Might have something to do with the most powerfull nation of the world propping it up.This story is so interesting, it has been a saga since 1949. With wars is 1967,1973, 2004. The tunnels under the border. Isis in S yria. Random missle barrages. The near destruction of Damascus. The Russian, Iran, Turkey alliance. It amazes me that a nation the size of a large Indian reservation has sustained itself in the midst of it's sworn enemies.
Please let it be conods in Boca Raton.
Land you own is and isn't your land at the same time. That's nothing new. If I own land, I can sell it to someone else, but I can't sell that land to an US citizen and it then becomes a US enclave in germany.I just....it's baffling to me. Let's say for the sake of argument that I agree that at the very least, some of Israeli settlements are illegal.
How is anyone going to know which one's?
For example....
Palestinian gets life sentence over land sale to Israelis
This happens more than some people want to admit. Palestinian landowner gets tired of it all, gets dual citizenship, sells his land to Israelis. He makes a tidy profit and leaves. Israel expands.
It's totally legal in Israel....totally illegal in Palestine. I get it's infuriating if you're a hardcore "death to the infidels" Palestinian....you certainly don't want your countrymen selling off your nation and moving.
The problem is ....it's either their land to own or it isn't. They either possess it or they don't. If they don't....who does?
What land? Like condos in Boca Raton? What are you talking about?
Might have something to do with the most powerfull nation of the world propping it up.
I just....it's baffling to me. Let's say for the sake of argument that I agree that at the very least, some of Israeli settlements are illegal.
How is anyone going to know which one's?
Who do we believe the United Nations formed in 1945. I believe GOD, When the walls of Jericho came tumbling down, solely from divine intervention.It's not that complicated. We're not talking about individual land sales. We're talking about Israel building entire communities in the occupied territories. "The international community considers the settlements in occupied territory to be illegal, and the United Nations has repeatedly upheld the view that Israel's construction of settlements constitutes a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention."
Sure sure....all you would need are some military personnel willing to round up Jewish people and kick them out of their homes.
Who do we believe the United Nations formed in 1945. I believe GOD, When the walls of Jericho came tumbling down, solely from divine intervention.
Peace in our time.To think in just one month there will finally be peace in the Middle East.
Land you own is and isn't your land at the same time.
That's nothing new. If I own land, I can sell it to someone else, but I can't sell that land to an US citizen and it then becomes a US enclave in germany.
It's not that complicated. We're not talking about individual land sales. We're talking about Israel building entire communities in the occupied territories. "The international community considers the settlements in occupied territory to be illegal, and the United Nations has repeatedly upheld the view that Israel's construction of settlements constitutes a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention."
I just....it's baffling to me. Let's say for the sake of argument that I agree that at the very least, some of Israeli settlements are illegal.
How is anyone going to know which one's?
For example....
Palestinian gets life sentence over land sale to Israelis
This happens more than some people want to admit. Palestinian landowner gets tired of it all, gets dual citizenship, sells his land to Israelis. He makes a tidy profit and leaves. Israel expands.
It's totally legal in Israel....totally illegal in Palestine. I get it's infuriating if you're a hardcore "death to the infidels" Palestinian....you certainly don't want your countrymen selling off your nation and moving.
The problem is ....it's either their land to own or it isn't. They either possess it or they don't. If they don't....who does?
That's just what happened in some cases when Egypt and Israel made their peace treaty and Israel abandoned Sinai and evacuated the settlements built there, in some cases somewhat forcefully.
The Sinai withdrawal was phased over a number of years and the date of evacuation for Yamit was set for April 23, 1982. Residents were ordered beforehand to leave in a peaceful manner and most of the original settlers did in fact choose to move rather than clash with the Israel Defense Forces.
The Yamit evacuation, however, was met with resistance by right-wing Jews, mostly followers of Rabbi Meir Kahane, who threatened to fight back against the IDF and even to blow themselves up if soldiers entered their bunkers.
At 2 P.M. on April 23, the official evacuation began. Much of the resistance played out like a game of cat and mouse - soldiers climbed up barricaded houses; protesters threw down sand and burning tires. Soldiers sprayed white foam on the roofs; protesters moved into the attics. Finally, soldiers were lowered onto the roofs in cages and they were able to bring many resistors out of the houses. At some locations, the army drilled holes into buildings and sprayed those inside with high pressure hoses to force them to exit.
In response to the protestors suicide threat, Rabbi Kahane flew from the United States to Yamit and convinced them not to detonate their explosives.
I know right? It's almost like this is a really hard problem with no simple or even not so simple resolution.
Well, what has he got to say about West Bank settlements vis-a-vis the Mideast peace plan?
Whoa....no offense....but who cares what the international community thinks?
Everyone who is a signatory to the Geneva conventions.