17 dec 2013
PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, praised the recent announcement by Dutch water company, Vitens, to end its cooperation with Israel's national water company, Mekorot, calling it a "necessary and moral decision", PLO's Negotiations Affairs Department said in a press release Monday.
Mekorot is responsible for a number of violations of international law within the occupied State of Palestine. This includes the pillage of shared water resources and the denial of Palestinian access to their own water resources, in order to sustain Israel's illegal settlements.
"This is a significant step. In a statement, Vitens stressed that it attaches great importance to integrity and abides by national and international law and regulations. The company should be praised for turning its principled position into positive action. I also commend the Dutch government for its clear official policy on discouraging economic links with the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise, which is in line with domestic, European and international law."
"It has been suggested by some that Mekorot is named in the recent deal signed by Israel, Jordan and the occupied State of Palestine. I have been assured that this is not the case," Ashrawi stated. "This is a company which is complicit in denying a whole population some of its most fundamental human rights."
Ashrawi also welcomed the UK Department of Trade and Industry's recent publication of guidelines warning businesses about the risks of economic links with settlements. "We hope that the British government will now follow in a similar vein to the Dutch government, by advising British companies to end cooperation with settlements."
Ashrawi concluded, "Such steps demonstrate integrity and respect for international law. They distinguish Israel from its illegal activities over the Green Line and therefore help to realize the two-state solution, which the international community endorses, and in which it has invested heavily. These measures constitute a natural translation of both law and policy. We call on other States, municipalities and private companies to follow such examples."
Mekorot is responsible for a number of violations of international law within the occupied State of Palestine. This includes the pillage of shared water resources and the denial of Palestinian access to their own water resources, in order to sustain Israel's illegal settlements.
"This is a significant step. In a statement, Vitens stressed that it attaches great importance to integrity and abides by national and international law and regulations. The company should be praised for turning its principled position into positive action. I also commend the Dutch government for its clear official policy on discouraging economic links with the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise, which is in line with domestic, European and international law."
"It has been suggested by some that Mekorot is named in the recent deal signed by Israel, Jordan and the occupied State of Palestine. I have been assured that this is not the case," Ashrawi stated. "This is a company which is complicit in denying a whole population some of its most fundamental human rights."
Ashrawi also welcomed the UK Department of Trade and Industry's recent publication of guidelines warning businesses about the risks of economic links with settlements. "We hope that the British government will now follow in a similar vein to the Dutch government, by advising British companies to end cooperation with settlements."
Ashrawi concluded, "Such steps demonstrate integrity and respect for international law. They distinguish Israel from its illegal activities over the Green Line and therefore help to realize the two-state solution, which the international community endorses, and in which it has invested heavily. These measures constitute a natural translation of both law and policy. We call on other States, municipalities and private companies to follow such examples."
12 dec 2013
An overflowing stream in the West Bank village of Nassariyeh
The Netherland’s largest drinking water supplier Vitens has decided to cut ties with Israeli water company Mekorot.
Vitens said in a statement issued on Wednesday that it would no longer work with the Israeli water company on future projects “because they cannot be taken out of the political context.”
The decision by the Dutch water supplier came after a visit by Dutch Trade Minister Lilianne Ploumen to the Mekorot offices was canceled.
In addition, the Israeli water company has been accused by Dutch media of denying water access to Palestinians.
According to the World Bank, a third of Palestinian territories are cut off from water system. In April, the Israeli regime completely cut off water to ten villages in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian NGO, Land Research Centre, also said in a report that Israeli settlers from the settlements of Yiztar and Baracha have been using water springs in Burin in order to raise fish.
Much of the international community regards the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are thus subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied land.
Vitens has stressed that moral standards and abiding by international rules are highly significant for it and as a result it cannot continue its projects with the Israeli company.
Meanwhile, the Tel Aviv regime has claimed that the Vitens decision lacks “common sense.”
The Netherland’s largest drinking water supplier Vitens has decided to cut ties with Israeli water company Mekorot.
Vitens said in a statement issued on Wednesday that it would no longer work with the Israeli water company on future projects “because they cannot be taken out of the political context.”
The decision by the Dutch water supplier came after a visit by Dutch Trade Minister Lilianne Ploumen to the Mekorot offices was canceled.
In addition, the Israeli water company has been accused by Dutch media of denying water access to Palestinians.
According to the World Bank, a third of Palestinian territories are cut off from water system. In April, the Israeli regime completely cut off water to ten villages in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian NGO, Land Research Centre, also said in a report that Israeli settlers from the settlements of Yiztar and Baracha have been using water springs in Burin in order to raise fish.
Much of the international community regards the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are thus subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied land.
Vitens has stressed that moral standards and abiding by international rules are highly significant for it and as a result it cannot continue its projects with the Israeli company.
Meanwhile, the Tel Aviv regime has claimed that the Vitens decision lacks “common sense.”
7 dec 2013
The Dutch government will supply a state-of-the-art security scanner to be installed at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian Authority official said.
PA Director of Border Crossings Nathnmi Muhanna told Ma'an Friday that the scanner would increase Gaza's volume and range of imports and exports.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, along with various other EU ministers, will visit Ramallah Sunday before heading to the Gaza Strip to install the new scanner in coordination with the Palestinian Authority, Muhanna said.
A new, Dutch-donated scanner will also be installed at the Allenby Bridge crossing with Jordan.
Omar Shaban, the Dutch government's adviser in Gaza, said earlier this week that Rutte would meet with President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit.
Rutte's visit will promote economic cooperation between the Netherlands and Palestine, Shaban said in a statement.
The Dutch PM will also meet with businesspeople in Bethlehem to discuss future cooperation in the food industry and agriculture, the statement said.
Shaban added that Rutte would meet with Israeli officials and urge them to allow more imports and exports to travel through border crossings, particularly food and agricultural products, following the installation of the security scanners.
The Gaza Strip has been under a severe economic blockade imposed by Israel since 2006.
The blockade has severely limited the imports and exports of the Gaza Strip and has led to frequent humanitarian crises and hardship for Gazans.
