Israel Approves 2,500 West Bank Settler Homes In Post-Trump Building Surge

Openmind693 · Jan 24, 2017

Human rights----who cares. Environment - who cares.

Israel approved 2,500 new settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the latest in a surge of settlement building since Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the US.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, announced the expansion of West Bank settlements two days after authorities approved the construction of 566 settler homes in east Jerusalem.
“I agreed with the defense minister on the construction of 2,500 housing units in Judea and Samaria,” Mr Netanyahu said, using the Biblical name for the West Bank. “We build and continue to build.”
The announcement appeared to confirm fears among Palestinians and much of the international community that Israel’s government would step up its settlement-building programme once Mr Trump took power.
Beit El, one of the settlements mentioned in Tuesday's announcement, has received donations from Mr Trump's designated ambassador to Israel and from the family of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has been made a senior White House adviser.
The Palestinians immediately condemned the decision. “Once again, the Israeli government has proved that it is more committed to land theft and colonialism than to the two-state solution and the requirements for peace and stability," said Hanan Ashrawi, a senior official.
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Wu Li Heron · Jan 24, 2017

Openmind693 said:

Human rights----who cares. Environment - who cares.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/24/israel-approves-2500-west-bank-settler-homes-post-trump-building/
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Green is the new patriotic color and few things look greener from the other side of the fence than real estate.

storch · Jan 24, 2017

Israeli theft of Palestinian land. What else is new?

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