Israel and Peace “Talk”
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Well, talk is one thing, action another. 92 of 164 settlements expanded or redrawn…
“A short drive along West Bank roads demonstrates that talk is one thing, action another; while the government talks about “a political horizon,” in the form of two states, Israel’s actions on the ground and its scandalous failings are pushing this solution off toward the horizon.
A new report from Peace Now, details of which appeared this past Friday in Haaretz, reveals the jurisdictions of 92 out of 164 settlements, outposts and industrial zones in the West Bank were expanded or redrawn after the Oslo Accords.
The report, which relies on Civil Administration data, further discloses that merely 9 percent of all areas under the settlements’ jurisdiction have been built on, and just another 12 percent has been put to some use. Furthermore, despite the broad areas under their jurisdiction, 90 percent of the settlements exceed their jurisdictions, and about a third of the areas that settlements effectively control are outside their jurisdictions - for the most part on Palestinian land. …”
Via: Haaretz (Hat tip: David Cohen)
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