5,
September 2006 ISRAEL
builds more illegal settlements
Once
again the Israeli government of Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert’s Kadima and the
Labor Party has reneged on its promise to halt further settlements in the West
Bank. Dismissing American opposition, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorized
construction of 690 homes in the occupied West Bank. Olmert was elected earlier
this year on a promise to withdraw thousands of Israeli settlers from the West
Bank. Olmert also failed to pull down 20 illegal outpost created in March 2001.
Yariv Oppenheimer, director of Peace Now in Israel, excoriated Olmert’s Kadima
Party and the Labor Party for their failure to honor their election promises to
halt further settlements.
Meanwhile,
Israeli death squads continue to act with complete immunity killing scores of
innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip. Members of Hamas, the democratically
elected government, continue to be arrested and imprisoned in complete defiance
of international law. These actions follow Israel’s massive destruction of
Lebanon’s infrastructure and the slaughter of innocent civilians which has
outraged much of the free world. Many high government Israeli and U.S.
officials, by association, are now likely to face war crimes for their illegal
actions. Israel is now asking U.S. taxpayers to reimburse them for the costs of
the disastrous war on Lebanon. It is time for U.S. taxpayers to demand an immediate
halt to unconditional financial and military support to Israel
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