2008 Woodie Awards
Israeli-Palestinian conflict affects everyone, students and professors say
Samantha Sigmon and Emile Phaneuf
Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: News
The campaign is a coalition of Palestinian nongovernmental organizations and popular committees that mobilize and coordinate efforts on local, national and international levels, according to the Web site. It has been the main national grassroots body mobilizing and organizing resistance against the apartheid wall.
In July 2004, an International Court of Justice advisory ruling declared the wall violates international law, according to www.mideastweb.org.
An Israeli Supreme Court ruling declared the wall is not illegal in principle but that the route must be changed "to optimize the balance between security and humanitarian concerns," according to the Web site.
As for whether the wall is working, Swedenburg said there are fewer Israeli deaths, but the wall causes deaths in other ways. For example, many Palestinians need to get to hospitals on Israeli land and die on the way because they might spend hours at checkpoints, he said.
"People are dying," Abu Hamdan said. "We have the tools to change this, so why not? With knowledge comes power."
In July 2004, an International Court of Justice advisory ruling declared the wall violates international law, according to www.mideastweb.org.
An Israeli Supreme Court ruling declared the wall is not illegal in principle but that the route must be changed "to optimize the balance between security and humanitarian concerns," according to the Web site.
As for whether the wall is working, Swedenburg said there are fewer Israeli deaths, but the wall causes deaths in other ways. For example, many Palestinians need to get to hospitals on Israeli land and die on the way because they might spend hours at checkpoints, he said.
"People are dying," Abu Hamdan said. "We have the tools to change this, so why not? With knowledge comes power."
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