Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumIsrael Approves 380 New East Jerusalem Settler Homes
More imperial theft.
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/27683-israel-approves-380-new-east-jerusalem-settler-homes
"The municipal commission has given construction permits for 307 homes in Ramot and 73 in Har Homa," Yosef Pepe Alalu, a Jerusalem city councillor with the opposition Meretz party, told AFP.
He said local officials were taking advantage of attention focusing on Israeli elections due in March to expand settlements.
"This kind of decision distances us from any chance of reaching an agreement with the Palestinians," he said.
Despite repeated warnings from Washington that it is fuelling tensions, Israel has approved a series of plans for new settler homes in east Jerusalem in recent months.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Nor does Israel care about international law. The Israelis just want to steal as much land as they can. And scuttling any chance of peace is to them just an added bonus.
King_David
(14,851 posts)6 million of Am Yisrael or the "rogue nation" live among you in the USA .
Quite the revealing statement BillZBubb....
We indeed are a reviled nation ...
Always have been... Always will be.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)I was talking about the state of Israel and you know it. The state of Israel is a rogue nation state ignoring international law on a permanent basis.
King_David
(14,851 posts)You said the Nation was Rogue
But it's good to see that's not what you meant when clearly most of the BDS movement and extremist right wing are motivated by that.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Except in Sinai or Gaza? Each of which used to be occupied but was ceded to Egypt and the Palestinian Authority respectively.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)anything resembling a Palestinian state. Greater Israel and all its messianic nuttiness is Israel's de facto policy.
If you can't beat the region's revanchist theocracies, might as well join them.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)They want to build up neighborhoods in E Jerusalem so that they will become part of Israel in a final agreement would be a more accurate way to put it.