Eight EU countries tell Israel to pay up after destroying solar panels donated to Bedouin village
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Kate on October 23, 2017
Palestinian children attend class outdoors after Israeli forces demolish a school in the Bedouin village of Abu Nuwar outside of Jerusalem, February 23, 2016. In August the Israeli military confiscated solar panels in the town donated by the European Union. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Judaization / Settlements
In unprecedented move, eight European countries to demand compensation from Israel for West Bank demolitions
Haaretz 19 Oct by Barak Ravid — Eight European Union countries wrote an official protest letter to Israel, demanding over €30,000 ($35,400) in compensation for confiscating and demolishing structures and infrastructure which the countries had built in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli control. A senior European diplomat told Haaretz that the letter, which is the first of its kind, was expected to be delivered to senior Foreign Ministry officials within a few days. According to the European diplomat, Belgium was leading the move. The other countries involved in drafting the letter are France, Spain, Sweden, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland and Denmark. All eight countries are members of the West Bank Protection Consortium, a body through which they coordinate humanitarian assistance to Area C. The countries were protesting the confiscation of solar panels they had installed in Bedouin communities and the demolition of mobile structures that were financed in various Bedouin communities to serve as classrooms….
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http://mondoweiss.net/2017/10/countries-destroying-donated/
Kate on October 23, 2017
Palestinian children attend class outdoors after Israeli forces demolish a school in the Bedouin village of Abu Nuwar outside of Jerusalem, February 23, 2016. In August the Israeli military confiscated solar panels in the town donated by the European Union. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Judaization / Settlements
In unprecedented move, eight European countries to demand compensation from Israel for West Bank demolitions
Haaretz 19 Oct by Barak Ravid — Eight European Union countries wrote an official protest letter to Israel, demanding over €30,000 ($35,400) in compensation for confiscating and demolishing structures and infrastructure which the countries had built in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli control. A senior European diplomat told Haaretz that the letter, which is the first of its kind, was expected to be delivered to senior Foreign Ministry officials within a few days. According to the European diplomat, Belgium was leading the move. The other countries involved in drafting the letter are France, Spain, Sweden, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland and Denmark. All eight countries are members of the West Bank Protection Consortium, a body through which they coordinate humanitarian assistance to Area C. The countries were protesting the confiscation of solar panels they had installed in Bedouin communities and the demolition of mobile structures that were financed in various Bedouin communities to serve as classrooms….
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.818017
http://mondoweiss.net/2017/10/countries-destroying-donated/
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