“The world has condemned Israel’s settlement plans in east Jerusalem,” Ban told a news conference after his brief tour. “Let us be clear. All settlement activity is illegal anywhere in occupied territory and must be stopped.”
“I go to Gaza tomorrow to express my solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians here and to underscore the need to end the blockade,” he said.
Text of a letter to Ban Ki-moon from the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee of Bil’in, Ni’iln, alMa’asara, Nabi Saleh, Jordan Valley, South Mount Hebron Hills.
Statement by Middle East Quartet, March 19, 2010
The following statement was issued today in Moscow by the Middle East Quartet. The Quartet -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell, and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union Catherine Ashton -- met in Moscow on 19 March 2010. They were joined by Quartet Representative Tony Blair.
A Bill to In Support of UC DIVESTMENT FROM WAR CRIMES
March 19, 2010
...7. WHEREAS, United Technologies supplies the Israeli government with Blackhawk helicopters and with F-15 and F-16 aircraft engines and holds an ongoing fleet management contract for these engines, and, Amnesty International has documented the Israeli government’s use of these aircraft in the bombing of the American School in Gaza, the killing of Palestinians civilians, and the destruction of hundreds of Palestinian homes;
8 therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the ASUC will ensure that its assets, and will advocate that the UC assets, do not include holdings in General Electric and United Technologies because of their military support of the occupation of
the Palestinian territories; be it further...
Jerusalem, March 16, 2010
Palestinian girls runs for cover from rocks thrown by Palestinian youth during violent clashes in Shuafat refugee camp March 16, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Hundreds of Palestinian youth clashed with Israeli police throughout East Jerusalem, while the U.S. Middle East Envoy cancelled plans to return to the region as the crisis over settlement expansion worsened. Getty