PA Director of Border Crossings Nathnmi Muhanna told Ma'an Friday that the scanner would increase Gaza's volume and range of imports and exports.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, along with various other EU ministers, will visit Ramallah Sunday before heading to the Gaza Strip to install the new scanner in coordination with the Palestinian Authority, Muhanna said.
A new, Dutch-donated scanner will also be installed at the Allenby Bridge crossing with Jordan.
Omar Shaban, the Dutch government's adviser in Gaza, said earlier this week that Rutte would meet with President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit.
Rutte's visit will promote economic cooperation between the Netherlands and Palestine, Shaban said in a statement.
The Dutch PM will also meet with businesspeople in Bethlehem to discuss future cooperation in the food industry and agriculture, the statement said.
Shaban added that Rutte would meet with Israeli officials and urge them to allow more imports and exports to travel through border crossings, particularly food and agricultural products, following the installation of the security scanners.
The Gaza Strip has been under a severe economic blockade imposed by Israel since 2006.
The blockade has severely limited the imports and exports of the Gaza Strip and has led to frequent humanitarian crises and hardship for Gazans.
4 dec 2013
PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi urges the Dutch government to exclude settlement companies from the Netherlands-Israel Cooperation Forum, which will be launched next weekend, PLO's Department of Culture and Information said in a press release.
According to Dutch and Israeli media reports several firms located in settlements or in other ways linked to Israel's illegal settlement policy will be taking part in the Netherlands-Israel Cooperation Forum.
"This is incomprehensible and unacceptable," Dr. Ashrawi said. "The official policy of the Dutch government is to discourage economic relations of Dutch companies with settlements. How can the Dutch government establish a cooperation forum with Israel which facilitates these relations and effectively supports the settlement economy?"
"Moreover, Palestinian authorities have formally requested the Dutch government to define the territorial scope of the Netherlands-Israel Cooperation Forum in accordance with Israel's internationally recognized pre-1967 borders. Palestinian authorities did so with reference to a fundamental position of the European Union, supported by the Netherlands. Did the Netherlands dismiss this formal Palestinian request, in contravention of its own position?"
In this EU position, dated 10 December 2012, all EU member states committed to ensure that, in line with international law, all agreements with the State of Israel " must unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967."
Dr. Ashrawi added: "Legal forms to apply this position in the context of the Netherlands-Israel Cooperation Forum are available. It depends on the political will of the Dutch government to solve this matter in accordance with international law. I call on the Dutch government to do so, also in the light of the Netherlands' role and reputation as Legal Capital of the World."
"In a parliamentary debate last week, Dutch Foreign Minister Timmermans stressed that the EU funding guidelines also apply to the Netherlands and that the Dutch government will fully comply with these guidelines. How can it assist and support settlement companies, when the guidelines' very essence is to exclude settlement entities from European support?", Dr. Ashrawi said.
"I also urge the Dutch government to exclude settlement-related companies to avoid interference with the Dutch-Palestinian Cooperation Forum, which will be established in parallel. In the Dutch-Israeli forum Israeli water company Mekorot takes part, which expropriates Palestinian water resources, discriminates in supplying water to Palestinians as opposed to settlers, and charges us for our own water. Water is a focal point in the Dutch-Palestinian Cooperation Forum. How can a company participate in the Dutch-Israeli forum that undermines Palestinian water rights?", Dr. Ashrawi concluded.
According to Dutch and Israeli media reports several firms located in settlements or in other ways linked to Israel's illegal settlement policy will be taking part in the Netherlands-Israel Cooperation Forum.
"This is incomprehensible and unacceptable," Dr. Ashrawi said. "The official policy of the Dutch government is to discourage economic relations of Dutch companies with settlements. How can the Dutch government establish a cooperation forum with Israel which facilitates these relations and effectively supports the settlement economy?"
"Moreover, Palestinian authorities have formally requested the Dutch government to define the territorial scope of the Netherlands-Israel Cooperation Forum in accordance with Israel's internationally recognized pre-1967 borders. Palestinian authorities did so with reference to a fundamental position of the European Union, supported by the Netherlands. Did the Netherlands dismiss this formal Palestinian request, in contravention of its own position?"
In this EU position, dated 10 December 2012, all EU member states committed to ensure that, in line with international law, all agreements with the State of Israel " must unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967."
Dr. Ashrawi added: "Legal forms to apply this position in the context of the Netherlands-Israel Cooperation Forum are available. It depends on the political will of the Dutch government to solve this matter in accordance with international law. I call on the Dutch government to do so, also in the light of the Netherlands' role and reputation as Legal Capital of the World."
"In a parliamentary debate last week, Dutch Foreign Minister Timmermans stressed that the EU funding guidelines also apply to the Netherlands and that the Dutch government will fully comply with these guidelines. How can it assist and support settlement companies, when the guidelines' very essence is to exclude settlement entities from European support?", Dr. Ashrawi said.
"I also urge the Dutch government to exclude settlement-related companies to avoid interference with the Dutch-Palestinian Cooperation Forum, which will be established in parallel. In the Dutch-Israeli forum Israeli water company Mekorot takes part, which expropriates Palestinian water resources, discriminates in supplying water to Palestinians as opposed to settlers, and charges us for our own water. Water is a focal point in the Dutch-Palestinian Cooperation Forum. How can a company participate in the Dutch-Israeli forum that undermines Palestinian water rights?", Dr. Ashrawi concluded.
The Netherlands-Israel Cooperation Forum, to take place in Herzliya next week, has allowed the participants from at least five Israeli companies with ties to illegal settlements and the Israeli occupation in the West Bank, Haaretz reported.
The companies’ names appear on the Dutch embassy’s website. Their participation in the forum directly contradicts the European Union’s new guidelines regarding cooperation with and support of Israeli companies that operate beyond the Green Line and also goes against Holland’s policy of discouraging Dutch firms from conducting business with Israeli entities in the West Bank.
Netherland’s Socialist Party is expected to confront parliament on the issue, and request the explicit exclusion of the “settlement economy” from the economic cooperation between the Netherlands and Israel. The Haaretz report noted that the outcome of this issue is expected to be a critical test of the application of the EU guidelines, as well as a test of the Dutch government’s political will.
The companies’ names appear on the Dutch embassy’s website. Their participation in the forum directly contradicts the European Union’s new guidelines regarding cooperation with and support of Israeli companies that operate beyond the Green Line and also goes against Holland’s policy of discouraging Dutch firms from conducting business with Israeli entities in the West Bank.
