Jerusalem expert Daniel Seidemann and settlement expert Hagit Ofran of Israel’s Peace Now movement
were APN’s guest on an August 25th 2016 briefing call on the latest settlements-related developments
in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The campaign to save the Palestinian village of Sussya, which has involved extraordinary efforts by human rights activists both inside and outside Israel, has reached a decisive movement.
The Israeli government is poised to make a final decision on whether to raze the village, located in Area C on land long-coveted by settlers. International pressure succeeded in convincing the Israeli government to delay the decision, originally due in early August, until November, but the threat to destroy the village remains, as does the threat to destroy individual homes before a final decision is made November 15th.
Now is the time to take action and add your voice to those of so many other activists working to save Sussya. We know the Israeli government and leaders around the world are listening. Take action now.
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News from Peace Now's (Israel) Settlement Watch:
Following our exposure regarding the possible establishment of a settlement in Hebron's "Plugat Hamitkanim"
military base, below is new information uncovered in the past 24 hours.
1. It appears that former Defense Minister, Moshe Ya'alon, approved the allocation of a portion of the land where
the military base is located to the Ministry of Housing. The Housing Ministry is now preparing a plan to build 28
housing units in the area. If implemented, the plan would increase the number of settlers in Hebron by
approximately 100 (an increase of over 10% to the settler population in the city). The planning process at the
Civil Administration's High Planning Committee has not yet begun.
In the past few weeks, it seems like every day brings more alarming news regarding Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Some of this activity poses a direct threat to the viability of a two-state solution.
In the coming weeks, we will urge you to take action to oppose these dangerous developments.
This week, we are inviting you to a Thursday briefing call on this issue with two of the world’s leading experts on West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements: Hagit Ofran, the director of Peace Now’s Settlement Watch project, and Daniel Seidemann, the founder and director of Terrestrial Jerusalem. We are also urging you to send letters to Secretary of State John Kerry and to Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, to save the West Bank Palestinian village of Sussya.
The briefing call with Danny and Hagit will take place this Thursday, August 25, at 2:30 pm. To join the call, please dial 951-797-1058 and enter the code 147414.
In addition to educating yourself on the current developments regarding settlements, we are asking you to join the campaign to save the Palestinian village of Sussya, which has involved extraordinary efforts by human rights activists both inside and outside Israel. This campaign has now reached a decisive moment.
The Israeli government is poised to make a final decision on whether to raze almost half of the village, located in Area C on land long-coveted by settlers.
Now is the time to take action and add your voice to those of so many other activists working to save Sussya. We know the Israeli government and leaders around the world are listening. Take action now.
Click here to send your message to Secretary of State John Kerry.
Click here to send your message to Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer.
