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An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt or Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and in the Golan Heights. Settlements also existed in the Sinai and Gaza Strip until Israel evacuated the Sinai settlements following the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace agreement and unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Israel dismantled 18 settlements in the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, and all 21 in the Gaza Strip and 4 in the West Bank in 2005.[1] Though the Oslo Accords barred both Israeli and Palestinians from undertaking unilateral actions that would alter the status quo, Israel continues to both expand its settlements and settle new areas in the West Bank.[2][3][4][5] In March 2012, it was revealed that the Civil Administration, a unit of the IDF, has over the years covertly earmarked 10% of the West Bank for further settlement.[6]
The international community considers the settlements in occupied territory to be illegal.[7] Israeli neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and communities in the Golan Heights, areas which have been annexed by Israel, are also considered settlements by the international community, which does not recognise Israel's annexations of these territories.[8] The United Nations has repeatedly upheld the view that Israel's construction of settlements constitutes violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.[9][10]
The International Court of Justice[11] also says these settlements are illegal,[12][13] and no foreign government supports Israel's settlements.[14] In April 2012, UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, in response to moves by Israel to legalise Israeli outposts, reiterated that all settlement activity is illegal, and "runs contrary to Israel's obligations under the Road Map and repeated Quartet calls for the parties to refrain from provocations." [15] Similar criticism was advanced by the EU and the US.[16][17]
The Clinton Parameters would allow approximately 80% of the settlers to stay and up to 3% of the West Bank's land to be given to Israel, so long as the nascent Palestinian state receives 97% of the West Bank as its borders currently exist, plus compensation for this 3% or less of the land with land swaps from Israeli territory.[18] Israel disputes the position of the international community and the legal arguments that were used to declare the settlements illegal.[19]
As of December 2010, 327,750 Israelis live in the 121 officially-recognised settlements in the West Bank, 192,000 Israelis live in settlements in East Jerusalem and over 20,000 live in settlements in the Golan Heights.[20][21] Settlements range in character from farming communities and frontier villages to urban suburbs and neighborhoods. The three largest settlements, Modi'in Illit, Maale Adumim and Betar Illit, have achieved city status, with over 30,000 residents each.
Israeli policies toward these settlements have ranged from active promotion to removal by force.[22] The ongoing expansion of existing settlements by Israel and the construction of settlement outposts is frequently criticized as an obstacle to the peace process by the Palestinians[23] and third parties, including the United Nations,[24] the United Kingdom,[25] the European Union,[26] and the United States.[24] The last new West Bank settlement to be authorised by the Israeli government was in 1999.[27]
Some settlements are self-contained cities with a stable population in the tens of thousands, infrastructure, and all other features of permanence. Examples are Beitar Illit (a city of close to 45,000 residents), Ma'ale Adumim, Modi'in Illit, and Ariel (almost 20,000 residents). Some are towns with a local council status with populations of 2,000–20,0000, such as Alfei Menashe, Eli, Elkana, Efrat and Kiryat Arba. There are also clusters of villages governed by a local elected committee and regional councils that are responsible for municipal services. Examples are Kfar Adumim, Neve Daniel, Kfar Tapuach and Ateret. Kibbutzim and moshavim in the territories include Argaman, Gilgal, Niran and Yitav. Jewish neighborhoods have been built on the outskirts of Arab neighborhoods, for example in Hebron. In Jerusalem, there are urban neighborhoods where Jews and Arabs live together: the Muslim Quarter, Silwan, Abu Tor, Sheikh Jarrah and Shimon HaTzadik.
Under the Oslo Accords, the West Bank was divided into three separate parts designated as Area A, Area B and Area C. Leaving aside the position of East Jerusalem, all of the settlements are in Area C which comprises about 60% of the West Bank.
Some settlements were established on sites where Jewish communities had existed during the British Mandate of Palestine.
Other communities: Shimon HaTzadik, Neve Yaakov and Atarot which in post-1967 was rebuilt as an industrial zone.
As of July 2009, 304,569 Israelis were living in 121 authorised settlements and 102 unauthorised settlement outposts on the West Bank and 192,000 Israelis were living in East Jerusalem.[20][21] As of June 2011, 340,000 Israeli Jews were living on the West Bank, excluding Jerusalem (the current population figures are estimated at 350,000).[33] Based on various sources,[34][35][36] population dispersal can be estimated as follows:
Jewish population | 1948 | 1966 | 1972 | 1977 | 1980 | 1983 | 1993 | 2004 | 2007 | 2009 |
West Bank (excluding Jerusalem) | 480 (see Gush Etzion) | 0 | 1,182 | 3,200[37] | 17,400 | 22,800 | 111,600 | 234,487 | 276,462[38] | 304,569[20] |
Gaza Strip | 30 (see Kfar Darom) | 0 | 700 1 | 900 | 4,800 | 7,826 | 0 | 0 | ||
Golan Heights | 0 | 0 | 77 | 6,800 | 12,600 | 17,265 | 18,692 | 20,000 | ||
East Jerusalem | 2,300 (see Jewish Quarter, Atarot, Neve Yaakov) | 0 | 8,649 | 76,095 | 152,800 | 181,587 | 189,708 | 192,000 | ||
Total | 2,810 | 0 | 10,608 1 | 106,595 | 281,800 | 441,165 | 484,862 | 516,569 |
In addition to internal migration, in large though declining numbers, the settlements absorb annually about 1000 new immigrants from outside Israel. In the 1990s, the annual settler population growth was more than three times the annual population growth in Israel.[39] Population growth has continued in the 2000s.[40] According to the BBC, the settlements in the West Bank have been growing at a rate of 5–6% since 2001.[21]
As of 2009, the total number of Israelis living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights was 516,569.[20] In 2011, the population had swelled to almost 600,000, comprising more that 10 percent of Israeli Jews.[41]
Settlements in the West Bank make up the Judea and Samaria Area. Authority for planning and construction is held by the Israel Defense Forces Civil Administration. Since Israeli civil law does not apply to the West Bank, settlers in the area are theoretically subject to martial law. In practice, settlers are generally judged in civil courts within Israel proper and Palestinians are subject to a separate legal system. The arrangement has been described as "de facto segregation" by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.[42] The area consists of four cities, thirteen local councils and six regional councils.