Netherland’s Socialist Party is expected to confront parliament on the issue, and request the explicit exclusion of the “settlement economy” from the economic cooperation between the Netherlands and Israel. The Haaretz report noted that the outcome of this issue is expected to be a critical test of the application of the EU guidelines, as well as a test of the Dutch government’s political will.
11 sept 2013
A Dutch firm recently decided to pull out of an Israeli settlement project in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), receiving praise from a senior United Nations expert.
UN Rapporteur Richard Falk welcomed Tuesday Royal HaskoningDHV’s decision to terminate a contract to build the Kidron wastewater treatment facility that would be used for illegal Israeli settlements, according to a Press TV report.
Falk said, “The sewage treatment facility would have served to further entrench Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem (al-Quds), now universally considered to be a violation of international law and United Nations resolutions.”
Referring to its decision to pull out of the project, the firm said in a statement, "After due consultation with various stakeholders, the company came to understand that future involvement in the project could be in violation of international law.”
Falk also sent a message to all companies conducting business related to Israeli settlements, urging them to "follow Royal HaskoningDHV’s lead and terminate their involvement out of respect for corporate responsibility and international law,” according to the report
UN Rapporteur Richard Falk welcomed Tuesday Royal HaskoningDHV’s decision to terminate a contract to build the Kidron wastewater treatment facility that would be used for illegal Israeli settlements, according to a Press TV report.
Falk said, “The sewage treatment facility would have served to further entrench Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem (al-Quds), now universally considered to be a violation of international law and United Nations resolutions.”
Referring to its decision to pull out of the project, the firm said in a statement, "After due consultation with various stakeholders, the company came to understand that future involvement in the project could be in violation of international law.”
Falk also sent a message to all companies conducting business related to Israeli settlements, urging them to "follow Royal HaskoningDHV’s lead and terminate their involvement out of respect for corporate responsibility and international law,” according to the report
7 sept 2013
Holland’s largest engineering firm has decided to pull out of a project planned to be established in the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem. Haaretz reported that Dutch infrastructure giant Royal HaskoningDHV announced Friday that it has decided to withdraw from a project it planned with the Israeli Jerusalem municipality, because it was to be built beyond the Green Line.
Two weeks ago, the Dutch government has asked the company, Holland’s largest engineering company, to rethink its participation the sewage treatment plant because the project was based on the Palestinian side of the 1967 border, and that this would violate international law, the Hebrew newspaper said.
In June 2013, the European Union sent new instructions to all EU countries, prohibiting the financing of, or the investment in, Israeli settlements established on Palestinian lands occupied in 1967.
Palestinians Welcome Dutch Pullout from Israeli Project
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi applauded Friday a decision by the Dutch engineering firm, Royal HaskoningDHV, to terminate its involvement in an illegal Israeli project in occupied East Jerusalem. “Royal HaskoningDHV has emphasized that it conducts its work with the highest regard for integrity and in full compliance with international law and regulations,” said Ashrawi.
“The planned Israeli water treatment plant in East Jerusalem breaches international law, and it is primarily designed to service illegal settlements that cause severe human rights violations,” she said in a statement.
Ashrawi said the project “deepens Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem, consolidates its occupation of the West Bank, and constitutes another obstacle to the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
She commended the Dutch government “for translating its opposition to Israel’s disastrous settlement policy into action, which is in line with EU policy, and for urging Royal HaskoningDHV to end its participation with the illegal project.”
The PLO official called on international corporations to terminate their projects and activities with links to the military occupation and to the illegal settlements.
“We urge other states to assume responsibility and to bring to an end the involvement of corporations within their jurisdiction that contributes to maintaining an illegal situation that causes deep human suffering for the Palestinian people,” Ashrawi concluded.
Royal HaskoningDHV said Friday in a statement that it has decided to terminate the contract for a wastewater treatment plant project, which was still in the early stages of the preliminary design phase.
It said that it made that decision “in compliance with international laws and regulations,” and because “the project could be in violation of international law” due to its presence in occupied territory.
Two weeks ago, the Dutch government has asked the company, Holland’s largest engineering company, to rethink its participation the sewage treatment plant because the project was based on the Palestinian side of the 1967 border, and that this would violate international law, the Hebrew newspaper said.
In June 2013, the European Union sent new instructions to all EU countries, prohibiting the financing of, or the investment in, Israeli settlements established on Palestinian lands occupied in 1967.
Palestinians Welcome Dutch Pullout from Israeli Project
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi applauded Friday a decision by the Dutch engineering firm, Royal HaskoningDHV, to terminate its involvement in an illegal Israeli project in occupied East Jerusalem. “Royal HaskoningDHV has emphasized that it conducts its work with the highest regard for integrity and in full compliance with international law and regulations,” said Ashrawi.
“The planned Israeli water treatment plant in East Jerusalem breaches international law, and it is primarily designed to service illegal settlements that cause severe human rights violations,” she said in a statement.
Ashrawi said the project “deepens Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem, consolidates its occupation of the West Bank, and constitutes another obstacle to the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
She commended the Dutch government “for translating its opposition to Israel’s disastrous settlement policy into action, which is in line with EU policy, and for urging Royal HaskoningDHV to end its participation with the illegal project.”
The PLO official called on international corporations to terminate their projects and activities with links to the military occupation and to the illegal settlements.
“We urge other states to assume responsibility and to bring to an end the involvement of corporations within their jurisdiction that contributes to maintaining an illegal situation that causes deep human suffering for the Palestinian people,” Ashrawi concluded.
Royal HaskoningDHV said Friday in a statement that it has decided to terminate the contract for a wastewater treatment plant project, which was still in the early stages of the preliminary design phase.
It said that it made that decision “in compliance with international laws and regulations,” and because “the project could be in violation of international law” due to its presence in occupied territory.
6 sept 2013
The Netherlands-based engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV has announced that it has decided to withdraw from a sewage treatment project in eastern occupied Jerusalem.
The firm reviewed its involvement in designing the plant after the Dutch government discouraged it from aiding Israeli settlements and Palestinian organizations fiercely criticized the project. The project is still in its planning stages.
