Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forum'Force To Be Reckoned With': Israel's Settlers Dig In Ahead Of Obama Visit
By John Ray, Correspondent, NBC News
TEL AVIV -- To the outsider, it looks like a poor piece of land to fight over: A sand and scrub hillside where, on a winters day, a chill wind whips over the boulders and blows through to the bone.
On one side stand the minarets of Arab East Jerusalem, hemmed in by Israels security wall. Ahead, across a valley, lies the Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim, a sprawling suburb of neat streets and anonymous housing blocks.
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We are a force to be reckoned with, said Yigal Dilmony, deputy general manager of the Yesha Council which represents 360,000 Jews who have settled in East Jerusalem and the West Bank (what they call Judea and Samaria). The reality on this territory is that we cant be ignored.
Late last year, the Israeli government announced it would speed up the start of construction of around 3,500 homes for settlers, connecting Maaleh Adumim to Jerusalem in an area known as E1 on the planners maps.
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There is no doubt in my mind that some 'stunt' is being planned to embarrass the President during his stop-over to the Middle-east.
Livluvgrow
(377 posts)to be reckoned with then maybe we should let them fully fund their own security. Last I heard we have thousands upon thousands of needy people right here at home who would appreciate the aid.
PDJane
(10,103 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)from the Palestinians.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)All of them?
PDJane
(10,103 posts)But if you can say that, then you don't deserve any kind of discourse.