Wall means Annexation
Human Rights Watch wrote to Hillary Clinton to explain to her a few facts about the Israeli occupation and Israel’s "Annexation" fence.
They wrote:
Dear Senator Clinton,
We write in response to comments attributed to you in Ha’aretz (November 15, 2005) during your recent trip to Israel…The media has quoted you as expressing support for the wall because it "is against terrorists" and "not against the Palestinian people." In light of your general standing as a supporter of international law and human rights, we find these comments disturbing and disappointing...
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Israel has built the bulk of the wall well inside the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the purpose of capturing Israeli settlements, and the Palestinian land and resources they control, on the "Israel side" of the wall.
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In the case of many Palestinian villages, the wall separates students from their schools, families from their relatives and friends, workers from their jobs, and farmers from their agricultural land, greenhouses, olive and citrus trees, and even water. The wall has severely circumscribed the already limited access of a number of Palestinian cities and villages to their local hospitals, schools ...
Sarah Leah Whitson
Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division
We write in response to comments attributed to you in Ha’aretz (November 15, 2005) during your recent trip to Israel…The media has quoted you as expressing support for the wall because it "is against terrorists" and "not against the Palestinian people." In light of your general standing as a supporter of international law and human rights, we find these comments disturbing and disappointing...
(...)
Israel has built the bulk of the wall well inside the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the purpose of capturing Israeli settlements, and the Palestinian land and resources they control, on the "Israel side" of the wall.
(...)
In the case of many Palestinian villages, the wall separates students from their schools, families from their relatives and friends, workers from their jobs, and farmers from their agricultural land, greenhouses, olive and citrus trees, and even water. The wall has severely circumscribed the already limited access of a number of Palestinian cities and villages to their local hospitals, schools ...
Sarah Leah Whitson
Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division
Isn’t it funny how she always seems to support Israel when she’s involved in a campaign?
Haaretz said that:
Clinton is not slated to visit the Palestinian areas during her visit.
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