Earlier today, Royal HaskoningDHV released the following statement:
Royal HaskoningDHV carries out its work with the highest regard for integrity and in compliance with international laws and regulations. In the course of the project, and after due consultation with various stakeholders, the company came to understand that future involvement in the project could be in violation of international law.
This has led to the decision of Royal HaskoningDHV to terminate its involvement.
Yesterday, the head of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), Shaddas Attili, made clear Palestinian opposition to the construction of an Israeli sewage plant in East Jerusalem. In a statement, Attili noted that while Israel is determined to proceed with a sewage plant to benefit Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem, it has refused to approve vital santitation and environmental projects for Palestinians.
According to Attili, 30 sewage projects have been submitted for approval by the Joint Water Committee — a body consisting of Israelis and Palestinians handling water issues in the West Bank — since 1995. Yet only four of these schemes have been given the go-ahead by Israel.
The firm reviewed its involvement in designing the plant after the Dutch government discouraged it from aiding Israeli settlements and Palestinian organizations fiercely criticized the project. The project is still in its planning stages.
Earlier today, Royal HaskoningDHV released the following statement:
Royal HaskoningDHV carries out its work with the highest regard for integrity and in compliance with international laws and regulations. In the course of the project, and after due consultation with various stakeholders, the company came to understand that future involvement in the project could be in violation of international law.
This has led to the decision of Royal HaskoningDHV to terminate its involvement.
Yesterday, the head of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), Shaddas Attili, made clear Palestinian opposition to the construction of an Israeli sewage plant in East Jerusalem. In a statement, Attili noted that while Israel is determined to proceed with a sewage plant to benefit Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem, it has refused to approve vital santitation and environmental projects for Palestinians.
According to Attili, 30 sewage projects have been submitted for approval by the Joint Water Committee — a body consisting of Israelis and Palestinians handling water issues in the West Bank — since 1995. Yet only four of these schemes have been given the go-ahead by Israel.
4 sept 2013
Dutch right-wing lawmakers have criticized the government for discouraging Royal HaskoningDHV from aiding Israeli settlements.
The lawmakers claim that the Palestinians and the peace process will be harmed if the Netherlands-based engineering company withdraws from a planned sewage treatment plant in East Jerusalem.
However, Palestinian organizations refute this and have welcomed the Dutch government’s intervention.
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi stated that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has repeatedly expressed its “strong objection” to the project to Royal HaskoningDHV and the Dutch government.
The Palestinian Authority are not a partners in the project. Ashrawi describes the Dutch lawmakers’ claim that the project serves Palestinian interests as “erroneous and highly misleading.”
Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq also expressed its grave concern about Israel’s plans for a wastewater treatment plant in eastern Jerusalem in a statement I received by email yesterday.
The plant will “contribute to maintaining and supporting illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” and help to make “Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem irreversible,” writes Al-Haq director Shawan Jabarin.
The Palestinian rights organization reminds Royal HaskoningDHV of the Dutch prosecutor’s warning in another recent case that Dutch nationals and corporations “can be held criminally responsible for violations of international humanitarian law under Dutch criminal law.” Al-Haq strongly urges all participants to terminate any involvement in the wastewater treatment plant.
No permission for Palestinian sewage treatment plant The Joint Water Committee (JWC) - consisting of Israelis and Palestinians - oversees and authorizes water projects in the occupied West Bank, excluding the Israeli settlements. Israel, as the occupier, has a right to veto decisions concerning Palestinian water projects in the JWC.
In 2010, the Palestinian Water Authority asked the JWC for permission to build a sewage plant in Ubeidiyeh to treat all wastewater flowing from East Jerusalem and Bethlehem into Wadi al Nar (Kidron Valley), excluding the settlements. The treated water would be used for the development of Palestinian agriculture.
However, Israel denied JWC approval for this vital Palestinian project. Instead, it plans to upgrade its own sewage plant in the same area, which is located near Nabi Musa (between Jerusalem and Jericho.)
Boost for settlements in Jordan Valley The Civic Coalition on Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem, comprised of 25 community organizations, also welcomed the Dutch government’s advice to Royal HaskoningDHV to withdraw from the unlawful project.
The coalition wrote in an email to me that the sewage project primarily serves the interests of the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Jordan Valley by “providing them with treated water that will boost their farms and income from the trade of settlement produce.” The statement adds:
The Palestinian population in occupied East Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley has never been informed and consulted by Israel about the projected sewage plant. Had the Palestinian population been consulted, people would have definitely opted for a project that serves Palestinian environmental and economic priorities and excludes the illegal settlements.
The PLO’s Ashrawi commended the Dutch government for “translating its opposition to Israel’s disastrous settlement policy into action, in line with EU policy, and for urging Royal HaskoningDHV to end its involvement in this illegal project.”
It remains to be seen if the advice will be taken.
The lawmakers claim that the Palestinians and the peace process will be harmed if the Netherlands-based engineering company withdraws from a planned sewage treatment plant in East Jerusalem.
However, Palestinian organizations refute this and have welcomed the Dutch government’s intervention.
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi stated that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has repeatedly expressed its “strong objection” to the project to Royal HaskoningDHV and the Dutch government.
The Palestinian Authority are not a partners in the project. Ashrawi describes the Dutch lawmakers’ claim that the project serves Palestinian interests as “erroneous and highly misleading.”
Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq also expressed its grave concern about Israel’s plans for a wastewater treatment plant in eastern Jerusalem in a statement I received by email yesterday.
The plant will “contribute to maintaining and supporting illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” and help to make “Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem irreversible,” writes Al-Haq director Shawan Jabarin.
The Palestinian rights organization reminds Royal HaskoningDHV of the Dutch prosecutor’s warning in another recent case that Dutch nationals and corporations “can be held criminally responsible for violations of international humanitarian law under Dutch criminal law.” Al-Haq strongly urges all participants to terminate any involvement in the wastewater treatment plant.
No permission for Palestinian sewage treatment plant The Joint Water Committee (JWC) - consisting of Israelis and Palestinians - oversees and authorizes water projects in the occupied West Bank, excluding the Israeli settlements. Israel, as the occupier, has a right to veto decisions concerning Palestinian water projects in the JWC.
