|
Same old story, Same old result
Israel Announces Plans for Hundreds of New Homes in Settlements
Israel plans to build 565 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, violating a U.S.-backed peace plan and angering Palestinians already seething over plans to build a security barrier deep into the West Bank.
| Seems like the Paleos violated the U.S.-backed peace plan when they blew the bus. Further, it seems like they spend all their time seething over something, so what's to lose? |
Announcements for the new housing units appeared in an Israeli newspaper on Thursday, inviting contractors to bid on the projects. The "road map" plan requires a complete freeze in all construction in some 150 Jewish settlements throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which Israel seized during the 1967 war. However, an Israeli official said Israel did not have any responsibility to meet its road map obligations until Palestinians crack down on militant groups. "The road map is stalled as long as there is no action taken by the Palestinians to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure," said Zalman Shoval, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
| Y'don't suppose Sharon's doing this because he wants to make them squeal like piggies, do you? |
The Israeli government says it needs the new buildings to account for what it calls the "natural growth" of the settlements, but the road map freeze does not make exceptions.
| It didn't make exceptions for exploding buses, either... |
The government announcement that it planned to build 565 housing units in three West Bank settlements came a day after the Cabinet approved a portion of a security barrier of fences and walls that runs into the West Bank to shield key settlements - as well as Israel - from suicide bombers, who have killed hundreds of Israelis over the past three years.
Posted by: Bruce 2003-10-03 |
