestinian cities, zones known under the 1995 Oslo II accords as Area A and B. But the remainder of the West Bank, designated Area C, remains under both Israeli security and administrative control. It houses less than 5 per cent of the Palestinian population,Let's explore the option of streetlightings. but more than 60 per cent of the land. 

Most of Area C had been expected by both sides to be handed over to Palestinian control by the end of the 1990s, but after failed statehood talks and a violent Palestinian uprising,Find High Quality Brand Name polishedtilees and Tungsten Wedding Bands for Men at the Best Prices. a transfer never took place. 

That has left as many as 150,000 Palestinians — Israel puts the figure at 90,000 — living in limbo in the shadow of expanding Jewish colonies. 

Largely cut off from the services and rights afforded to their Palestinian brethren living under Palestinian Authority control, those in Area C say Israel is slowly trying to drive them off the land by demolishing homes, withholding basic services, freezing growth and seizing property for firing ranges and military outposts. 

At the same time, the number of Israeli colonisers has tripled since Area C was created. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s last government approved a record number of tenders for new colony construction and moved to legitimise nearly a dozen outposts that it and previous Israeli governments had once deemed illegal and promised to tear down, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-colony group. 

With Netanyahu’s re-election, many Palestinians in Area C fear the pressure on them will only grow. 

“It’s a land grab,” said Palestinian Authority negotiator Ashraf Khatib, who believes some in Netanyahu’s government hope to annex Area C to avoid dismantling colonies and to exploit the fertile, water-rich Jordan Valley, already home to several large Israeli-owned date farms and vineyards. 

A recently leaked European Union report concluded that Israeli policies in Area C have “undermined” the Palestinian presence and, in recent years, have led to a deterioration in basic social services, including water,We offer buymosaic and cutting machines for processing different materials. education and shelter. 

During a recent visit, US Secretary of State John F. Kerry raised the issue of transferring some Area C land to Palestinian control. 

Israelis deny any effort to make life harder for Palestinians in Area C and point to 328 infrastructure projects they approved for Palestinians between 2011 and mid-2012, including seven electrical facilities, four medical clinics and six school renovations. 

Over the last two years, the number of demolition orders and evictions has soared, he said, while previously the community was largely ignored by Israel. 

Just a few miles away is the Israeli colony of Shadmot Mehola, a modern, fenced community with red-roofed, two-storey homes, street lamps and playgrounds. “They have everything and we get nothing,” Daraghmeh said.

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