In 2010, the Palestinian Water Authority asked the JWC for permission to build a sewage plant in Ubeidiyeh to treat all wastewater flowing from East Jerusalem and Bethlehem into Wadi al Nar (Kidron Valley), excluding the settlements. The treated water would be used for the development of Palestinian agriculture.
However, Israel denied JWC approval for this vital Palestinian project. Instead, it plans to upgrade its own sewage plant in the same area, which is located near Nabi Musa (between Jerusalem and Jericho.)
Boost for settlements in Jordan Valley The Civic Coalition on Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem, comprised of 25 community organizations, also welcomed the Dutch government’s advice to Royal HaskoningDHV to withdraw from the unlawful project.
The coalition wrote in an email to me that the sewage project primarily serves the interests of the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Jordan Valley by “providing them with treated water that will boost their farms and income from the trade of settlement produce.” The statement adds:
The Palestinian population in occupied East Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley has never been informed and consulted by Israel about the projected sewage plant. Had the Palestinian population been consulted, people would have definitely opted for a project that serves Palestinian environmental and economic priorities and excludes the illegal settlements.
The PLO’s Ashrawi commended the Dutch government for “translating its opposition to Israel’s disastrous settlement policy into action, in line with EU policy, and for urging Royal HaskoningDHV to end its involvement in this illegal project.”
It remains to be seen if the advice will be taken.
26 aug 2013
The Dutch government has asked the country’s largest engineering company to rethink its participation in a project with the Jerusalem municipality because the project is based on the Palestinian side of the 1967 border. Foreign Ministry officials fear that this will be a trend in Europe, not an isolated incident.
The project by Royal HaskoningDHV involves Israeli company Mati, a subsidiary of Hagihon, the municipality’s water and sewage company.
In the project, a sewage treatment plant would be built to battle the pollution in the Kidron stream, which runs from the Mount of Olives and the village of Silwan in East Jerusalem toward the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim and the Dead Sea. The plant is to be built in Area C, under full Israeli military and civilian control.
According to a senior official in the Foreign Ministry, the municipality told the ministry two weeks ago about problems linked to the project. Royal HaskoningDHV officials told the municipality that the Dutch Foreign Ministry had warned about the possible consequences of carrying out projects for Israeli companies in East Jerusalem or the West Bank.
Dutch Foreign Ministry officials told Royal HaskoningDHV that such a project would violate international law, leading the company to consider pulling out of the project to avoid financial, legal and image problems.
The Dutch government isn’t the first in Europe to warn companies about possible consequences concerning projects over the Green Line. Britain and Sweden have been implementing such polices for several years.
Nevertheless, most EU governments are passive when it comes to private-sector companies. In the past two years, the Dutch government has increased its activity against the settlements; it is among countries leading the demand to label settlement products imported to EU countries.
The Israeli official told Haaretz that in the past two weeks there have been discussions with the Dutch government in an effort to solve the crisis, including talks with the Netherlands’ ambassador in Tel Aviv, Caspar Veldkamp. The Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands, Haim Divon, has also held talks with senior officials at the Dutch Foreign Ministry. At this stage it’s still unclear if the efforts by Israeli diplomats will lead to the resumption of the project.
As part of its lessons from the surprise publication of the European Union’s guidelines concerning settlements, the Foreign Ministry sent out cables to all 28 Israeli representatives in the EU member states. The ministry requested ambassadors to urgently inquire if the Dutch move was an isolated case or part of an EU decision that hadn’t been made known to Israel.
While many ambassadors have said in recent days that there is no new directive in their countries about warning companies, the Israeli ambassador to the European Union in Brussels, David Walzer, sent a cable with worrying information.
According to Walzer, a source told him that EU officials are considering warning businessmen and companies about contacts with the settlements. Walzer added that an EU committee on the Middle East is due to discuss the matter with all 28 member states as early as September. Walzer was already under fire due to his conceived failure to warn about the publication of the guidelines.
A senior official at the Israeli Foreign Ministry said that if the European Union passes a resolution requiring all member states to warn businesses about projects over the Green Line, this would be a serious escalation in EU measures against the settlements.
The original article can be found here. The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and do not represent the policy of EWASH
The project by Royal HaskoningDHV involves Israeli company Mati, a subsidiary of Hagihon, the municipality’s water and sewage company.
In the project, a sewage treatment plant would be built to battle the pollution in the Kidron stream, which runs from the Mount of Olives and the village of Silwan in East Jerusalem toward the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim and the Dead Sea. The plant is to be built in Area C, under full Israeli military and civilian control.
According to a senior official in the Foreign Ministry, the municipality told the ministry two weeks ago about problems linked to the project. Royal HaskoningDHV officials told the municipality that the Dutch Foreign Ministry had warned about the possible consequences of carrying out projects for Israeli companies in East Jerusalem or the West Bank.
Dutch Foreign Ministry officials told Royal HaskoningDHV that such a project would violate international law, leading the company to consider pulling out of the project to avoid financial, legal and image problems.
The Dutch government isn’t the first in Europe to warn companies about possible consequences concerning projects over the Green Line. Britain and Sweden have been implementing such polices for several years.
Nevertheless, most EU governments are passive when it comes to private-sector companies. In the past two years, the Dutch government has increased its activity against the settlements; it is among countries leading the demand to label settlement products imported to EU countries.
The Israeli official told Haaretz that in the past two weeks there have been discussions with the Dutch government in an effort to solve the crisis, including talks with the Netherlands’ ambassador in Tel Aviv, Caspar Veldkamp. The Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands, Haim Divon, has also held talks with senior officials at the Dutch Foreign Ministry. At this stage it’s still unclear if the efforts by Israeli diplomats will lead to the resumption of the project.
As part of its lessons from the surprise publication of the European Union’s guidelines concerning settlements, the Foreign Ministry sent out cables to all 28 Israeli representatives in the EU member states. The ministry requested ambassadors to urgently inquire if the Dutch move was an isolated case or part of an EU decision that hadn’t been made known to Israel.
While many ambassadors have said in recent days that there is no new directive in their countries about warning companies, the Israeli ambassador to the European Union in Brussels, David Walzer, sent a cable with worrying information.
