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Headlines : Human RightsIsraeli army orders confiscation of Palestinian land
More than anything else, the dispute between Israel and its neighbors is about Palestinian land. Israel has been pursuing a policy of resettling Israelis in land confiscated from the Palestinians, and occasionally will withdraw some of its people in the face of international outrage.
At present we are experiencing a resurgence of international interest in the area. In November, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, are scheduled to meet in Maryland, to kick off a peace initiative.
In preparation the Israelis plan to increase the settled area of the West Bank from 9% to 12% to improve their going-in position.
[Posted By Watson]Republished from The Guardian
The Israeli army has ordered the seizure of Palestinian land surrounding four West Bank villages apparently in order to hugely expand settlements around Jerusalem, it emerged yesterday.
The confiscation happened as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met to prepare the ground for a meeting hosted by President George Bush in the United States aimed at reviving a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
However, critics said the confiscation of land suggested that Israel was imposing its own solution on the Palestinians through building roads, barriers and settlements that would render a Palestinian state unviable.
The land seized forms a corridor from East Jerusalem to Jericho and is intended to be used for a road that would be for Palestinians only. Analysts said the road would run on one side of the Israeli security barrier, while the existing Jerusalem-Jericho road would be reserved for Israelis.
Posted by Watson
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what i’d like to know is will the media show the forced removal of the Palestinians all over the TV the same way Jewish “settlers” were forced from Gaza by the IDF in 2005?
This double standard has reached laughable proportions. I’m sure when the ethnic cleansing is finished, people in the region and beyond forty years hence will just love Israel more than EVER.