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Related: About this forumSettlers Dump Sewage On Palestinian Land
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/08/settlers-dump-their-sewage-on-palestinian-land.htmlIsraeli settlers from Shavei Shomron have recently started dumping untreated sewage on the farmland in Sebastiya, a small Palestinian town in the West Bank just north of Nablus. Today, Sebastiya organized its first popular demonstration in 36 years specifically to draw attention to the issue of the sewage contaminating their lands.
We want to farm our land in peace, Ahmed Kayed, a resident of Sebastiya and the organizer of todays protest, told me. But the settlers are cutting our olive trees, keeping us from our land. Now their sewage is flowing through our land, poisoning it.
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As a village, Sebastiya is known for its picturesque Roman ruins dating back to 800 BCE, making Sebastiya one of the oldest and most historic villages in the West Bank. Before 1967, these ruins were a major tourist attraction of the Middle East. However, since the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) occupied the land, tourism has plummeted with several shops being forced to close, draining the small towns economy. Once the first Israeli settlement was built in 1975the second Israeli settlement in the West Bank ever, preceded only by Hebronthe village became characterized by settler violence.
Now it is known for their sewage.
We want to farm our land in peace, Ahmed Kayed, a resident of Sebastiya and the organizer of todays protest, told me. But the settlers are cutting our olive trees, keeping us from our land. Now their sewage is flowing through our land, poisoning it.
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As a village, Sebastiya is known for its picturesque Roman ruins dating back to 800 BCE, making Sebastiya one of the oldest and most historic villages in the West Bank. Before 1967, these ruins were a major tourist attraction of the Middle East. However, since the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) occupied the land, tourism has plummeted with several shops being forced to close, draining the small towns economy. Once the first Israeli settlement was built in 1975the second Israeli settlement in the West Bank ever, preceded only by Hebronthe village became characterized by settler violence.
Now it is known for their sewage.
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Settlers Dump Sewage On Palestinian Land (Original Post)
R. Daneel Olivaw
Mar 2013
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pscot
(21,024 posts)1. Disgusting
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)3. What's more disgusting is that there is a certain level of
denial with he supporters of the Israeli colonialists where the latter can do no wrong.
Simply building illegal settlements in the West Bank is seen as a violation by the UN and international community.
Just another day, and literally crappy happening, in the West Bank.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)2. Nasty and settlers know it