The Yesha Council is an umbrella organization of municipal councils in the Judea and Samaria Area. (Yesha is a Hebrew acronym for Judea, Samaria and Gaza). The jurisdiction of the Israeli settlements and their regional councils includes 42% percent of the West Bank, although the actual buildings of the settlements cover just 1% of the West Bank, according to B'Tselem, which states that the land was seized from Palestinian owners in violation of an Israeli Supreme Court decision.[43] In Area C between 2001 and 2007, 91 permits were issued for Palestinian construction, while 1,663 Palestinian structures were demolished. In the same period, more than 10,000 Israeli settlement units were built.[44]
East Jerusalem is defined in the Jerusalem Law as part of Israel and its capital, Jerusalem. As such it is administered as part of the city and its district, the Jerusalem District. Pre-1967 residents of East Jerusalem and their descendants have residency status in the city but many have refused Israeli citizenship. Thus, the Israeli government maintains an administrative distinction between Israeli citizens and non-citizens in East Jerusalem, but the Jerusalem municipality does not.
The Golan Heights is administered under Israeli civil law as the Golan sub-district, a part of the North District. Israel makes no legal or administrative distinction between pre-1967 communities in the Golan Heights (mainly Druze) and the post-1967 settlements.
After the capture of the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt in the 1967 Six Day War, settlements were established along the Gulf of Aqaba and in the northeast, just below the Gaza Strip. It had plans to expand the settlement of Yamit into a city with a population of 200,000,[45] though the actual population of Yamit did not exceed 3,000.[46] The Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt in stages beginning in 1979 as part of the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty. As required by the treaty, Israel evacuated the civilian population, which took place in 1982. Some evacuation was done forcefully in some instances, such as the evacuation of Yamit. Israel demolished the settlements and gave the reason that for it feared that settlers might try to return to their homes after the evacuation.[citation needed]
Before Israel's unilateral disengagement plan there were 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip under the administration of the Hof Aza Regional Council.
In 1983 an Israeli government plan entitled "Master Plan and Development Plan for Settlement in Samaria and Judea" envisaged placing a "maximally large Jewish population" in priority areas to accomplish incorporation of the West Bank in the Israeli "national system". [47] According to Ariel Sharon, strategic settlement locations would work to preclude the formation of a Palestinian state. [48]
Palestinians argue that the policy of settlements constitutes an effort to preempt or sabotage a peace treaty that includes Palestinian sovereignty, and claim that the presence of settlements harm the ability to have a viable and contiguous state.[49][50]
The Israel Foreign Ministry asserts that some settlements are legitimate, as they took shape when there was no operative diplomatic arrangement, and thus they did not violate any agreement.[51][52][53] Based on this, they assert that:
In 2012, Israel Defense Forces called for the immediate removal of a new settlement, because it was seen as a provocation.[57]
The consensus view of the international community is that the existence of Israeli settlements in the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights is in violation of international law.[58] The Fourth Geneva Convention includes statements such as "the Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies".[59]
At present, the predominant view of the international community, as reflected in numerous UN resolutions, regards the building and existence of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as a violation of international law.[60][61][62] UN Security Council Resolution 446 refers to the Fourth Geneva Convention as the applicable international legal instrument, and calls upon Israel to desist from transferring its own population into the territories or changing their demographic makeup. The reconvened Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions has declared the settlements illegal[63] as has the primary judicial organ of the UN, the International Court of Justice.[64]
The position of successive Israeli governments is that all authorized settlements are entirely legal and consistent with international law.[65] In practice, Israel does not accept that the Fourth Geneva Convention applies de jure, but has stated that on humanitarian issues it will govern itself de facto by its provisions, without specifying which these are.[66][67] The scholar and jurist Eugene Rostow[68] has disputed the illegality of authorized settlements.
Under Israeli law, West Bank settlements must meet specific criteria to be legal. In 2009, there were approximately 100[21] small communities that did not meet these criteria and are referred to as illegal outposts.[69][70][71]
After the Six Day War, in 1967, Theodor Meron, legal counsel to the Israeli Foreign Ministry stated in a legal opinion to the Prime Minister,
"My conclusion is that civilian settlement in the administered territories contravenes the explicit provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention."[72]
This legal opinion, forwarded to Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, was not made public at the time, and the Labor cabinet progressively sanctioned settlements anyway; this action paved the way for future settlement growth. In 2007, Meron stated that "I believe that I would have given the same opinion today."[73]
In 1978, the Legal Adviser of the Department of State of the United States reached the same conclusion.[69][74]
The International Court of Justice has since ruled that Israel is in breach of international law by establishing settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The Court maintains that Israel cannot rely on its right of self-defense or necessity to impose a regime that violates international law. The Court also ruled that Israel violates basic human rights by impeding liberty of movement and the inhabitants' right to work, health, education and an adequate standard of living.[75]
International intergovernmental organizations such as the Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention,[76] major organs of the United Nations,[77] the European Union, and Canada,[78]also regard the settlements as a violation of international law. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination wrote that "The status of the settlements was clearly inconsistent with Article 3 of the Convention, which, as noted in the Committee's General Recommendation XIX, prohibited all forms of racial segregation in all countries. There is a consensus among publicists that the prohibition of racial discrimination, irrespective of territories, is an imperative norm of international law."[79] Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have also characterized the settlements as a violation of international law.
Four prominent Jewish jurists cited the concept of the "sovereignty vacuum" in the immediate aftermath of the Six Day War to describe the legal status of the West Bank and Gaza:[80]Yehuda Blum in 1968,[81] Elihu Lauterpacht in 1968,[82] Julius Stone in 1969[83] and 1981,[84] and Stephen M. Schwebel in 1970.[85]. Eugene V. Rostow also argued in 1979 that the occupied territories' legal status was undetermined.[86]
Professor Ben Saul took exception to this view, arguing that Article 49(6) can be read to include voluntary or assisted transfers, as indeed it was in the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice which had expressed this interpretation in the Israeli Wall Advisory Opinion (2003).,[90]
Israel maintains that a temporary use of land and buildings for various purposes is permissible under a plea of military necessity and that the settlements fulfilled security needs.[91] Israel argues that its settlement policy is consistent with international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention, while recognising that some settlements have been constructed illegally on private land.[92] The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that the power of the Civil Administration and the Military Commander in the occupied territories is limited by the entrenched customary rules of public international law as codified in the Hague Regulations and Geneva Convention IV.[93][94][95] In 1998 the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs produced "The International Criminal Court Background Paper".[96] It concludes
International law has long recognised that there are crimes of such severity they should be considered "international crimes." Such crimes have been established in treaties such as the Genocide Convention and the Geneva Conventions.... The following are Israel's primary issues of concern [ie with the rules of the ICC]: The inclusion of settlement activity as a "war crime" is a cynical attempt to abuse the Court for political ends. The implication that the transfer of civilian population to occupied territories can be classified as a crime equal in gravity to attacks on civilian population centres or mass murder is preposterous and has no basis in international law.