According to Walzer, a source told him that EU officials are considering warning businessmen and companies about contacts with the settlements. Walzer added that an EU committee on the Middle East is due to discuss the matter with all 28 member states as early as September. Walzer was already under fire due to his conceived failure to warn about the publication of the guidelines.
A senior official at the Israeli Foreign Ministry said that if the European Union passes a resolution requiring all member states to warn businesses about projects over the Green Line, this would be a serious escalation in EU measures against the settlements.
The original article can be found here. The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and do not represent the policy of EWASH
22 july 2013
Dutch media reports 2 of country's largest retail chains announce they will not sell more products originating beyond Green Line. Foreign Ministry: 'Boycott is tainted with hypocrisy, prejudice'
Following the European Union announcement regarding official guidelines prohibiting the funding of Israeli bodies and actions beyond the Green Line, it was reported Monday in the Netherlands that at least two large retail chains in the country have stopped selling goods produced in Israeli settlements. A third chain assured its customers that the sources of its products are unrelated to the settlements. The Israeli Foreign Ministry responded: "This boycott is tainted with hypocrisy and prejudice, and is only worsening the problem it purports to solve."
According to Dutch news website Trouw, the two chains that announced they will not be selling products originating in settlements are Aldi and Hoogvlit. The chains are particularly popular in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. The third chain that makes a distinction between Israeli products is Jambo.
In a research conducted by Trouw with several supermarkets in Holland, several Aldi and Hoogvlit representatives confirmed the ban. Aldi even demanded its suppliers to not supply products from the settlements anymore. The chain's spokesperson commented that Aldi is not interested in its products "being part of public discourse in any way."
Following the European Union announcement regarding official guidelines prohibiting the funding of Israeli bodies and actions beyond the Green Line, it was reported Monday in the Netherlands that at least two large retail chains in the country have stopped selling goods produced in Israeli settlements. A third chain assured its customers that the sources of its products are unrelated to the settlements. The Israeli Foreign Ministry responded: "This boycott is tainted with hypocrisy and prejudice, and is only worsening the problem it purports to solve."
According to Dutch news website Trouw, the two chains that announced they will not be selling products originating in settlements are Aldi and Hoogvlit. The chains are particularly popular in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. The third chain that makes a distinction between Israeli products is Jambo.
In a research conducted by Trouw with several supermarkets in Holland, several Aldi and Hoogvlit representatives confirmed the ban. Aldi even demanded its suppliers to not supply products from the settlements anymore. The chain's spokesperson commented that Aldi is not interested in its products "being part of public discourse in any way."
Report on Dutch Trouw website
The report further added that Jambo is recently requiring its suppliers to submit a formal approval which states that delivered goods will label "Israel" so as to ensure they indeed come from "the State of Israel" and not the settlements. Jambo commented that it was decided to take this unusual step due to the raising of the subject in public debate. "Our customer deserves honest information," Jambo stated.
The Netherlands has long been preoccupied with the question of how large retail chains should act in the matter of products coming from the settlements. The issue dragged debates revolving around the need to have it emphasized on the packaging that the product comes from settlements, or alternatively have the chains remove products originating beyond the Green Line.
The report further added that Jambo is recently requiring its suppliers to submit a formal approval which states that delivered goods will label "Israel" so as to ensure they indeed come from "the State of Israel" and not the settlements. Jambo commented that it was decided to take this unusual step due to the raising of the subject in public debate. "Our customer deserves honest information," Jambo stated.
The Netherlands has long been preoccupied with the question of how large retail chains should act in the matter of products coming from the settlements. The issue dragged debates revolving around the need to have it emphasized on the packaging that the product comes from settlements, or alternatively have the chains remove products originating beyond the Green Line.
Hoogvliet, bans products from settlements
While three chains have already taken banning measures against products from the settlements, other retail chains await government decisions. Holland's largest retail chain Albert Heijn is holding consultations with the Dutch Food Retail Association (CBL), which is awaiting the decisions of Finance Minister and Foreign Minister. The ministers themselves are awaiting clarifications on the issue from the EU.
CBL spokesperson said in response that "the first time we encountered this issue was a year ago, and in the last letter sent two months ago we demanded urgent clarifications. The sooner we receive these clarifications, the better. We are not concerned as to what the solution will be, whether they decide on having labels clarifying the source or have us remove products from shelves, as long as we get clarifications."
Last March, the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed it received unofficial information regarding an official paper in the Netherlands, which recommends to importers and retail chains in the country to mark products coming from settlements. According to the report in Holland Monday, the recommendation was issued on the Dutch Finance Ministry website, and was since removed.
While three chains have already taken banning measures against products from the settlements, other retail chains await government decisions. Holland's largest retail chain Albert Heijn is holding consultations with the Dutch Food Retail Association (CBL), which is awaiting the decisions of Finance Minister and Foreign Minister. The ministers themselves are awaiting clarifications on the issue from the EU.
CBL spokesperson said in response that "the first time we encountered this issue was a year ago, and in the last letter sent two months ago we demanded urgent clarifications. The sooner we receive these clarifications, the better. We are not concerned as to what the solution will be, whether they decide on having labels clarifying the source or have us remove products from shelves, as long as we get clarifications."
Last March, the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed it received unofficial information regarding an official paper in the Netherlands, which recommends to importers and retail chains in the country to mark products coming from settlements. According to the report in Holland Monday, the recommendation was issued on the Dutch Finance Ministry website, and was since removed.
18 july 2013
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has told the European Union that it must not label the Islamic resistance movement Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
The Lebanese president made the remarks in a statement issued by his office on Thursday, four days ahead of an important EU foreign ministers meeting.
Suleiman had "asked the foreign minister to notify the European Commission and member states of the government's request, and not to place Hezbollah, an essential component of Lebanese society, on the list of terror organizations," the statement said.
He told the EU in the statement not to take "any decision… in a precipitate manner, and without being based on objective and irrefutable proof."
EU foreign ministers are likely to discuss on July 22 whether to add the military wing of Hezbollah to their list of terrorist groups, a move the EU has avoided so far despite intense US, UK and Israeli pressure.
Earlier this month, Britain renewed its efforts to get Hezbollah on the EU’s terror list, but France, Italy and Germany are still reluctant to back the British move.
