[E-rundbrief] Info 861 - Israels Muell in Palaestina

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 861 - Palestinian and Jewish Unity (CND): West Bank 
Becomes Waste Land, Israel has been dumping toxic waste into the West 
Bank for years; Matthias Reichl: Radioaktiver Uranstaub nicht nur über 
palästinensischen Gebieten.

Bad Ischl, 9.9.2009

Begegnungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit

www.begegnungszentrum.at

================================================

West Bank Becomes Waste Land

Israel has been dumping toxic waste into the West Bank for years

Shuqbah, a village of 5,000, lies near the border of Israel and the 
Palestinian Authority, not far from Ramallah. Israeli companies have 
been using land owned by a Palestinian middleman in the village to dump 
tons of garbage. "The subsequent burning of toxic waste, including items 
such as x-ray films, releases carcinogens into the environment, and this 
has affected the population, with many people developing asthma and 
related illnesses."

"The Israelis earlier buried the carcasses of thousands of chickens 
infected with the avian flu virus near Nablus in the northern West 
Bank," said Palestinian Environmental Authority (PEA) deputy director 
Jamil Mtoor. The PEA also uncovered 500 barrels of insecticide in Hebron 
in the southern West Bank. Again, a Palestinian middleman had been paid 
off to accept the barrels on his property.

Israel's illegal settlements (colonies) regularly dump garbage and 
discharge wastewater into West Bank rivers and streams. The Applied 
Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) has stated in a report that the 
"wastewater includes pesticides, asbestos, batteries, cement and 
aluminium". Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME), a joint Israeli, 
Palestinian and Jordanian environmental group, released an investigative 
report several years ago called "A Seeping Time Bomb: Pollution of the 
Mountain Aquifer by Solid Waste". According to FoEME's report, 
unsustainable disposal of solid waste has resulted in the percolation of 
toxic substances including chloride, arsenic and heavy metals such as 
cadmium, mercury and lead into the groundwater. "The threat to the 
drinking water remains to this day," said FoEME spokeswoman Miri Epstein.

Quelle: PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity)

www.pajumontreal.org

--------------------------------

Radioaktiver Uranstaub nicht nur über palästinensischen Gebieten.

Nachbemerkung von Matthias Reichl, 9.9.2009:

Seit 1978 wurden vom israelischen Militär immer wieder - von den USA 
gelieferte und von Israel nachgebaute - DU-Geschoße und andere 
umweltzerstörende Waffen im palästinensischen Territorium getestet und 
gegen die Bevölkerung eingesetzt. Es ist bewiesen, dass sich die daraus 
entstehenden Feinstäube  überregional und sogar interkontinental über 
die Atmosphäre ausbreiten und damit unterschiedslos Länder 
kontaminieren. Somit wurden aus den mörderischen kriegsführenden 
Regimen, die solche Waffen einsetzen (USA, Israel...) selbstmörderische, 
die damit auch ihre eigenen Bürger früher oder später vergiften und 
ermorden.

Siehe:

Could Israel be making these DU Weapons and what are the implications? 
The Palestinian Telegraph, 27 June 2009 10:25

http://www.paltelegraph.com/hot-topic/1215-could-israel-be-making-these-du-weapons-and-what-are-the-implications


-- 

Matthias Reichl, Pressesprecher/ press speaker,
Begegnungszentrum fuer aktive Gewaltlosigkeit
Center for Encounter and active Non-Violence
Wolfgangerstr. 26, A-4820 Bad Ischl, Austria,
fon: +43 6132 24590, Informationen/ informations,
Impressum in: http://www.begegnungszentrum.at
Spenden-Konto Nr. 0600-970305 (Blz. 20314) Sparkasse Bad Ischl,
Geschäftsstelle Pfandl
IBAN: AT922031400600970305 BIC: SKBIAT21XXX