A UN conference held in Rome in 1998, where Israel was one of seven countries to vote against the Rome Statute to establish the International Criminal Court. Israel was opposed to a provision that included as a war crime the transfer of civilian populations into territory the government occupies.[97] Israel has signed the statute, but not ratified the treaty.[98]
In November 2006 Peace Now acquired a report, which it claims was leaked from the Israeli Government's Civil Administration, indicating that up to 40 percent of the land Israel plans to retain in the West Bank is privately owned by Palestinians.[99] Peace Now called this a violation of Israeli law.[100] The Washington Post reported that "The 38-page report offers what appears to be a comprehensive argument against the Israeli government's contention that it avoids building on private land, drawing on the state's own data to make the case."[101] Peace Now published statistics and aerial maps for each settlement.[102][103] In the wake of a legal battle, Peace Now lowered the figure to 32%, which the Civil Administration also denied.[104] In February 2008, the Civil Administration stated that the land on which more than a third of West Bank settlements was built had been expropriated by the IDF for "security purposes."[105] The unauthorized seizure of private Palestinian land was defined by the Civil Administration itself as 'theft.'[106]
The Spiegel report, commissioned by the Israeli Defense Ministry, found that some settlements deemed legal by Israel were illegal outposts, and that large portions of Ofra, Elon Moreh and Beit El were built on private Palestinian land.[107] According to Israel, the bulk of the land was vacant, was leased from the state, or bought fairly from Palestinian landowners.
Invoking the Absentee Property Law to transfer, sell or lease property in East Jerusalem owned by Palestinians who live elsewhere without compensation has been criticized both inside and outside of Israel.[108] Opponents of the settlements claim that "vacant" land belonged to Arabs who fled or collectively to an entire village, a practice that developed under Ottoman rule. B'Tselem charged that Israel is using the absence of modern legal documents for the communal land as a legal basis for expropriating it.
Amnesty International argues that Israel's settlement policy is discriminatory and a violation of Palestinian human rights.[109] B'Tselem claims that Israeli travel restrictions impact on Palestinian freedom of movement and Palestinian human rights have been violated in Hebron due to the presence of the settlers within the city.[110][111] According to B'Tselem, over fifty percent of West Bank land expropriated from Palestinians has been used to establish settlements and create reserves of land for their future expansion. The seized lands mainly benefit the settlements and Palestinians cannot use them.[112] The organization also claims that roads built by Israel in the West Bank that are closed to Palestinian vehicles are 'discriminatory.'[113]
Human Rights Watch has filed reports on "settler violence," referring to stoning and shooting incidents involving Israeli settlers.[citation needed] Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and Hebron have led to violent settler protests and disputes over land and resources. Meron Benvenisti described the settlement enterprise as a "commercial real estate project that conscripts Zionist rhetoric for profit."[114]
The construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier has been criticized as an infringement on Palestinian human and land rights. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated that 10% of the West Bank would fall on the Israeli side of the barrier.[115][116]
Palestinian officials estimate that settlers sell goods worth some $500 million to the Palestinian market.[117] European Union law requires a distinction to be made between goods originating in Israel and those from the occupied territories. The former benefit from preferential custom treatment according to the EU-Israel Association Agreement (2000); the latter don't. In 2009, the United Kingdom's Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued new guidelines concerning labelling of goods imported from the West Bank. The new guidelines require labelling to clarify whether West Bank products originate from settlements or from the Palestinian economy. Israel's foreign ministry said that the UK was "catering to the demands of those whose ultimate goal is the boycott of Israeli products"; but this was denied by the UK government, who said that the aim of the new regulations was to allow consumers to choose for themselves what produce they buy.[118]
A Palestinian report argued in 2011 that settlements have a detrimental effect on the Palestinian economy, equivalent to about 85% of the nominal gross domestic product of Palestine, and that the "occupation enterprise" allows the state of Israel and commercial firms to profit from Palestinian natural resources and tourist potential.[119]
The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that Israeli companies are entitled to exploit the West Bank's natural resources for economic gain, and that international law must be "adapted" to the "reality on the ground" of long-term occupation.[120]
Due to high unemployment rates in the West Bank, tens of thousands of Palestinians work in Israeli settlements. According to the Manufacturers Association of Israel, some 22,000 Palestinians were employed in construction, agriculture, manufacturing and service industries.[121] In 2010, Palestinian leaders banned the practice of working in Israeli settlements, angering Palestinians who depend on this employment.[122] The prospect of losing Palestinian labour has forced farms in the Jordan valley to consider bringing in more workers from East Asia.[117]
Palestinians have been highly involved in the construction of settlements in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority estimates that over 12,000 Palestinians are employed by Jewish and Arab contractors in settlement construction and expansion projects. A lack of jobs and relatively high salary has been cited as a motivation for Palestinian involvement. Arab workers are said to be paid approximately 3 times as much by Israeli contractors than Palestinian employers.