On June 4, EU counter-terrorism specialists met on the issue but failed to reach an agreement.
Last year, the EU flatly rejected an Israeli call to blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist group.
The EU regards Hezbollah as an active political party in Lebanon. It says there is not enough evidence to warrant listing the Lebanese group as a “terror group.”
Led by France, European countries argue that their relations with Lebanon, where Hezbollah provides extensive social services and its political wing holds government power, would be damaged by the designation.
Currently, among the 27-EU member states, only the UK and the Netherlands are in favor of adding Hezbollah to the EU list of terror.
The Lebanese president made the remarks in a statement issued by his office on Thursday, four days ahead of an important EU foreign ministers meeting.
Suleiman had "asked the foreign minister to notify the European Commission and member states of the government's request, and not to place Hezbollah, an essential component of Lebanese society, on the list of terror organizations," the statement said.
He told the EU in the statement not to take "any decision… in a precipitate manner, and without being based on objective and irrefutable proof."
EU foreign ministers are likely to discuss on July 22 whether to add the military wing of Hezbollah to their list of terrorist groups, a move the EU has avoided so far despite intense US, UK and Israeli pressure.
Earlier this month, Britain renewed its efforts to get Hezbollah on the EU’s terror list, but France, Italy and Germany are still reluctant to back the British move.
On June 4, EU counter-terrorism specialists met on the issue but failed to reach an agreement.
Last year, the EU flatly rejected an Israeli call to blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist group.
The EU regards Hezbollah as an active political party in Lebanon. It says there is not enough evidence to warrant listing the Lebanese group as a “terror group.”
Led by France, European countries argue that their relations with Lebanon, where Hezbollah provides extensive social services and its political wing holds government power, would be damaged by the designation.
Currently, among the 27-EU member states, only the UK and the Netherlands are in favor of adding Hezbollah to the EU list of terror.
18 june 2013
Former Netherlands prime minister, Ruud Lubbers has noted that 22 US nuclear bombs are stored at an airbase on Dutch territory, Dutch media reported.
The Dutch daily, De Telegraaf, said on Monday that Lubbers confirmed that the American nuclear bombs have been kept in underground strong-rooms at the Volkel Air Base in Brabant.
Lubbers, Netherlands’ PM from 1982-94, made the revelations in a National Geographic documentary.
He has become the first senior Dutch official to admit the issue, as the presence of the nuclear bombs on Dutch territory has long been rumored.
"I would never have thought those silly things would still be there in 2013," Lubbers said, adding, "I think they are an absolutely pointless part of a tradition in military thinking," he added.
The Dutch newspaper said the bombs are B61 nuclear weapons, which were developed in the US in 1960s, adding that they are about four times as powerful as the bombs used on Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
The Dutch daily, De Telegraaf, said on Monday that Lubbers confirmed that the American nuclear bombs have been kept in underground strong-rooms at the Volkel Air Base in Brabant.
Lubbers, Netherlands’ PM from 1982-94, made the revelations in a National Geographic documentary.
He has become the first senior Dutch official to admit the issue, as the presence of the nuclear bombs on Dutch territory has long been rumored.
"I would never have thought those silly things would still be there in 2013," Lubbers said, adding, "I think they are an absolutely pointless part of a tradition in military thinking," he added.
The Dutch newspaper said the bombs are B61 nuclear weapons, which were developed in the US in 1960s, adding that they are about four times as powerful as the bombs used on Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
10 june 2013
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Rode Kaart voor Israel
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Voorafgaand aan de finale van de UEFA cup hebben activisten geprotesteerd tegen het voornemen van de UEFA om het EK onder de 21 jaar in Israël te organiseren. Deze keuze heeft internationaal tot protesten geleid vanwege de betrokkenheid van het land bij de systematische schending van rechten van het Palestijnse volk. Woordvoerder Benji de Levie: "De genoemde praktijken vallen niet te rijmen met de waarden die de UEFA en de KNVB uitdragen, zoals FairPlay, verbroedering en anti discriminatie. Wij roepen de UEFA op om de keuze voor Israel terug te draaien. Tegelijk roepen wij de KNVB op een voorbeeld te stellen voor andere landen in Europa en het Nederlands elftal terug te trekken uit dit EK. Morgen zal onze brief hierover besproken worden tijdens de bestuursvergadering van de KNVB."
Tientallen activisten hadden zich met spandoeken en vlaggen verzameld voor de Arena om hun boodschap ten gehore te brengen: Kick Israeli Racism Out of UEFA. Zij werden hierbij muzikaal ondersteund door de Marokkaanse groep Dakka Fantasia. |
De actie trok veel bekijks van de supporters, en velen waren geïnteresseerd in de redenen van de actie. GroenLinks gemeenteraadslid Nourdin el Ouali was er ook bij: "Ik heb veel gesprekken gevoerd met supporters en ben evenveel gefotografeerd met onze spandoeken. Voor mij een duidelijk teken dat een groot deel van de supporters het met ons eens is: een belangrijk toernooi als het EK voor minderjarigen hoort niet thuis in een land dat stelselmatig het internationaal recht schendt. En dan gaat het om de meest basale universele rechten van de mens, zoals het vastzetten van Palestijnse kinderen zonder beschuldiging of vorm van proces. In zo'n land mag geen Europees Kampioenschap worden gehouden."
De actie "NEE tegen EK in Israel" werd georganiseerd door Diensten en Onderzoek Centrum Palestina (docP) en aangesloten organisaties en is onderdeel van een wereldwijde campagne Red Card for Apartheid. Palestijnse sportorganisaties en vooraanstaande atleten hebben zich publiekelijk uitgesproken tegen Israël als locatie voor het kampioenschap. Vooraanstaande spelers als Frédéric Kanouté, Eden Hazard van Chelsea, Abou Diaby van Arsenal en vijf spelers van Newcastle -- Papiss Cissé, Cheick Tioté, Sylvain Marveaux, Yohan Cabaye and Demba Ba -- lanceerden in november een oproep om het kampioenschap niet in Israël te houden.
DocP is in 2012 opgericht en zet zich in om boycot, desinvesteren en sancties (BDS beweging) in Nederland te ondersteunen, te bundelen en te versterken. Concreet houdt dit in dat docP gestart is met onderzoek, informatievoorziening en verschillende campagnes tegen bedrijven.
