| Talkback | |
|
Title: | Stop The Lies! | |||
| |||||
| Name: | Guy From NYC | | |||
| |||||
| City: | NYC | State: | | ||
| We all know you are liars. More proof. More outspoken voices. MINISTER FOR Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin yesterday raised concerns about the impact of Israel`s separation barrier on Palestinian economic and social development in the West Bank during a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Tzipi Livni. Mr Martin, whose first visit to the region as Minister for Foreign Affairs coincides with the fourth anniversary of an International Court of Justice ruling declaring the barrier illegal, viewed sections of it during a visit to Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. Officials from the UN relief agency UNRWA explained how the more than 600km-long barrier, which constitutes a concrete wall in some parts, a fence in others, affected Palestinians and impeded humanitarian work. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/0711/1215725795657.html Veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle said last night that the segregation endured by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories was in some respects worse than that imposed on the black majority under white rule in South Africa. Members of a 23-strong human-rights team of prominent South Africans cited the impact of the Israeli military`s separation barrier, checkpoints, the permit system for Palestinian travel, and the extent to which Palestinians are barred from using roads in the West Bank. After a five-day visit to Israel and the Occupied Territories, some delegates expressed shock and dismay at conditions in the Israeli-controlled heart of Hebron. Uniquely among West Bank cities, 800 settlers now live there and segregation has seen the closure of nearly 3,000 Palestinian businesses and housing units. Palestinian cars (and in some sections pedestrians) are prohibited from using the once busy streets. "Even with the system of permits, even with the limits of movement to South Africa, we never had as much restriction on movement as I see for the people here," said an ANC parliamentarian, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge of the West Bank. "There are areas in which people would live their whole lifetime without visiting because it`s impossible http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/this-is-like-apartheid-anc-veterans-visit-west-bank-865063.html |
| |  |
|
 |
|
 |
