The photograph below is of the settlement "Ariel". In Spring 1978 this did not exist, now it is home to around 20,000 settlers. This is not the work of religious fundamentalists. The settlements are expanding at 5-6% p.a. as a result of Israeli government policy.
Obviously water is one of the most precious natural resources. It is distributed as follows: Settlers 1,450 cu.m. per year, Palestinians 83. The lawns and swimming pool say it all!
Agricultural produce is the most important product arriving in the UK. Sometimes, as with Barkan, Yarden and Palwin wines, it's certain that it's from a settlement. In other cases the settlement produce is mixed with Israeli and labelled as coming from Israel. Other times still, as recently, the deception is unbelievable: dates were labelled as coming from South Africa!
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Apartheid in the Holy Land
Of Occupation and Apartheid
".. we know that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians."
EXTERNAL LINKS
Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign
Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Labour Friends of Palestine
Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine
Methodist Church Boycott
Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Quaker Boycott
War on Want
INTERNAL PAGES
Nelson Mandela: Memorandum
The Tesco Saga
Settlements a few Facts
Signatures so far Include
Email Address
