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Israel plans over 55,000 new West Bank settler homes | |||
2015-12-29 | |||
E1 and the adjacent Maaleh Adumim settlement form an Israeli buffer east of Jerusalem that the Palestinians say would divide the West Bank and badly hurt the possibility of a contiguous Palestinian state. "The area of Maale Adumim and E1 is one of the most sensitive areas in terms of the chances for two state solution," Peace Now wrote. "For these reasons, whenever an Israeli leader tries to promote the plans in E1, the international community strongly condemns them." The United States, the United Nations and the European Union oppose all Israeli settlement building but have voiced particular concern about plans for E1. In 2013, faced with international pressure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vetoed construction of some 1,200 homes there but Peace Now said the housing ministry has hired architects to prepare fresh blueprints. "This planning, which contradicts any possible commitment to a two-state solution, continues," said Monday's report, although it added that the plans could be years from fruition.
"The continued settlement growth raises honest questions about Israel's long-term intentions and will only make separating from the Palestinians much more difficult," US Secretary of State John Kerry said in a speech in Washington on December 6. Israel seized the West Bank and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. It later annexed east Jerusalem in a move never recognised by the international community. Today, some 380,000 Israelis live in 135 West Bank settlements, with another 200,000 in east Jerusalem.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#1 Turkey is demanding unrestricted or unconditional access to GAZA as a condition of final peace wid Israel, ostensib in order to help the Paleos. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS . [Hurriyet Daily News] TURKEY WANTS "UNRESTRICTED" ACCESS TO GAZA FROM ISRAEL. Dare IRAN + ISIS "CALIPHATE" in Syraq [Syria-Iraq] to follow from the other side of israel??? |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-29 23:20 |