Peace Now appeals against an illegal Israeli settlement in Jerusalem

Sunday September 28, 2008 21:32 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

The Israeli Peace Now movement appealed on Sunday to the Israeli high court of justice against an illegal Israeli settlement outpost in the Gush Hatzion area to the south of Jerusalem.

an Israeli settlement bloc on occupied Palestinian lands/ archive photo

Israeli media sources reported that Peace Now argued that the illegal outpost of Dairech Ha'uvet' was constructed by Israeli settlers since the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising (Intifada) in 2000 during times of Israeli closure of the Palestinian territories .

Israeli radio, Arabic program, reported that the so-called Israeli civil administration has regarded the construction of such an outpost as inconsistent to the law and that the civil administration preserves the right to take necessary measures to evacuate it.

According to international law and United Nations conventions pertaining to the occupied Palestinian territories all major or minor Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian lands are illegal.

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