Sentences with phrase «occupied this territory for»

Israel has hindered economic development in the occupied territories for decades.
In some countries, we had cases where a single guild had occupied a territory for 33 consecutive weeks.
Terry Winters has occupied this territory for a while, and he, too, is looking brighter, more open, and more fragmented himself.

Not exact matches

Airbnb is under fire for property listings that critics say promote illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory.
A number of small groups in the occupied territories of Palestine began to call for jihad, or holy war, against Israel.
For a peasant woman's child in occupied territory in an out - of - the - way corner of the Roman Empire to have become the man he did, attracting what looked like flash - in - the - pan attention during his brief years of ministry, unknown to most of his contemporaries and viewed as an upstart, a wonder - worker, or a fanatic by most of those who knew about him, dying a felon's death deserted by most of his close and trusted friends with the incredible rumor then circulated that he had risen again — what chance had he of any lasting fame?
Their life as an «odd sect» with the simplest of economic pursuits within occupied territory did not give occasion for such responsibility.
German troops alone will bear the sole responsibility for the maintenance of law and order throughout the occupied Russian territories, and a system of military strong - points must be evolved to cover the entire occupied country.»
The people in Palestine still occupied their own territory and continued to live by their own traditions; but for that very reason they were not obliged to cut themselves off so completely from the rest of the world as were the Jewish people later, when it became necessary for their self - preservation, exiled as they were from their land and scattered among the nations of the world.
The real reason for the raid was probably the fact that the Alternative Information Center was collecting data on the torture of Palestinian prisoners in the occupied territories.
For example, the water from the Sea of Galilee has been diverted for Israeli agricultural use in the Negev while West Bank residents now rely for some 60 per cent of their water on supplies controlled by Israel, which has prevented the digging or repairing of wells by residents in the occupied territoriFor example, the water from the Sea of Galilee has been diverted for Israeli agricultural use in the Negev while West Bank residents now rely for some 60 per cent of their water on supplies controlled by Israel, which has prevented the digging or repairing of wells by residents in the occupied territorifor Israeli agricultural use in the Negev while West Bank residents now rely for some 60 per cent of their water on supplies controlled by Israel, which has prevented the digging or repairing of wells by residents in the occupied territorifor some 60 per cent of their water on supplies controlled by Israel, which has prevented the digging or repairing of wells by residents in the occupied territories.
Procedure for entry to the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and exit from it mentions diplomatic and consular functions, journalist activities, and religious activities.
A redistribution of resources demands rethinking who is included and who is excluded by «Israel 2011»; whether the young couples who can not afford a flat in Rothschild Boulevard should move to Ariel instead; or rather, whether resources from the occupied territories should be redirected towards those who have been carrying the burden of the occupation on their backs for years.
It happened again in Palestine in 2006, when Hamas sleep - walked into shouldering a responsibility it did not want and was not prepared for, for governing the Occupied Territories, also with unwelcome consequences for everybody.
Yet you can still see the potential for the SNP to push for policies that Labour might favour if it didn't have compete so hard on territory occupied by the Conservatives.
It has a long history of occupying and / or annexing territories where Slavs (especially Russian - speakers) live — and using the «Slavic - speaking» and «Russian - speaking» populations as an argument for the occupation and / or annexation.
Occupying the centre, with sufficient flexibility to do a deal with their bigger rivals, is familiar territory for Lib Dems.
... The UK judges that the Palestinian Authority largely fulfils criteria for UN membership, including statehood as far as the reality of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories allows, but its ability to function effectively as a State would be impeded by that situation.
«We welcome the International Development Committee's strong support for our work on economic development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and agree that sustainable development can only happen if economic restrictions are eased,» a Government spokesman said.
The main points of its platform include the complete Israeli withdrawal from the territories occupied in 1967, recognition of the PLO, the separation of religion and state, the Palestinian «right of return» to Israeli territory, lobbying for workers» rights, encouraging Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty, the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, and full equality for Israel's Arab citizens.
The GA has condemned Israel dozens of times for its policy regardin the occupied territories, but this is the first time, to my knowledge, that the US has been condemned for it.
(2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: (a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; (b) that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance; (c) that of carrying arms openly; (d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
«The land they occupy is a territory, a collective good because it was socially constructed space necessary for their physical, social, economic, and cultural reproduction.»
The ancient Celts got their name from Greeks who used «Celt» as a label for barbarian outsiders — the diverse Celtic - speaking tribes who, starting in the late Bronze Age, occupied territory from Portugal to Turkey.