In 2008, Kav LaOved charged that Palestinians who work in Israeli settlements are not granted basic protections of Israeli labor law. Instead, they are employed under Jordanian labor law, which does not require minimum wage, payment for overtime and other social rights. In 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that Israeli labor law does apply to Palestinians working in West Bank settlements and applying different rules in the same work place constituted discrimination. The ruling allowed Palestinian workers to file lawsuits in Israeli courts. In 2008, the average sum claimed by such lawsuits stood at 100,000 shekels.[123]
According to Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 63% of Palestinians oppose PA plans to prosecute Palestinians who work in the settlements. However, 72% of Palestinians support a boycott of the products they sell.[124]
Gush Emunim Underground was a militant organization that operated in 1979–1984. The organization planned attacks on Palestinian officials and the Dome of the Rock.[125][126] In 1994, Baruch Goldstein of Hebron, a member of Kach carried out the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, killing 29 Muslim worshipers and injuring 125. The attack was widely condemned by the Israeli government and Jewish community. The Palestinian leadership has accused Israel of "encouraging and enabling" settler violence in a bid to provoke Palestinian riots and violence in retaliation.[127]
In mid-2008, a UN report recorded 222 acts of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and IDF troops compared with 291 in 2007.[128] This trend reportedly increased in 2009.[129] Maj-Gen Shamni said that the number had risen from a few dozen individuals to hundreds, and called it "a very grave phenomenon."[128] In 2008–2009, the defense establishment adopted a harder line against the extremists.[129] This group responded with a tactic dubbed "price tagging," vandalizing Palestinian property whenever police or soldiers were sent in to dismantle outposts.[130]
Leading religious figures in the West Bank have harshly criticized these tactics. Rabbi Menachem Froman of Tekoa said that "Targeting Palestinians and their property is a shocking thing, (...) It's an act of hurting humanity. (...) This builds a wall of fire between Jews and Arabs."[131] The Yesha Council and Hanan Porat also condemned such actions.[132] Other rabbis have been accused of inciting violence against non-Jews.[133]In response to settler violence, the Israeli government said that it would increase law enforcement and cut off aid to illegal outposts.[134] Some settlers are thought to lash out at Palestinians because they are "easy victims."[135] The United Nations accused Israel of failing to intervene and arrest settlers suspected of violence.[136] In 2008, Haaretz wrote that "Israeli society has become accustomed to seeing lawbreaking settlers receive special treatment and no other group could similarly attack Israeli law enforcement agencies without being severely punished."[137]
In September 2011, settlers vandalized a mosque and an army base. They slashed tires and cut cables of 12 army vehicles and sprayed graffiti.[138] In November 2011, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA) in the Palestinian territories published a report on settler violence that showed a significant rise compared to 2009 and 2010. The report covered physical violence and property damage such as uprooted olive trees, damaged tractors and slaughtered sheep. The report states that 90% of complaints filed by Palestinians have been closed without charge.[139]
According to EU reports, Israel has created an "atmosphere of impunity" for Jewish attackers, which is seen as tantamount to tacit approval by the state. In the West Bank, Jews and Palestinians live under two different legal regimes and it is difficult for Palestinians to lodge complaints, which must be filed in Hebrew in Israeli settlements. [140]
The 27 ministers of foreign affairs of the European Union published a report in May 2012 strongly denouncing policies of the State of Israel in the West Bank and denouncing "continuous settler violence and deliberate provocations against Palestinian civilians."[141] The report by all EU ministers called "on the government of Israel to bring the perpetrators to justice and to comply with its obligations under international law."[142]
While the Economy of the Palestinian territories has shown signs of growth, the International Committee of the Red Cross reported that Palestinian olive farming has suffered. According to the ICRC, 10,000 olive trees were cut down or burned by settlers in 2007-2010.[143][144] Foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said the report ignored official PA data showing that the economic situation of Palestinians had improved substantially, citing Mahmoud Abbas's comment to the The Washington Post in May 2009, where he said "in the West Bank, we have a good reality, the people are living a normal life."[143]
Haaretz blamed the violence during the olive harvest on a handful of extremists.[145] In 2010, trees belonging to both Jews and Arabs were cut down, poisoned or torched. In the first two weeks of the harvest, 500 trees owned by Palestinians and 100 trees owned by Jews had been vandalized.[146]
Pro-Palestinian activists who hold regular protests near the settlements have been accused of stone-throwing, physical assault and provocation.[147][148][149] In 2008, Avshalom Peled, head of the Israel Police's Hebron district, called "left-wing" activity in the city dangerous and provocative, and accused activists of antagonizing the settlers in the hope of getting a reaction.[150]
Settlers are targeted by Palestinian armed groups who, according to Human Rights Watch, say that settlers are a legitimate target because they have forfeited their civilian status by residing in settlements that are illegal under international humanitarian law.[151] Both Human Rights Watch and B'tselem rejected this argument on the basis that the legal status of the settlements has no effect the civilian status of their residents.[151][152] Human Rights Watch said "prohibition against intentional attacks against civilians is absolute".[151] B'tselem said "The settlers constitute a distinctly civilian population, which is entitled to all the protections granted civilians by international law. The Israeli security forces' use of land in the settlements or the membership of some settlers in the Israeli security forces does not affect the status of the other residents living among them, and certainly does not make them proper targets of attack."[152]
Fatal attacks on settlers have included firing of rockets and mortars and drive-by shootings, also targeting infants and children. Violent incidents include the murder of Shalhevet Pass, a ten-month-old baby shot by a Palestinian sniper in Hebron,[153] and the murder of two teenagers on May 8, 2001, whose bodies were hidden in a cave near Tekoa.[154]In the Bat Ayin ax attack, children in Bat Ayin were attacked by a Palestinian wielding an axe and a knife. A 13-year-old boy was killed and another was seriously wounded.[155] Rabbi Meir Hai, a father of seven, was killed in a drive-by shooting.[156][157]
Municipal Environmental Associations of Judea and Samaria, an environmental awareness group, was established by the settlers to address sewage treatment problems and cooperate with the Palestinian Authority on environmental issues.[158] According to a Haaretz study, settlers account for 10% of the population in the West Bank but produce 25% of the sewage output.[citation needed] Beit Duqqu and Qalqilyah have accused settlers of polluting their farmland and villagers claim children have become ill after swimming in a local stream. Legal action was taken against 14 settlements by the Israeli Ministry of the Environment. The Palestinian Authority has also been criticized by environmentalists for not doing more to prevent water pollution.[158][159] Settlers and Palestinians share the mountain aquifer as a water source, and both generate sewage and industrial effluents that endanger the aquifer. Friends of the Earth Middle East claimed that sewage treatment was inadequate in both sectors. Sewage from Palestinian sources was estimated at 46 million cubic meters a year, and sources from settler sources at 15 million cubic meters a year. A 2004 study found that sewage was not sufficiently treated in many settlements, while sewage from Palestinian villages and cities flowed into unlined cesspits, streams and the open environment with no treatment at all.[158][160]
