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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Secret Database Shows Israeli Government to be Active Partner in Settlement Landgrab

Ha'aretz has busted open a huge story today: "Secret Israeli database reveals full extent of illegal settlement." The story outlines a database created by the Israeli defense establishment to gather:

credible and accessible information at the ready to contend with legal actions brought by Palestinian residents, human rights organizations and leftist movements challenging the legality of construction in the settlements and the use of private lands to establish or expand them.
The article adds, "the painstakingly amassed data was labeled political dynamite."

Well the dynamite has exploded.

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