De actie "NEE tegen EK in Israel" werd georganiseerd door Diensten en Onderzoek Centrum Palestina (docP) en aangesloten organisaties en is onderdeel van een wereldwijde campagne Red Card for Apartheid. Palestijnse sportorganisaties en vooraanstaande atleten hebben zich publiekelijk uitgesproken tegen Israël als locatie voor het kampioenschap. Vooraanstaande spelers als Frédéric Kanouté, Eden Hazard van Chelsea, Abou Diaby van Arsenal en vijf spelers van Newcastle -- Papiss Cissé, Cheick Tioté, Sylvain Marveaux, Yohan Cabaye and Demba Ba -- lanceerden in november een oproep om het kampioenschap niet in Israël te houden.
DocP is in 2012 opgericht en zet zich in om boycot, desinvesteren en sancties (BDS beweging) in Nederland te ondersteunen, te bundelen en te versterken. Concreet houdt dit in dat docP gestart is met onderzoek, informatievoorziening en verschillende campagnes tegen bedrijven.
14 may 2013
NAKBA 65: evenement in Rotterdam op zaterdag 1 juni
De Nakba: de etnische zuivering van meer dan 800.000 Palestijnen en de vernietiging van meer dan 500 Palestijnse dorpen ten behoeve van de stichting van de omstreden staat Israël. Het is een relatief recent historische gebeurtenis die in het Westen onbespreekbaar blijft.Een pijnlijke herinnering die voor miljoenen Palestijnen nog steeds hun dagelijkse realiteit beheerst.
In herinnering aan de Nakba, 65 jaar geleden op 15 mei 1948, organiseren we op 1 juni 2013 een manifestatie in De Unie (www.deunie.nu) te Rotterdam.
Het is een avond met informatieverstrekking, van prikkelende speeches en artistieke expressie!! Een afwisselend programma, gevuld met sprekers van binnen en buitenland!
PROGRAMMA:
- ABBAS HAMIDEH Palestijn en voorzitter van Al Awda ( http://www.al-awda.org/ ) uit de Verenigde Staten, wereldwijd het grootste netwerk voor het recht op terugkeer van Palestijnen in de diaspora.
- Een gezamenlijk Stand-up Poetry optreden van DEREK OTTE ( initiator en organisator van Paginagroots en Oorzaken, en meer www.derekotte.nl) en STRYDER o.a. rapper en bekend van Spoken Word
- TARIQ SHADID aka Doc Jazz, Palestijnse chirurg en artiest, activist, criticus en schrijver uit de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten ( http://www.docjazz.com/ )
- Monoloog van SAMER ISSAWI Palestijnse gevangene
- PAUL LAMP oud bestuurslid van de stichting Stop de Bezetting (http:// www.stopdebezetting.com/ ). Kunsthistoricus, auteur en gespecialiseerd in de historie van Palestina
- NOURDIN EL OUALI, raadslid Groen Links, destijds meegevaren op de Nederlandse boot in de Flotilla voor Gaza
- DOC JAZZ: eerst folkloristische Palestijnse Muziek, aansluitend de moderne nummers van Doc Jazz onder begeleiding van de band van Sadie Jayne.
Inloop : 18.30
Start : 19.00
Einde : 21.30
Entree 5 euro, verkoop alleen aan de deur
Voeg jezelf toe aan de event pagina op Facebook ! Klik hier.
Verspreid deze link via Twitter en Facebook, en kom vooral naar het evenement!
Voor vragen kan je een email sturen naar 1juninakba65@gmail.com
In herinnering aan de Nakba, 65 jaar geleden op 15 mei 1948, organiseren we op 1 juni 2013 een manifestatie in De Unie (www.deunie.nu) te Rotterdam.
Het is een avond met informatieverstrekking, van prikkelende speeches en artistieke expressie!! Een afwisselend programma, gevuld met sprekers van binnen en buitenland!
PROGRAMMA:
- ABBAS HAMIDEH Palestijn en voorzitter van Al Awda ( http://www.al-awda.org/ ) uit de Verenigde Staten, wereldwijd het grootste netwerk voor het recht op terugkeer van Palestijnen in de diaspora.
- Een gezamenlijk Stand-up Poetry optreden van DEREK OTTE ( initiator en organisator van Paginagroots en Oorzaken, en meer www.derekotte.nl) en STRYDER o.a. rapper en bekend van Spoken Word
- TARIQ SHADID aka Doc Jazz, Palestijnse chirurg en artiest, activist, criticus en schrijver uit de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten ( http://www.docjazz.com/ )
- Monoloog van SAMER ISSAWI Palestijnse gevangene
- PAUL LAMP oud bestuurslid van de stichting Stop de Bezetting (http:// www.stopdebezetting.com/ ). Kunsthistoricus, auteur en gespecialiseerd in de historie van Palestina
- NOURDIN EL OUALI, raadslid Groen Links, destijds meegevaren op de Nederlandse boot in de Flotilla voor Gaza
- DOC JAZZ: eerst folkloristische Palestijnse Muziek, aansluitend de moderne nummers van Doc Jazz onder begeleiding van de band van Sadie Jayne.
Inloop : 18.30
Start : 19.00
Einde : 21.30
Entree 5 euro, verkoop alleen aan de deur
Voeg jezelf toe aan de event pagina op Facebook ! Klik hier.
Verspreid deze link via Twitter en Facebook, en kom vooral naar het evenement!
Voor vragen kan je een email sturen naar 1juninakba65@gmail.com
4 apr 2013
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Actie door Samenwerken voor Palestina
Na herhaaldelijk contact gezocht te hebben met de directie van AH, ging een delegatie van 'Samenwerken voor Palestina' met 10.000 handtekeningen van klanten op bezoek bij het hoofdkantoor van Albert Heijn. Action by Cooperating for Palestine After repeatedly to have contacted the management of AH, a delegation of "Cooperation for Palestine" did go to AH with 10,000 signatures from customers visiting the headquarters of Albert Heijn (AH). Now a MP from SP will take action. The minister will find out if the products come from occupied territory. If the products come from occupied territory then Israel is violating the Dutch law. |