In a 2007 study, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection, found that Palestinian towns and cities produced 56 million cubic meters of sewage per year, 94 percent discharged without adequate treatment, while Israeli sources produced 17.5 million cubic meters per year, 31.5 percent without adequate treatment.[161]
According to Palestinian environmentalists, the settlers operate industrial and manufacturing plants that can create pollution as many do not conform to Israeli standards.[158][159] In 2005, an old quarry between Kedumim and Nablus was slated for conversion into an industrial waste dump. Pollution experts warned that the dump would threaten Palestinian water sources.[162]
The settlements have been a source of tension between Israel and the U.S. Jimmy Carter regarded the settlements as illegal and tactically unwise. Ronald Reagan stated that they were legal but an obstacle to negotiations.[163] In 1991, the U.S. delayed a subsidized loan to pressure Israel on the subject of settlement-building in the Jerusalem-Bethlehem corridor. In 2005, U.S. declared support for "the retention by Israel of major Israeli population centers as an outcome of negotiations,"[164] reflecting the statement by George W. Bush that a permanent peace treaty would have to reflect "demographic realities" in the West Bank.[165] In June 2009, Barack Obama said that the United States "does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements."[166]
Palestinians claim that Israel has undermined the Oslo accords and peace process by continuing to expand the settlements. Settlements in the Sinai Peninsula were evacuated and razed in the wake of the peace agreement with Egypt. The 27 ministers of foreign affairs of the European Union published a report in May 2012 strongly denouncing policies of the State of Israel in the West Bank and finding that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal and "threaten to make a two-state solution impossible."[167]
Final status proposals have called for retaining long-established communities along the Green Line and transferring the same amount of land in Israel to the Palestinian state. The Clinton administration proposed that Israel keep some settlements in the West Bank, especially those in large blocs near the pre-1967 borders of Israel, with the Palestinians receiving concessions of land in other parts of the country.[168]Both Clinton and Tony Blair pointed out the need for territorial and diplomatic compromise based on the validity of some of the claims of both sides.[169][170]
Fayed Mustafa, Palestinian ambassador to Russia, called for the return of Palestinian territories to Egypt and Jordan if talks failed.[171]
As Minister of Defense, Ehud Barak approved a plan requiring security commitments in exchange for withdrawal from the West Bank.[172] Barak also expressed readiness to cede parts of East Jerusalem and put the holy sites in the city under a "special regime."[173]
On June 14, 2009, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as an answer to U.S. President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo, delivered a speech setting out his principles for a Palestinian-Israeli peace, among others, he alleged "... we have no intention of building new settlements or of expropriating additional land for existing settlements."[174] In March 2010, the Netanyahu government announced plans for building 1,600 housing units in Ramat Shlomo across the Green Line in East Jerusalem during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Israel causing a diplomatic row.[175]
On 6 September 2010, Jordanian King Abdullah II and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that Israel would need to withdraw from all of the lands occupied in 1967 in order to achieve peace with the Palestinians.[176]
Bradley Burston has said that a negotiated or unilateral withdraw from most of the settlements in the West Bank is gaining traction in Israel.[177]
In November 2010, the United States offered to "fight against efforts to delegitimize Israel" and provide extra arms to Israel in exchange for a continuation of the settlement freeze and a final peace agreement, but failed to come to an agreement with the Israelis on the exact terms.[178][179]
In December 2010, the United States criticised efforts by the Palestinian Authority to impose borders for the two states through the United Nations rather than through direct negotiations between the two sides.[180] In February 2011, it vetoed a draft resolution to condemn all Jewish settlements established in the occupied Palestinian territory since 1967 as illegal.[181] The resolution, which was supported by all other Security Council members and co-sponsored by over 120 nations,[182] would have demanded that "Israel, as the occupying power, immediately and completely ceases all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem and that it fully respect its legal obligations in this regard."[183] The U.S. representative said that while it agreed that the settlements were illegal, the resolution would harm chances for negotiations.[183] Israel's deputy Foreign Minister, Daniel Ayalon, said that the "UN serves as a rubber stamp for the Arab countries and, as such, the General Assembly has an automatic majority," and that the vote "proved that the United States is the only country capable of advancing the peace process and the only righteous one speaking the truth: that direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians are required."[184] Palestinian negotiators, however, have refused to resume direct talks until Israel ceases all settlement activity.[183]
In November 2008, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a 10 month settlement freeze in the West Bank in an attempt to restart negotiations with the Palestinians. The freeze did not apply to building in Jerusalem in areas across the green line, housing already under construction and existing construction described as "essential for normal life in the settlements" such as synagogues, schools, kindergartens and public buildings. The Palestinians refused to negotiate without a complete halt to construction.[185][186]
The Clinton Parameters included a plan on which the Palestinian State was to include 94–96% of the West Bank, and around 80% of the settlers were to remain under Israeli sovereignty, and in exchange for that, Israel will concede some territory (so called 'Territory Exchange' or 'Land Swap') within the Green Line (1967 borders). The swap would consist of 1–3% of Israeli territory, such that the final borders of the West Bank part of the Palestinian state would include 97% of the land of the original borders.[18]
In 2010, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinians and Israel have agreed on the principle of a land swap. The issue of the ratio of land Israel would give to the Palestinians in exchange for keeping settlement blocs is an issue of dispute, with the Palestinians demanding that the ratio be 1:1, and Israel offering less.[187]
Under any peace deal with the Palestinians, Israel intends to keep the major settlement blocs close to its borders, which contain over 80% of the settlers. Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu have all stated Israel's intent to keep such blocs under any peace agreement. U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged that such areas should be annexed to Israel in a 2004 letter to Prime Minister Sharon.[188]
The European Union position is that any annexation of settlements should be done as part of mutually agreed land swaps, which would see the Palestinians controlling territory equivalent to the territory captured in 1967.[189] The EU says that it will not recognise any changes to the 1967 borders without an agreement between the parties.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has proposed a plan which would see settlement blocs annexed to Israel in exchange for heavily Arab areas inside Israel as part of a population exchange.
