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Reaction to the Sasson Report |
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by peace now via gehrig
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09 Mar 2005
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A collection of international articles on reaction to the Sasson report, documenting the "widespread state complicity, fraud and cynicism, illegal diversion of government funds and illegal seizure of private Palestinian land" involved with the settlement policy. |
NY Times March 9, 2005
Israeli Report Condemns Support for Settlement Outposts
By STEVEN ERLANGER
JERUSALEM, March 8 - A long-awaited report on the Israeli government's support for illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank describes widespread state complicity, fraud and cynicism, illegal diversion of government funds and illegal seizure of private Palestinian land. The report was formally delivered to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday.
Withheld until now, the report was written under American pressure and finished in early January. It accuses the government of Mr. Sharon and previous Israeli governments of "blatant violations of the law" and complicity in helping settlers construct illegal outposts in violation of stated Israeli government policy.
The report describes almost a state within a state devoted to promoting illegal settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.
"No one seriously intends to enforce the law," says the report, written by Talia Sasson, a former chief state prosecutor. "It seems as if the violation of the law has become institutional and institutionalized."
Many more at:
http://www.peacenow.org/about/press.asp?rid=&cid=368
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