[lbo-talk] Settlement construction skyrockets up 83%, but 6% drop in construction inside Israel

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>[lbo-talk] Settlement construction skyrockets up 83%, but 6% drop in 
>construction inside Israel
>Bryan bryan at indymedia.org.il
>Thu Jun 9 09:01:22 PDT 2005
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>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3096621,00.html
>
>The drop in construction inside Israel may even be greater than they 
>say, being that a lot of the construction in Jerusalem is taking 
>place  over the Green Line (which, because it is Jerusalem, I am not 
>sure if  Yideot Ahronot recognizes it also as settlement building).
>
>Bryan
>
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>Settlement construction skyrockets
>
>Israeli construction in settlements rises 83 percent this year ahead 
>of Gaza pullout while building within Israel's 1967 borders drops 6 
>percent
>
>By Edo Efraty
>
>TEL AVIV - Israel has boosted its construction in 500 settlements in 
>the  West Bank and Gaza since the beginning of the year ahead of 
>it's plan to  quit Gaza later this year, the Central Bureau of 
>Statistics said on  Wednesday.

This is what the "land for peace" formula has always meant: 
Palestinians give peace to Israel, and Israel takes more land from 
Palestinians.  The "two state" solution now means Gaza (except its 
borders, airspace, coastline, etc.) for Palestinians, and Israel and 
the West Bank for Jewish citizens of Israel.  This kind of "peace" 
won't last very long.
-- 
Yoshie

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