Israel OKs some 3,000 new settler homes, despite U.S. rebuke

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Israel OKs some 3,000 new settler homes, despite U.S. rebuke

By ILAN BEN ZION and LAURIE KELLMAN
October 27, 2021

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel approved about 3,000 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a day after the United States issued its strongest rebuke yet of such construction. It was the biggest announcement of settlement plans during the Biden administration.

The plans were approved by a Defense Ministry committee, according to a security official who was not authorized to speak publicly and did not provide further details. The anti-settlement group Peace Now also confirmed the approvals.

The decision marked the latest boost for Israel’s half-century-old settlement enterprise on occupied lands the Palestinians seek for a state. Successive Israeli governments have expanded settlements, making an internationally backed two-state solution — a state of Palestine arising alongside Israel — increasingly impossible.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the international community to take a “decisive stance” on the Israeli decision, which he said amounted to a “message of disdain for the efforts of the U.S. administration.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-jerusalem-israel-united-states-a6d7faba3f0fb6d40695729ec398dc21

[Mosby]

1. Why do residences with "settlers" in them make a Palestinian state

"Increasingly impossible"?

Is it because Jews won't be allowed to live in Palestine?

Would be nice if organizations like AP would just tell the truth, instead of curating reality for us stupid people.

[Israeli]

2. Take a look at this map

and maybe it will become clearer to you :

https://peacenow.org.il/en/settlements-watch/settlements-data/population

The West Bank does not belong to us Mosby , period .
Our religious right wing of course do not agree with me .
Why do you disagree with the Biden administration ???????