Israel is continuing its push for expansions into the occupied territories, with anti-settlement group Peace Now reporting the government had quietly approved 2,610 new settler homes in the occupied East jerusalem neighborhood of Gival Hamatos.
The plan for the homes was initially proposed back in December of 2012. The Jerusalem municipality sat on the plan nearly two years, and then offered no announcement with its approval.
The timing of the revelation was inconvenient to the Netanyahu government, coming just hours before the prime minister met with President Obama. Obama was critical of the plans to expand settlements, saying that they imperil the peace process.
Jerusalem officials insisted the plan’s approval was a “technicality” and that the new constructions would contribute culturally to the city. The new settlement would connect the Gilo settlement and Talpiot, and mean there would no longer be connections between the Palestinian city of Bethlehem and the Palestinian neighborhoods left in occupied East Jerusalem.
While the other part of Israel, USG is busy to fight it's own creation the thives are not wasting any time, do they.
Unbelivable arrogance of Israels régime. This “crime ring” informs the whole world almost daily what collosal mistake internacional community made after the WW2….Ignorant people on this planet allow “truth duo of evil – US and Israels regimes”drive whole world towards horrible wars or total slavery….Pablo
If i kill those subhuman stylers, would you call me a terrorist?
“settler” — An illusion embodying paradise
To be in fact a settler, one must be engaged in putting idle land into productive use. Discoverers who settle idle land by traveling to unknown lands, pioneers who settle land by enduring sever hardship, homesteaders who are compensated for their hardship by homestead grants to government owned land.
For any government that allows you to take land at gunpoint, surely it’s a paradise for land grabbers.
While the US Congress is happy to lavish money on new wars, and Israel's endless requests for more "aid," they just cut another $8.7 billion from food stamps. While US citizens slowly starve, and US veterans sleep under bridges, they can take comfort in knowing that Israel won't run out of ammunition for their murderous killing sprees in Gaza, and a few thousand more "settlers" will have full swimming pools in their brand new apartment blocks built on stolen land, courtesy of US taxpayers.
Wasn't Obama just a few days ago talking about bigger nations gobbling up smaller ones? As usual, he stands by and does nothing while an "allied" country does exactly that. Total hypocrites.
The announcements of new Israeli settlements made just before an American president or vice president visit with Israeli leaders is to show the world who really is the boss i.e. Israel. "Look how we can rub their (the Americans) face in the mud". That arrogant trait has cost them dearly in the past.
The United States will never be able to rein in the present government of Israel in it's hunger for more land. The political concept of "A Greater Israel" has been around since the formation of the "Jewish State"
and with our never ending support/co-dependency, this child of our making will continue to do whatever it wants. Like a child who is told repeatedly to 'behave' and never has to suffer the natural consequences of
their behavior, Israel will continue to laugh at those foolish parents who don't seem to have a clue.