Hamish McPanji
Honorary Master
Give me one example of a land grab that was not post an attack on Israel.
Israel has issued tenders for the construction of nearly 1,200 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, defying US and Palestinian opposition to expansion of Jewish settlements three days before the scheduled start of peace talks.
“The Israeli government is working to reduce the cost of living in all parts of Israel,” Uri Ariel, housing minister and a member of the pro-settler, extreme rightwing Jewish Home party, was quoted by Israel’s Ynet news agency as saying. “No country receives orders about where it can and cannot build from other countries.”
Mr Netanyahu’s rightwing coalition government has rejected calls by the international community and the Palestinians to freeze settlement construction, the issue that caused the last round of peace talks in 2010 to collapse. The EU’s publication of fresh restrictions banning funding for Israeli entities behind the Green Line angered Mr Netanyahu’s government, which accused Brussels of interference in its affairs before negotiations with the Palestinians.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f05fbe0-0280-11e3-a9e2-00144feab7de.html#axzz3ojdyTeTg
Straight from the horses mouth. Settlements are all to do with land grabs. There is no recognition at all that it is not their land. To the contrary, its is seen as being a denial of their rights.



