Israel Building More Settlements

[Bloodrock44]

Good news. If they can't drive them out, they'll build them out.

Israel says new settlement building coming soon

JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Israeli official said Thursday that his country will announce new plans for West Bank settlement construction in the coming months, a day after Israel's leader held lengthy talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Rome for seven hours with Kerry to discuss Iran's nuclear program and also recently restarted peace talks.

The Palestinians consider settlements a major obstacle to establishing a state that includes the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories Israel captured from Jordan in the 1967 war. Israel has since built dozens of settlements that are now home to about 550,000 Israelis. The Americans typically criticize any new settlement construction plans, calling them unhelpful to peace efforts.

But the Israeli official, speaking anonymously because new building plans have yet to be announced publicly, said the Americans and Palestinians were aware of the Israeli intentions that were made clear before talks resumed.

The official insisted that any new construction would take place inside the major blocs Israel would probably keep in any future peace deal. In previous rounds of negotiations, the Palestinians agreed to swap some West Bank land for Israeli territory to allow Israel to annex the largest settlement blocs adjacent to its border.

The Palestinians refused to negotiate with Netanyahu for nearly five years, demanding that he halt construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. With Netanyahu refusing to stop the construction, the Palestinians reluctantly returned to the negotiating table under heavy American pressure, but remain deeply skeptical about the Israeli leader.

Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, rejected the Israeli official's comments.

"We don't accept any settlement bids and Israel should stop these acts to give negotiations the opportunity to succeed," he said Thursday. "For us, all settlements are illegal and Israel should top putting obstacles in the way of peace and all its acts in this regard are illegal and void."

 

[Roudy]

Good news. If they can't drive them out, they'll build them out.

Israel says new settlement building coming soon

JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Israeli official said Thursday that his country will announce new plans for West Bank settlement construction in the coming months, a day after Israel's leader held lengthy talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Rome for seven hours with Kerry to discuss Iran's nuclear program and also recently restarted peace talks.

The Palestinians consider settlements a major obstacle to establishing a state that includes the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories Israel captured from Jordan in the 1967 war. Israel has since built dozens of settlements that are now home to about 550,000 Israelis. The Americans typically criticize any new settlement construction plans, calling them unhelpful to peace efforts.

But the Israeli official, speaking anonymously because new building plans have yet to be announced publicly, said the Americans and Palestinians were aware of the Israeli intentions that were made clear before talks resumed.

The official insisted that any new construction would take place inside the major blocs Israel would probably keep in any future peace deal. In previous rounds of negotiations, the Palestinians agreed to swap some West Bank land for Israeli territory to allow Israel to annex the largest settlement blocs adjacent to its border.

The Palestinians refused to negotiate with Netanyahu for nearly five years, demanding that he halt construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. With Netanyahu refusing to stop the construction, the Palestinians reluctantly returned to the negotiating table under heavy American pressure, but remain deeply skeptical about the Israeli leader.

Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, rejected the Israeli official's comments.

"We don't accept any settlement bids and Israel should stop these acts to give negotiations the opportunity to succeed," he said Thursday. "For us, all settlements are illegal and Israel should top putting obstacles in the way of peace and all its acts in this regard are illegal and void."

Build it, and they will come.

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Great news. There is a shortage of housing in Israel.

 

[georgephillip]

"Section III. Occupied territories[edit]
Articles 47-78 impose substantial obligations on occupying powers. As well as numerous provisions for the general welfare of the inhabitants of an occupied territory, an occupier may not forcibly deport protected persons, or deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into occupied territory (Art.49)."

Fourth Geneva Convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Israel proves once again the only thing that matters less to the Jewish state than international law is peace in Palestine.

 

[Kondor3]

"Push 'em back, push 'em back, waaaaaaaaayyyy back !!!"

 

[ForeverYoung436]

As part of an agreement with Kerry, Israel has now agreed to stop building in the settlents for a little while.

 

[Phoenall]

"Section III. Occupied territories[edit]
Articles 47-78 impose substantial obligations on occupying powers. As well as numerous provisions for the general welfare of the inhabitants of an occupied territory, an occupier may not forcibly deport protected persons, or deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into occupied territory (Art.49)."

Fourth Geneva Convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Israel proves once again the only thing that matters less to the Jewish state than international law is peace in Palestine.

RIGHT OF RETURN TAKE OVER AND THE JEWS, not the Israelis, CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. The land was stolen from 1 million Jews in 1948 and they are reclaiming what is theirs. The Palestinians can do the same thing once they come up with land deeds

 

[Victory67]

All built on stolen land, no doubt.

 

[Victory67]

RIGHT OF RETURN TAKE OVER AND THE JEWS, not the Israelis, CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. The land was stolen from 1 million Jews in 1948 and they are reclaiming what is theirs. The Palestinians can do the same thing once they come up with land deeds

1 million Jews in 1948?

You're off by 40%.

 

[Phoenall]

RIGHT OF RETURN TAKE OVER AND THE JEWS, not the Israelis, CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. The land was stolen from 1 million Jews in 1948 and they are reclaiming what is theirs. The Palestinians can do the same thing once they come up with land deeds

1 million Jews in 1948?

You're off by 40%.

No as many were murdered on their way to Israel by arab muslims. But it still does not alter the fact that the Jews have the same right of return as the muslims, and that they are exercising that right by reclaiming what was theirs.

