Tag: Settlement
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U.S. warns Israel: Don’t build up West Bank corridor
Aluf Benn | Ha’aretz 24 July 2009 The U.S. administration has issued a stiff warning to Israel not to build in the area known as E-1, which lies between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim. Any change in the status quo in E-1 would be “extremely damaging,” even “corrosive,” the message said.…
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‘No difference to U.S. between outpost, East Jerusalem construction’
Akiva Eldar, Barak Ravid & Jack Khoury | Ha’aretz 20 July 2009 The United States views East Jerusalem as no different than an illegal West Bank outpost with regard to its demand for a freeze on settlement construction, American sources have informed both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. This clarification came in the context of…
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A day in the West Bank shows ‘the soldiers are settlers but in uniform. They both symbolize the occupation.’
Mairav Zonszein, Antony Loewenstein & Joseph Dana | Mondoweiss 18 July 2009 The occupation can seem predictably mundane from a distance. To most Israelis the settlement project is seen as a problem, but a problem happening “over there” and utterly removed from their lives. Rampaging settlers are viewed occasionally on television. Violent Palestinians are seen…