Condemning Israeli seizure of vast Palestinian land not enough: Barghouthi

The condemnations came after the Israeli ministry of army on Thursday confirmed that “the lands are in the final stages of being declared state lands”.

Human Rights Watch has called on companies to end their businesses in illegal Israeli settlements and not to facilitate Israel’s violations of worldwide humanitarian law.

Israel’s Ministry of Defense said Wednesday that officials have approved the expropriation of some 370 acres (150 hectares) of land in the West Bank near the city of Jericho, in a move that drew sharp condemnation from the Obama Administration.

They oversee the cultivation of thousands of hectares of Palestinian land and export agricultural products that are often labelled as made in Israel. Shin Bet said in a statement that Hezbollah is trying to “ride the wave” of ongoing Palestinian attacks on Israelis.

“Settlement businesses depend on and benefit from Israel’s unlawful confiscation of Palestinian land and other resources, and facilitate the functioning and growth of settlements”.

Hagit Ofran, a member of the anti-settlement group Peace Now, said that unlike previous Israeli governments that largely avoided land seizures, Netanyahu has carried out several approprations during his time in office.

This public rebuke from Israel’s top ally has then incited an angry response from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to the Manufacturers’ Association of Israel, there are at least 600 Israeli-owned factories in the West Bank employing 6,000 Palestinian workers.

Shoham Ruvio, a spokeswoman for Jerusalem’s Shaarei Tzedek hospital, said the woman stabbed Monday was five-months pregnant.

In a statement accompanying the decision, the foreign ministers said the move was not a boycott of Israel and the European Union strongly objects to any boycotts of Israel.

The West Bank sees Palestinians governed by an entirely different set of laws than their Israeli counterparts, with the former being subject to Israeli military law and the latter to Israeli civil law.

He also attacked the global community for failing to understand what he described as the “roots of the conflict” between Israelis and Palestinians.

He said that the creation of two states would “become more and more hard if Israel plans to continue to expand the footprint of settlements”.

“There is humanity here and the desire for peace and coexistence on one side and boundless hatred on the other”, Netanyau said in Otniel.