Israeli settlement building in occupied territory doubles since last year
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7581755.stm
"In the first five months of 2008, 433 new homes were started, compared to 240 in the same period last year, it said.
Settlements are a crucial issue for Palestinians, who fear they will create "facts on the ground" rendering a viable Palestinian state impossible.
Israeli settlements on the Palestinian side of the Green Line, which marks the edge of the West Bank, are considered illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who is a favourite to replace scandal-hit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said settlement building had been reduced "in a most dramatic way" - although she did not specify the timeframe she was referring to - and was limited to "small activities""
"In the first five months of 2008, 433 new homes were started, compared to 240 in the same period last year, it said.
Settlements are a crucial issue for Palestinians, who fear they will create "facts on the ground" rendering a viable Palestinian state impossible.
Israeli settlements on the Palestinian side of the Green Line, which marks the edge of the West Bank, are considered illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who is a favourite to replace scandal-hit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said settlement building had been reduced "in a most dramatic way" - although she did not specify the timeframe she was referring to - and was limited to "small activities""
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Facts... indisputable facts... I love independent indisputable facts...
you anti-semite... nice post. keep them coming. isnt it funny that threads like this get no attention or retort. i guess most dont like the truth, or make that whatever is drilled into their heads since birth.
One of the funniest things I heard recently was that McCain's VP candidate Palin was connected to Buchanan, and this reflected poorly on her. And the MAIN reason it reflects poorly on her is because Buchanan is "anti-Israel."
Let's face it folks: Israel can get away with anything it wants. Slobadan Milosevic puts down a little rebellion and NATO smacks Serbia down, but Israel kills hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and we give them our full support.
Just shows you who's got the control.
-Enoch Powell
Israeli police convicted in Palestinian teen's death
JERUSALEM – Two Israeli border policemen have been convicted of manslaughter in the death of a Palestinian teen who was beaten and thrown from a speeding jeep.
The Israeli Justice Ministry says the men face up to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors say Shachar Botbeka, Denis Alhazov and two other officers spent their last day of service in the West Bank city of Hebron in 2002 by going on a rampage, throwing tear gas and stun grenades.
They also seized four Palestinians, hustled them into a jeep and beat them with truncheons and rifles.
Two of the Palestinians were hurled from the vehicle as it moved at a high speed.
Police say one of them, 17-year-old Amran Abu Hamadiya, died after being tossed from the moving jeep after resisting the orders of his tormentors to jump.
Botbeka "pried the deceased's hands" from the straps of the jeep as it travelled at about 80 kilometres an hour and helped to throw him out of the vehicle, Judge Orit Efal-Gabbai of Jerusalem District Court wrote in her ruling.
One of the officers shouted, "He's dead, he's dead," but the police officers "abandoned the deceased and continued on their way," while Alzahov videotaped the incident, she said.
Botbeka and Alhazov initially denied the allegations against them, then acknowledged varying degrees of culpability, according to the ruling.
No date for their sentencing has been set.
The two other border policemen in the case have reached separate plea bargains.
Little Rebellion?//Are u Fuckin Kidding me..their still finding mass graves to this day...villages of people raped and burned alive
The 1st Bush-asshole did nothing to promote their Freedom or Nation Building Rhetoric at the time ...Guess why no oil in the region.He watched Genocide just like Darfur today..Fuckin Republicants. At least Biden called Milosevic what he was.I am Croatian so I know a little about this "Little Rebellion" u speak of
The Serbs acted like barbarians hitting orphanages and Ethnic cleansing for the whole world to watch..
Everytime I go to Croatia I'm proud we stood up to take what is rightfully ours
why is this person an anti semite???????
Is it racist to suggest that Isreal are still in their neighbours back yard? some then i must be an Islamic extremist for saying that the US and Uk are in Iraq!
Please feel free to correct me if i have missed something.
To break down borders and realise that we are one species and then the true patriotism comes from pride and love of the human race, not from the tribes of which we currently are divided, open your eyes your mind will see! - ME
He was being sarcastic. Some people jump to the conclusion that if you criticize Israel you're anti semite.
Unfortunately, in this world of technology, we still haven't figured out how to effectively use sarcasm on the internet.
holy crap...I'll believe it when I see it though. I can tell you right now, some at the top want to pin medals on these guys with admiration If they do get sentencing, it will either be very lenient like a year at most, and it will be a nice stay at a minimum security facility.
If not....I will be astonished.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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I don't.
I think it is a shame that Pat knows what is up, and feels (apparently) compelled to tell the truth to Americans over the tube half the time or less.
The other half the time he acts like your typical Project Mockingbird spook, spewing whatever "they" want him to say.
But i don't hate him,
because, like i said, he knows what is going on and makes at least half of an effort to inform the public. Unfortunately with the otherside of his mouth he discredits himself pretty regularly. :(
If I opened it now would you not understand?
and it was lost on me! fuck!! the english and their great humor huh!
To break down borders and realise that we are one species and then the true patriotism comes from pride and love of the human race, not from the tribes of which we currently are divided, open your eyes your mind will see! - ME
Yeah, he does seem to be pretty informed. He also wrote a good article about the Russia/georgia a few weeks ago. I can't remember if someone posted it here or not.
"Only six per cent of investigations into offences allegedly committed by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yield indictments, an Israeli rights group says."
http://news.smh.com.au/world/offences-by-israeli-troops-unpunished-20080730-3nbj.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/04/israelandthepalestinians.humanrights?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews
http://www.imemc.org/article/56840