[lbo-talk] Israeli Settlement Building on Private Palestinian Property

[Bryan Atinsky]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> On Nov 21, 2006, at 3:51 PM, Bryan Atinsky wrote:
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>> http://www.peacenow.org.il/data/SIP_STORAGE/files/9/2569.pdf
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> I was surprised to see this on the front page of the NYT this morning.

Front page? That is surprising...

The report is kind of strange in one way though, actually...I guess it
makes it worse that a significant portion of the land on which the
settlements are built was/is privately owned Palestinian land...but
let's say it wasn't ...that Israel built the settlements on 'open' land
in the OPT...would that make it legitimate or ethical???...obviously
not...it is still occupied territory...

But, it IS quite amazing when you think that that some 86.4 percent of
Ma'ale Adumim is directly expropriated Palestinian owned land...while
Ma'ale Adumim has around 30,000 settlers, its municipal boundaries are
larger than the area of Tel Aviv.