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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a helicopter as he tours the separation fence near the Palestinian town of Tarqumiyah, West Bank, July 20, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
UN vote exposes the true face of Israel’s settlement policy
Whatever the passage of a UN resolution criticizing the settlements may bring, the fallout has already made one thing clear: the Israeli government subscribes to a de facto ‘Greater Israel’ policy. In the summer of 1967, before anyone was aware of just how durable Israel’s occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territory would prove, a movement…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland December 26, 2016
Israeli soldiers stand in front of the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit, which was partially built on expropriated land belonging to the Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin, West Bank, September 26, 2014. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Illegal settlements aren’t rogue, they’re government policy
Consecutive Israeli governments have fabricated a sophisticated system designed to lend a guise of legality to the seizure of land in the West Bank. By Adam Aloni A month ago, with nearly no public debate, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retroactively approved an urban building plan (UBP) for the West Bank settlement of Itamar. A week…
By +972 Magazine November 24, 2015
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