Israeli Settlements

Palestine Solidarity Settlement created in Brighton Supermarket

Activists in Brighton set up a 'Palestine Solidarity Settlement' in Waitrose supermarket to protest against the demolition of Palestinian homes to clear land for Israeli settlements.

Corporations in Tomer Settlement - From Corporate Watch

Tomer is an illegal Israeli settlement of nearly 300 people close to the Palestinian community of Fasayil. It employs Palestinian and Thai workers, the bosses are Israeli. Tomer was established in 1976 on the lands of the people of Fasayil, Al Auja and other nearby Palestinian communities.

Some companies working inside Tomer:

Update: El Maleh bedouin forced to move their home

In the early hours of this morning the Israelis came in large numbers to the area where Maskiot settlers had been intimidating and threatening the Bedouin community of El Maleh.

Call for Action: Al Maleh threatened by Maskiot settlers

ISRAELI SETTLERS THREATEN PALESTINIAN BEDOUIN COMMUNITIES
Jordan Valley, West Bank, 28th April 2010
Urgent call for support from internationals in Palestine and around the world

PRESS RELEASE: Israeli settlers tighten screw on Palestinian Bedouin communities

Jordan Valley, West Bank, 26th April 2010

Between 20 and 30 armed settlers from the Maskiot settlement, supported by the Israeli army and police from the settlement, yesterday erected a tent flying Israeli flags just 10 metres away from the entrance to the Palestinian Bedouin community of El Maleh and ordered the Bedouin community off the land.

Inside the belly of the beast: Visiting Maskiot

As we have reported earlier in our blogs, Maskiot was the first new settlement to be approved in the West Bank for over a decade when it was established as a residential colony in the middle of 2008.

Inside Tomer settlement

During my previous trips to the Jordan Valley I have written a lot about the settlements, but always from the perspective of staying in a Palestinian village close to them. From there, the settlements are repressive monoliths which surround most Palestinian communities and take up 95% of the water resources of the land.

Veolia's Dirty Business: London Demo

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Veolia – Taking out Israel’s Trash

Veolia, possibly the international company providing the largest amount of services to Israel’s illegal settlements, has been observed picking up waste from the settlements of Tomer and Massua in the Jordan Valley. In 2009 Corporate Watch photographed Veolia garbage trucks picking up waste in Massua settlement. Last week we spotted a Veolia vehicle picking up rubbish from Tomer.

UK Company Exporting from Jordan Valley Settlements

EDOM UK packing house Tomer SettlementEDOM UK packing house Tomer Settlement

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