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Even The Price of Salt — her second novel, adapted last year, by film director Todd Haynes, as Carol — was more than merely a lesbian love story (certainly a bold enough literary statement for 1952, when it was first published), occupying, in its intense focus on desire and its consequences, similar territory to Highsmith's thrillers about killers.
There's little left to be said of the new Golf GTI that hasn't already been said many times elsewhere; it's the best all - around performance package available right now for around $ 30,000 or less, and I admit that wholeheartedly as an owner of competitive vehicle that occupies the same market territory.
And for its small stature the Versa punches well above its weight — even daring to encroach on territory occupied by larger cars like the Accord and Camry, delivering ample space up front and in the rear.
Appropriately for such a story, the book is rich with historically important maps and maps that show the territories Smiley occupied during crucial periods of his life.
Indonesia Map of the Invisible World takes place during a tumultuous time in recent Indonesian history - the post-colonial turmoil that is common when empires finally relinquish territories they've been occupying for centuries.
Soon after, it was occupied by the Egyptians who controlled Canaan (a historical name for the Levant, which consists of the lands east of the Mediterranean corresponding with modern day Israel, Palestinian territories, Lebanon and western Syria) for the next 350 years, until the Philistines (from which the word «Palestine» is derived) captured the area in the 12th century BCE.
African lions Panthera leo, for example, occupy stable territories year - round, even in situations where their most abundant prey undergo seasonal migrations and so become inaccessible for part of the year5.
For this discussion, territory doesn't mean the house or yard or neighborhood, it means the space the dog is occupying right now.
In other words having more workers allows you to occupy more territory for scoring at the end and to have instant access to a wider variety of resources at any given time, but it also makes producing those resources much more costly.
The resulting work, a series of plaster, wire and fiber glass coated structures structures, play with the aesthetics of traditional ceramics while occupying a defiantly new territory for Armstrong.
Organized by Kultura Medialna and curated by Maria Veits for their annual Construction Arts Festival, the exhibition draws on the current political and cultural concerns of Dnepr, the largest city in proximity to the occupied Ukrainian territories and Crimean annexation and addresses disputable territories, belonging and ownership of the public space and its reshaping by various social groups, urban planning and attempts to create a dialogue in and about public spaces between communities, governments and activists.»
Building upon Deluze and Guttari's proposition of the book as a space where ``... there are lines of articulation or segmentarity, strata and territories; but also lines of flight, movements of deterritorialization and destratification», Benedict encircles the gallery space with a single shelf — a ledge prepared to hold a multitude of «textbooks» which serve as a road maps for the sculptural assemblages occupying the gallery walls and floors.
«The Anishinaabe have continuously occupied the territory around the Great Lakes for at least 12,000 years, so a survey exhibition of contemporary Anishinaabe art is overdue.»
Curated by Iurch Lech and Sam Alshaibi, Waiting for Good will feature a line up of Palestinian artists living within or outside of the Occupied Territories presenting a varied set of moving works that reflect the displacement, dispossession and dispersal of the Palestinian people.
Occupying the same territory leads to more unsure boundaries and an inability for the white majority to «other» African Americans.
However, the artist's recent move to real - world politics is not always successful: comprising 12 American flags hung from the ceiling, on the opposite side of each are flags from US - entangled nations, Occupied Territories is jarringly heavy - handed for an artist known for her subtlety.
For Ybarra, play becomes a strategy for occupying and contesting territories in pursuit of establishing an advantaFor Ybarra, play becomes a strategy for occupying and contesting territories in pursuit of establishing an advantafor occupying and contesting territories in pursuit of establishing an advantage.
Heavy - Metal (dis - Concert for 6 Steel Plan Chests and 5 Objects in Metal) 1986 From Occupied Territory (Território Ocupado) group show, EAV Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro 1986, catalogue Installation, sculpture, music plan chests, scaffolding structure, table with objects musical score on blackboard electro - acoustic music by Rodolfo Caesar 130 x 400 x 400 cm circa (sculpture)
Socio - urban and architectural theory has argued that space is not self - evident, rather that it is socially produced; we produce the city, the digital landscape, office waiting rooms, the postal system, the nation and its territory by the way we live in and occupy it, use it, by what we wait for in it, send through it, and the violence we use to try to control it.
The title refers both to the name given to territory occupied by landless or homeless settlers and to the sacred areas designated for worship in Candomblé, a religion practiced mainly in Brazil, which draws its beliefs from various African traditions and is historically associated with slaves» resistance.
It was also a tour de force for the artist, whose work previously has largely occupied the territory of drawing installations, with sculpture as a secondary part of his production.
Again, we recognized a construction project as an opportunity for artistic inquiry and in 1992 staged a site - specific exhibition, Art at the Armory: Occupied Territory in the vacant building before its demolition.
Speaking of occupied territories, an interesting judgment should soon come from the General Court of the European Union (GC) in Action for Annulment Frente Polisario v Council (Case T - 512 / 12), a case with fascinating international law aspects.
Often (for example where Sharia law was in force) Convention rights would clearly be incompatible with the laws of the territory occupied.
With 254 counties occupying The Lone Star State's territory, it's easy to confuse which county you are supposed to take Texas Defensive Driving School for.
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