Sunday, June 21, 2009

Palestinians take construction firms to court in Quebec


They're building condos on our land, villagers say

By SUE MONTGOMERY, The Montreal Gazette

"Members of a tiny Palestinian farming community will be in Quebec Superior Court tomorrow claiming two Canadian construction companies are committing war crimes by building condominiums and roads on the village's land in the West Bank.

It will be the first time that Canada's War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Act, passed in 2000, will be used in a civil case.....

The village of Bil'in, with a population of just 1,700, claims Green Park International and Green Mount International, two companies registered in Quebec, are "aiding, abetting, assisting and conspiring with Israel" to illegally construct residential and other buildings on the village's lands...."

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