According to Mitchell G. Bard: "Ultimately, Israel may decide to unilaterally disengage from the West Bank and determine which settlements it will incorporate within the borders it delineates. Israel would prefer, however, to negotiate a peace treaty with the Palestinians that would specify which Jewish communities will remain intact within the mutually agreed border of Israel, and which will need to be evacuated. Israel will undoubtedly insist that some or all of the "consensus" blocs become part of Israel".[188]
A number of proposals for the granting of Palestinian citizenship or residential permits to Jewish settlers in return for the removal of Israeli military installations from the West Bank have been fielded by such individuals[190] as Arafat,[191] Ibrahim Sarsur[192] and Ahmed Qurei.[193]
Israeli Minister Moshe Ya'alon said in April 2010 that "just as Arabs live in Israel, so, too, should Jews be able to live in Palestine." ... "If we are talking about coexistence and peace, why the [Palestinian] insistence that the territory they receive be ethnically cleansed of Jews?".[194]
The idea has been expressed by both advocates of the two-state solution[195] and supporters of the settlers and conservative or fundamentalist currents in Israeli Judaism[196] that, while objecting to any withdrawal, claim stronger links to the land than to the state of Israel.
Sushil P. Seth writes that Israelis seem to feel that increasing settlements will force many Palestinians to flee to other countries and that the remainder will be forced to live under Israeli terms.[197] In 2008, Condoleezza Rice suggested sending Palestinian refugees to South America, which might reduce pressure on Israel to withdraw from the settlements.[198]
Human Rights Watch has determined that Israeli settlement policies has had the effect of "forcing residents to leave their communities".[199] Speaking anonymously with regard to Israeli policies in the South Hebron Hills, a UN expert said that the Israeli crackdown on alternative energy infrastructures like solar panels is part of a deliberate strategy in Area C.
"From December 2010 to April 2011, we saw a systematic targeting of the water infrastructure in Hebron, Bethlehem and the Jordan valley. Now, in the last couple of months, they are targeting electricity. Two villages in the area have had their electrical poles demolished. There is this systematic effort by the civil administration targeting all Palestinian infrastructure in Hebron. They are hoping that by making it miserable enough, they [the Palestinians] will pick up and leave."
According to UN research, as the result of these policies, 10 of 13 Palestinian communities living in Area C surveyed by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in 2011 had already left their land as a result of Israeli policies.[200]Around 1,500 people in 16 communities, living in the area since the 19th century, and dependent on energy produced by these installations duct business are threatened with work stoppage orders from the Israeli administration on their installation of alternative power infrastructure, and demolition orders expected to follow will darken the homes of 500 people.[201]
American refusal to declare the settlements illegal was said to be the determining factor in the 2011 attempt to declare Palestinian statehood at the United Nations, the so-called Palestine 194 initiative.[202]
Israel announced additional settlements in response to the Palestinian diplomatic initiative and Germany responded by moving to stop deliveries to Israel of submarines capable of carrying nuclear weapons.[203]
Ariel University Center of Samaria, formerly the College of Judea and Samaria, is the major Israeli institution of higher education in the West Bank. It is Israel's largest public college. The college was accredited in 1994 and awards bachelor degrees in arts, sciences, technology, architecture and physical therapy.[204] Teacher training colleges include Herzog College in Alon Shvut and Orot Israel College in Elkana. Ohalo College is located in Katzrin, in the Golan Heights.[204] Curricula at these institutions are overseen by the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria (CHE-JS).[205]
In March 2012, The Shomron Regional Council was awarded the Israeli Ministry of Education's first prize National Education Award in recognizing its excellence in investing substantial resources in the educational system.[206] The Shomron Regional Council achieved the highest marks in all parameters (9.28 / 10). Gershon Mesika, the head of the regional council, declared that the award was a certificate of honour of its educators and the settlement youth who proved their quality and excellence.[207]
An early evacuation took place in 1982 as part of the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, when Israel was required to evacuate its settlers from the 18 Sinai settlements. Arab parties to the conflict had demanded the dismantlement of the settlements as a condition for peace with Israel. The evacuation was carried out with force in some instances, for example in Yamit. The settlements were demolished, as it was feared that settlers might try to return to their homes after the evacuation.
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan took place in 2005. It involved the evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, including all 21 settlements in Gaza and four in the West Bank, while retaining control over Gaza's borders, coastline, and airspace. Most of these settlements had existed since the early 1980s, some were over 30 years old; the total population involved was more than 10,000, many of whom have yet to find permanent housing[citation needed]. There was significant opposition to the plan among parts of the Israeli public, and especially those living in the territories. George W. Bush said that a permanent peace deal would have to reflect "demographic realities" in the West Bank regarding Israel's settlements.[208]
Within the former settlements, almost all buildings were demolished by Israel, with the exception of certain government and religious structures, which were completely emptied. Under an international arrangement, productive greenhouses were left to assist the Palestinian economy but these were destroyed within hours by Palestinian looters.[209] Following the withdrawal, many of the former synagogues were torched and destroyed by Palestinians.[210] The Palestinian leadership "maintained" that the synagogues were "symbols of Israeli occupation." Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations at the time, said the Palestinian Authority had a "moral responsibility to protect the synagogues as places with religious significance."[211]
Some believe that settlements need not necessarily be dismantled and evacuated, even if Israel withdraws from the territory where they stand, as they can remain under Palestinian rule. These ideas have been expressed both by left-wing Israelis,[212] and by Palestinians who advocate the two-state solution, and by extreme Israeli right-wingers and settlers[213] who object to any dismantling and claim links to the land than are stronger than the political boundaries of the state of Israel.
The Israeli government has oftern threatened to dismantle so-called outposts. Some have actually been dismantled, occasionally with use of force; this led to settler violence.
A July 2009 survey of Israeli public opinion found that people were about evenly divided on the issue, with 46 percent of those polled in support of further construction and 44 percent opposed.[214]
In 2009, Benjamin Netanyahu said: "I have no intention of building new settlements in the West Bank... But like all the governments there have been until now, I will have to meet the needs of natural growth in the population. I will not be able to choke the settlements."[215] On 15 October 2009, he said the settlement row with the United States had been resolved.[216]
On June 19, 2011, Haaretz reported that the Israeli cabinet voted to revoke Defense Minister Ehud Barak's authority to veto new settlement construction in the West Bank, by transferring this authority from the Agriculture Ministry, headed by Barak ally Orit Noked, to the Prime Minister's office.[217]


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Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen says he believes Farrouq died from a medical problems resulting from complications of the delivery. A cause of death is pending the results of toxicology tests.