 

[Phoenall]

All built on stolen land, no doubt.

Yes stolen from the Jews by the Palestinians in 1948

 

[Indofred]

RIGHT OF RETURN TAKE OVER AND THE JEWS, not the Israelis, CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. The land was stolen from 1 million Jews in 1948 and they are reclaiming what is theirs. The Palestinians can do the same thing once they come up with land deeds

1 million Jews in 1948?

You're off by 40%.

No as many were murdered on their way to Israel by arab muslims. But it still does not alter the fact that the Jews have the same right of return as the muslims, and that they are exercising that right by reclaiming what was theirs.

Yer, 2,000 years ago.
I assume you also support returning the whole of North America to the Indians, Australian whites fucking off home and so on.

 

[aris2chat]

RIGHT OF RETURN TAKE OVER AND THE JEWS, not the Israelis, CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. The land was stolen from 1 million Jews in 1948 and they are reclaiming what is theirs. The Palestinians can do the same thing once they come up with land deeds

1 million Jews in 1948?

You're off by 40%.

No as many were murdered on their way to Israel by arab muslims. But it still does not alter the fact that the Jews have the same right of return as the muslims, and that they are exercising that right by reclaiming what was theirs.

The status of West Bank property that belonged to Jews prior to 1948: HCJ 3036/03 Shlomo Valero v. State of Israel (judgment rendered February 6, 2011) - Hamoked
Israel Matzav: Palileaks: Jews have rights to land in Judea, Samaria and Gaza

 

[proudveteran06]

As part of an agreement with Kerry, Israel has now agreed to stop building in the settlents for a little while.

Let Israel stop building . It is a good idea. There will still never be a " Palestinian state".

 

[SAYIT]

As part of an agreement with Kerry, Israel has now agreed to stop building in the settlents for a little while.

Let Israel stop building . It is a good idea. There will still never be a " Palestinian state".

I'd say that is, as it always has been, the choice of the Palestinians.

 

[SAYIT]

Good news. If they can't drive them out, they'll build them out.

Israel says new settlement building coming soon

JERUSALEM (AP) —
,,,But the Israeli official, speaking anonymously because new building plans have yet to be announced publicly, said the Americans and Palestinians were aware of the Israeli intentions that were made clear before talks resumed.

The official insisted that any new construction would take place inside the major blocs Israel would probably keep in any future peace deal. In previous rounds of negotiations, the Palestinians agreed to swap some West Bank land for Israeli territory to allow Israel to annex the largest settlement blocs adjacent to its border.

The Palestinians refused to negotiate with Netanyahu for nearly five years, demanding that he halt construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. With Netanyahu refusing to stop the construction, the Palestinians reluctantly returned to the negotiating table under heavy American pressure, but remain deeply skeptical about the Israeli leader.

Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, rejected the Israeli official's comments.

"We don't accept any settlement bids and Israel should stop these acts to give negotiations the opportunity to succeed," he said Thursday. "For us, all settlements are illegal and Israel should top putting obstacles in the way of peace and all its acts in this regard are illegal and void."

Netanyahu is not responsible for the happiness of the Palestinians ... Abbas and the PA are. None of what has been or is to be built is guaranteed to remain under Israeli control and the sooner the Pals cut the camel crap and get down to the details of a peace accord the better for all.

 

[montelatici]

Israel does not want a peace accord or a Palestinian state, they want the West Bank and East Jerusalem for themselves. There will never be an independent Palestinian state, get over it.

 

[MHunterB]

Israel does not want a peace accord or a Palestinian state, they want the West Bank and East Jerusalem for themselves. There will never be an independent Palestinian state, get over it.

I think this is somewhat inaccurate and thus misleading..... If the Palestinians had taken their portion of he Mandate and declared 'Palestine' and NOT made repeated incursions into Israel and NOT co-operated with the Arab League armies which came through 'Palestine' to invade Israel, if the Palestinians had complained about the Arab League conspiracy to beggar and eject nearly one million Jewish citizens of their countries, if the Palestinians had NOT denied access by Jews to Jewish holy sites, if the Palestinians had NOT allowed the Jordanians to ethnically cleanse East Jerusalem of its Jewish inhabitants, if they had NOT allowed the Jordanians to desecrate 28, 000 graves in the Mt of Olives cemetery.......

Then, no matter how much the Israelis might *want* those areas, the Israelis would not have had any reason to remain after winning them from - NOT 'Palestine' - but other Arab nations which had no more right to the areas than anyone else.

What I cannot understand is how during 19 years of fellow Arab control over those territories, 'Palestine' was never declared.

That fact makes the 'blame it on Israel' argument impossible to swallow.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Israel does not want a peace accord or a Palestinian state, they want the West Bank and East Jerusalem for themselves. There will never be an independent Palestinian state, get over it.

What do you mean? They "want ....for themselves"?? This is THEIR LAND. Yes, Jerusalem both east and west is known as the City of David! King David / Jewish King David - Jerusalem is Jewish and belongs to the Jews. All of it. You must be kidding, Monte.

Jerusalem belongs to the Jews. You just get to live there. ( for now )

 

[Kondor3]

The Arabs are now living the consequences of their long list of very bad decisions over the past 66 years.