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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 19:03 12/12/2007 Peace Now asks Egged to halt bus lines to illegal W. Bank outposts By Haaretz Service Tags: Israel, peace now, egged  The Peace Now movement on Wednesday asked the Egged bus company to halt all routes to illegal outposts in the West Bank and to immediately evacuate any bus stops in the area, Army Radio reported on Wednesday. Peace Now General Secretary Yariv Oppenheimer made the movement's request in a letter to the company which was also sent on to Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz. In the letter, Oppenheimer wrote that "the outposts in the [occupied] territories were built illegally, often on private land belonging to Paletsinian residents. This was without any ruling by the government on the matter, without any overall building plans, and without necessary permission." Advertisement "We were surprised to discover that despite its illegality, Egged chose to recognize the illegal outposts, to supply then with transport lines and even build bus stops on the spot, without the approval of the Civil Administration. Egged responded to the letter by saying, "the company acts according to the directions of the transportation and defense ministries. If there are outposts in which civilians live and the Israel Defense Forces has not dismantled them, then from our perspective, life is being conducted there as usual and we are obligated to attend to them." Civil Administration spokesman Tzidki Maman said, "in general, bus stops built illegally are treated by the Civil Administration as any other illegal construction. With regard to Egged bus lines stopping at unarranged stops, we stress that the matter is not the responsibility of the Civil Administration." Maman added that in the past, whenever the Civil Administration asked Egged to halt illegal stops, the bus company responded positively Bookmark to del.icio.us Bored with Israel A study shows U.S. Jews don't feel it's important to care about the Holy Land. League of their own The PA's first unit of policewomen direct traffic in the West Bank.   1.   Peace Now claims they R not a legal Organization 19:37  |  sam 12/12/07   2.   Please stop all articles relating to Peace Now ! 19:56  |  redmike 12/12/07   3.   Peace Now continues to shoot itself in the foot 20:13  |  Joe Sittizen 12/12/07   4.   The Peace Now movement is totally hopless 20:31  |  Tamir Palestine 12/12/07   5.   P.N. Demented, Disgusting people. 20:48  |  angry as hell 12/12/07   6.   Halt all Egged Lines to Sheinkin Street. 20:49  |  bat yam 12/12/07   7.   Illegal Outposts 20:52  |  juniper 12/12/07   8.   Egged should be sued 21:36  |  Ilan 12/12/07   9.   Boycott Egged!!! 21:42  |  Nomi 12/12/07   10.   Egged 21:55  |  Shlomo Meir 12/12/07   11.   Perhaps halt all Egged Lines to Sheinkin Street? 22:02  |  bat yam 12/12/07   12.   unfair 22:14  |  kay 12/12/07   13.   #7nomi is what? since when has it been illegal to operate buses? 22:27  |  victor hardman 12/12/07   14.   Boycott Peace Now!!! 22:27  |  B 12/12/07   15.   "Peace Now" (sic). Comment on #3 23:04  |  SK 12/12/07   16.   Peace now to (in) Piece(s) now 23:37  |  Al Z. Heimer 12/12/07   17.   Nomi and Ilam...two Tel Aviv knuckleheads 23:43  |  Stayin Alive 12/12/07   18.   What a Load of BS 23:47  |  Yaakov Ish Tam 12/12/07   19.   All settlements and `outposts` on West Bank illegal 00:18  |  Chanalau, Tova 13/12/07   20.   PN- No Jews allowed?... What about no Arabs allowed? 00:44  |  common sense 13/12/07   21.   joe sittizen 4 00:48  |  realism 13/12/07   22.   YAIR OPPENHEIMER IS TODAY`S JUDENSTRAT 01:03  |  Sid Emess 13/12/07   23.   did ever the Peace Now demanded to stop 02:51  |  TOMY 13/12/07   24.   Outposts? What illegal outposts? 04:48  |  Silvienne 13/12/07   25.   #2, speak for yourself and yourself only, redmike 04:50  |  Silvienne 13/12/07   26.   israel itself is illegal terrorist settlement 21:13  |  donnie 13/12/07

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