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Lady Gaga Meets Julian Assange
The pair drink tea at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
One minute she's hanging out topless with Donatella Versace and a miniature hybrid dog, the next minute she's visiting Julian Assange. In what is a confusing series of events, Lady Gaga has paid a visit to the Wikileaks founder at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
No one is sure what the strange bedfellows spoke about, but Wikileaks has a loose connection to Gaga given that Wikileaks source Bradley Manning "would come in with music on a CD-RW labelled with something like 'Lady Gaga'… erase the music… then write a compressed split file. No one suspected a thing... [I] listened and lip-synched to Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' while exfiltrating possibly the largest data spillage in American history."
Little Monsters are making their own speculations about the meet-up between these two disparate icons. On the Operation Gaga forum, one user comments, "they look really cute. I think he's cute but he's god [sic] a little man boob thing going on there. So, no [sic] exactly sexy," while another says, "I bet Lady Gaga can sneak Julian Assange out of the country in one of her fancy fashion hats." Another asks, "who?" at the mention of his name. (And that, my friends, is why you shouldn't look at Lady Gaga forums).
Other people are speculating that M.I.A was also there, though there are no photos showing her entering or leaving the embassay. She tweeted the following at Gaga, but has since deleted it:
Perhaps looking to broaden her political horizons after the inception of her Body Revolution, Lady Gaga has also joined the Artists Against Fracking campaign (which includes Sonic Youth, who are in our latest issue, The Flaming Lips, The B-52's, Beck, The Strokes and many more) which speaks out against the controversial method of extracting gas and oil.
Gaga for President.
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Yamaha rx-v773wabl falls short..Pros: Looks nice. Has nicer features than some but lacking the capability for my needs (see below). Cons: No THX. No Pandora. Seems to be Apple focused; I have Samsung 4G. Other Thoughts: Yamaha makes an excellent product. I think this is a clearance sale to make room for more capable replacement. I am looking for upgrade but it must have THX and Pandora. 1 out of 12 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
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Assuming you are a typical American, you are about 2 inches taller than your great-grandparents were at the same age even though you are genetically no heartier than your ancestors were 10,000 years ago. You are stronger, healthier, smarter and living an average of 30 years longer than Americans were at the turn of the last century. That's because scientists, educators and activists in the 20th century changed culture, the crucible that holds science, technology and large-scale changes in behavior. We are living longer because the food supply is steady and debilitating diseases are prevented before they ever occur. Improved sanitation reduces the spread of contagious diseases, and education is available to all school-age children. Information flows ubiquitously from written and electronic sources.
In order to make good use of these added years, we need to change culture again, just as radically as our ancestors did. We need to invest in science and technology because we've only begun to solve the problems faced by people who are living longer.
And we need to change the way we live. We mustn't hold on too tightly to old scripts that evolved to guide us through lives half as long. Instead, we can begin to ask what added years of life offer. We could create an entirely new stage in life, an encore stage—as my friend
People are happiest when they feel embedded in something larger than themselves.
and colleague Marc Freedman maintains in his book The Big Shift—that we use to pursue meaningful work that improves society. Or we could stretch out all stages of life, making not only old age, but childhood, adolescence and middle age longer, too.
Rest assured, the demographic changes thatare now under way will change virtually ev-ery aspect of life. Our task is to thoughtfullyand proactively redesign it. What should lifescripts look like when most people spend asmany years as "old people" as they do rear-ing children? How should families operatewhen there are four or five generationsof a family alive at the same time? Howshould societies work when more peopleare over 60 than under 15?
Laura L. Carstensen is the founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity and the author of A Long Bright Future.
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My mother watched meplay in the sand whenshe was in her 20s. Bythe time she reached middle age, I was fin-ishing up graduate school and traveling. Imarried at 39, became a parent at 40, stillthought about what I wanted to do when Igrew up. Considering how dramatically theexperience of middle age had shifted in onegeneration, what was it like even furtherback? When average life expectancy was 40, did people think of 20 as middle age?Now that it is pushing past 80, has the tradi-tional 40-year-old starting line moved for-ward? The idea of middle age has evolvedfrom its invention in the 19th century to itscurrent place at the center of American so-ciety, where it wields enormous economic,psychological, social, and political power.This stage's advent has created new con-ceptions of our selves, our business oppor-tunities, and our avenues of social control.
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Movies opening this weekend zero dark thirty gangster squad and -- haunted house I'm very curious about zero dark thirty there's been so much talk about this.
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I don't.
Right at the top it's about 9495%.
To the critics are liking it a lot certified fresh -- fantastic movie.
You know pretty well represented at the Oscar nominations.
Yesterday although Kathryn Bigelow surprisingly didn't get a best.
Director nomination.
But it's a great movie this is the story about the hunt for an assassination of Osama bin Laden and it's a really powerful movie.
You know it kind of comes off a little bit dry at the beginning as they're going through.
All of the searching and try to track him down.
But things you -- get ramped up as the movie goes along it's a very powerful film.
Most of the critics are really liking this they say that it's a great look at that what happened.
You know there's been a lot of controversy about this movie about how true it may be about what actually is represented in the film I think it's worth seeing.
Especially because people are we talking about it and you know if you're photographers -- you should see -- you're able to really talk about it effectively.
And you know what if you love.
If you -- homeland for instance like I do and a lot of people here in the building you if you like things like homeland I assume that this is right up your Alley I mean.
Jason -- yeah absolutely absolutely absolutely.
And you know the supporting cast of here.
Is great not only do you have Jessica testing you've got guys like mark strong showing up.
You know James Gandolfini had a everytime you turn around you're seeing some -- has -- -- think what -- -- -- this even if -- and for 45.
Minutes sides in the great movie I really it's where my fear of reason here I think it's probably do do pretty well Oscar time.
You know you could probably still even has a shot at best picture.
Okay and then you've got said gangster squad was this movie that was held for awhile after one of our mass shootings.
