Thursday, November 3, 2011

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

#Palestine : #Israel plans to build 2,000 new settlement homes and to freeze the transfer of tax revenues owed to the Palestinian Authority

Israel announced on Tuesday plans to build 2,000 new settlement homes and to freeze the transfer of tax revenues owed to the Palestinian Authority. One Israeli official admitted the measures were agreed to as punishment after the vote at UNESCO. On Monday, the United Nations cultural body voted to grant Palestine full membership. Most of the new settlement homes will be built in occupied East Jerusalem, an area Palestinians claim as the capital of their future state.

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/11/2/headlines#9