In an effort to appeal to right-wing sentiments ahead of an election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has reinstated subsidies for Jewish settlers in the West Bank and appointed a panel in an attempt to legalize illegal settlements.
Years ago, Israel halted generous financial incentives encouraging Israelis to settle in occupied Palestinian territory. But this week, the government released a list of settlements – many of which are deep inside the West Bank – that will again qualify for housing subsidies.
The incentives, according to a statement from the prime minister’s office, are “meant to encourage positive migration to these communities,” despite being recognized as illegal by the international community.
Additionally, the Israeli government on Monday appointed a committee to review a 2005 government report that found several dozen settlements were built not without state approval on privately held Palestinian land. The panel was set up with accusations that the report’s author was not objective.
There are suspicions that the committee will attempt to legalize at least some of the more than 100 outposts built without government authorization and on privately held Palestinian land.
These latest moves are helping to break down recent low-level peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials. “They are adding obstacles at a time when everyone is intensifying efforts to try to resume peace talks,” said Palestinian government spokesman Ghassan Khatib. “I think with every additional settlement activity, the feasibility of having two states is diminished.”
Dealing with Israel in any civilized manner is a waste of time.
You mean the American taxpayer will subsidize these illegal settlements and outposts.
Of course Nutty has no intention of returning any land to the Palestinians. All he has to do is find a creative way to purge these stubborn natives out of their ancestral homes. With its Unswerving Slaves in America (aka the USA), it's now simply a matter of time. Each new atrocity against Palestinitans is defended, each new illegal settlement is applauded and bankrolled with US tax-payers' money. Why are Americans with the agressors? What possible interest does it serve them to dispossess Palestinians from their ancestral homes – and make way for patently racist settlers? Don't their conscience bother them for the injustice they unleash on a hapless people?
And the US is too stupid and too corrupt to put a stop to this. Instead they want to go along with the bastards to bomb Iran. What a joke our democracy has become.
They hate us for our freedom. The problem is one really cannot do much against the bankers who really run Israel and the Untied States. It would appear that the official forgiveness of almost ruining the USA is going to happen shortly. We are still in a major recession over all the crimes by the bankers but no one will go to jail. We have people being put to the curb and we do nothing. We have no problem giving Israel billions every year to defend Israel from the disgusting conduct of the nation. Israel has a declining population so there is no need for expansion. It really is not correct to provide money to import people who would not want to live there without being kept on welfare via international zionist extortion of the world.
Zionist want a state founded on religious bigotry. But they have a captive population of non-Jews seized against Israeli and International Law. If they aren't returned to sovereignty then you have a population that will outnumber the Jews so democracy goes out the window to maintain the religious bigotry. They can have a pogrom and become Tsarist Russia with them as the cossacks driving the Palestinians over the border though the Jordanians and Egyptians won't like that. Or they can become the SS and have a final solution. If they try to go back to the '67 borders the Army may mutiny and the settlers start a civil war.
On the other hand cutting off their gravy train will lead to economic issues that may cause some to leave. If Iran gets a nuke the Americans may leave because they are gutless and believe the propaganda that the Ayatollahs are salivating at the idea of nuking Israel. The status quo is leading to more and more problems. Congress and the Executive take orders from Israel so they won't cut off the gravy train.
Zionism is cutting its throat.
Illegal settlements… what a loaded term. There already is a Palestinian state–Jordan. It's Israel that's being occupied, by the terrorist "Palestinians" who are pretty much Jordanians. Just ask Zuhir Mohsen.
People like you are the scum of the earth…
Why Zuhir Mohsen? ask Newt Gingrich, or any other person who salivates at the idea of getting funding and support from the Zionists.
The two-state solution has been killed off, metaphorically and literally, by the rogue state of Israel. On to a one state, Palesatine, with Jews invited to stay if they behave. It seems that the US is totally ubwilling to censure the criminal theft of Palerstinian land but numbers will tell in the end.