Yes so -- your squad -- supposed to be really since.
-- and after the tragic events that happen in -- -- -- over the summer around the release of the Dark Knight rises.
-- at Warner Bros.
decided they were gonna -- you part of this movie primarily because one of the climactic scenes in the movie.
Involved gangster shooting up a movie theater they come out from behind the screen.
That are shooting at people in the audience.
So that it was decided that that was probably not the right time to release that -- so they re shot that scene and released the movie just this week.
Unfortunately the movie is not that -- and you've got a great cast here you've got Sean Penn.
Josh Roland Ryan Gosling Emma Stone -- the secondary cast you've got guys like G Yvonne we're BC at Nick Nolte.
Side great great cast here but I think that really the story just isn't that good the other thing is -- -- critics aren't really that wild about it.
Pulling up 35% of lets me meter and the critics are pointing out how violent this movie.
And almost needlessly slow -- -- granted it is -- balance.
Gangsters but you know it may be that there's a sensitivity between you know roar at Newtown.
But I think the people are starting to pay attention to the violence in -- this movie is awfully violent -- doesn't seem to serve the story that well.
And also unfortunately makes you think of other better films along the lines of the untouchables -- LA confidential.
Right and then yeah you make a -- point because there's so much violence in our everyday life just watching the news.
With what's going on and a lot of people don't wanna see it and -- to go see it for that matter.
Right now this time in hot didn't just run I don't know if I've ever seen -- zero.
I am sure you had.
Yeah they they do come up haunted house is.
The latest film from -- wins I had also star Cedric the Entertainer die tomorrow always has worked on these scary movie movies this one is.
-- did not exactly that franchise but it's the same kind of thing this time they're spoofing the paranormal activity released.
Wasn't really screened for critics we've only got a handful reviews but they're all negative.
So it's giving the -- today to -- now.
The audience that likes these films is going to be five of that probably.
But I think if -- if you were considering getting into one of these this is not the -- -- us.
-- and and the real quick before I let you go the Oscar nominations just came out.
Always fun to talk to people in the business such as yourself.
Who -- who watches so many of the movies.
Were there any surprises for you at the snubs surprise you.
I think you know I was really surprised to see Ben Affleck not get -- nomination that was really surprise to me as well as Kathryn Bigelow I was kind of surprised to see.
That Joaquin Phoenix did get a nomination after all of that kind of -- comments that he had made where he talked about how he hated the Oscar race.
Typically everybody did a serving well he's not gonna get a nomination and actually the academy nominated him anyway so.
Maybe he's he'll be changing his tune it up heavyweights so what do you think is going to be the big headline on Oscar night is -- going to be Lincoln.
You know actually I think it's real life -- -- I think I think I.
To be you have -- -- pilot got nominated for eleven awards compared to Lincoln's twelve.
I actually -- right now that could change but right now I think life replies gonna take the best picture.
That's interesting because that's on my list and I keep going back and forth about whether or not a -- go see it.
And I always use your recommendations so I think I'll I'll make sure to check that out before -- gets -- Oscars.
That I yeah you should see another big screen especially -- -- amazing -- it's very beautiful.
I match actually it went in there will be talking to you next week and I wanna remind people.
To go to the website we're showing it right now we've got it up on the screen a rotten tomatoes dot com.
Of course you can follow our friend -- On Twitter at -- -- and at rotten tomatoes.
And my favorite thing that I've heard about you I told you this last weekend is that your you've got to show -- serious.
-- yes yes -- on.
We are now Tuesdays and Thursdays in the afternoon on stars to.
Channel while for a serious -- out right on mad at -- great to see you happy Friday look forward to last season he's been suspect lot.
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TORONTO, Sept. 17, 2013 /CNW/ - The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, the world's largest combined indoor agricultural and equestrian show, has a challenge for Canadians: design the official poster of the 2013 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair poster, reflecting The Royal's Farm, fresh, Fun™ theme.
"The official poster is a long-standing tradition dating back to the first Royal Winter Fair, in 1922. Each year, we've created a poster that represents the fair, but as we continue to evolve, we're looking to Canadians to show us their personal connection to The Royal," said Sandra Banks, Chief Executive Officer, The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. "This year marks The Royal's 91st year and, with that, many new additions to our roster of programming. We look forward to seeing the creativity and talents of our Canadian supporters while developing a new piece of Royal history."
The winning poster will serve as cover art for The Royal's commemorative brochure and be available for sale during the fair. The grand prize includes $2,000, four general admission tickets, and a display at The Royal art gallery. Ten runners up will also be awarded two general admission tickets and a display at The Royal art gallery.
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The author Yann Martel, a couple of years ago, planned to publish what he called a "flip book," but he didn't mean the kind you pull your thumb across to watch the pictures move. He meant that he'd write two complementary books inside the same covers — one starting in front, the other on the back. (Martel evidently changed his mind, although he did end up writing a book about an author who did this.) Anyway, as Loser Kevin Dopart suggests: Come up with a double book with a humorous connection; the first title must be an actual book, while the other may be your own fictitious title (as in Kevin's examples above) or a second real book. Feel free to add a short description if that enhances the humor.
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April 20, 2008, Milington, Tenn. - Senior pitcher Aaron Meyers tossed a six-hit shutout as 14th-ranked DePauw defeated Austin, 6-0, and won the best-of-three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Cross-Divisional series with the Kangaroos.
The Tigers picked up their school-record 30th win and improved to 30-9, while Austin dropped to 18-24. The previous school record of 29 wins came in 2005.
With the series win, DePauw advances to the SCAC Tournament in Danville, Ky., where they'll open play on Friday.
DePauw wasted little time in getting on the board as it plated four runs in the first. Taylor Hoffman drew a one-out walk and moved to third on Matt Kleine's double.
Mike Stout then reached on an error which allowed Hoffman to score before Adam Ford delivered a sacrifice fly that scored Kleine. Jon Newman followed with a double and Jack Gavin drove in a pair with a triple. Gavin's third-inning groundout scored Stout and his fifth-inning single scored Stout.
Newman, Gavin and Eric Reese each had two of DePauw's eight hits, while Gavin drove in four and Stout scored three. Six different Austin players collected one single apiece as only one Austin runner reached third base.
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