Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Wed Jun 10, 2015, 02:39 AM Jun 2015

CBS: Housing finishes in West Bank settlements up by 219% in 2015’s first quarter

Source: Jerusalem Post

“Israel does not have to be afraid to build in Judea and Samaria. When Israelis are absent, terror reigns,” said Yigal Dilmoni, the deputy head of Council of Jewish Communities of Judea and Samaria.

Settlement construction in the West Bank rose sharply in the first quarter of 2015, with a 219 percent spike in completed housing and a 93% rise in starts, according to data released by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.

The increase that occurred just prior to the March 17 election was not reflected in the CBS data on nationwide building, which showed that completed housing went up by 15.5 % and the starts dropped by 2%. The report, which focused mostly on the housing situation across the country, was released in the midst of an increased push by the international community to boycott Israel over the issue of settlement construction.

“Israel does not have to be afraid to build in Judea and Samaria. When Israelis are absent, terror reigns,” said Yigal Dilmoni, the deputy head of Council of Jewish Communities of Judea and Samaria.

Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Settler-construction-up-sharply-in-first-quarter-405556

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CBS: Housing finishes in West Bank settlements up by 219% in 2015’s first quarter (Original Post) Little Tich Jun 2015 OP

The Jerusalem Post .... Israeli Jun 2015 #1

Yes, the Peace Now website is good, especially the map. Little Tich Jun 2015 #2

Was once Little Tich.... Israeli Jun 2015 #3

I'm not as pessimistic as you are about the two-state solution, Little Tich Jun 2015 #4

Israeli

(4,169 posts)

1. The Jerusalem Post ....

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 02:57 AM

Jun 2015

....is not the best place to learn about " Settlement construction in the West Bank " Little Tich.

Try here : http://peacenow.org.il/eng/

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

2. Yes, the Peace Now website is good, especially the map.

Reply to Israeli (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 03:25 AM

Jun 2015

However, when looking at the map, I wonder if a two-state solution is actually possible.

Israeli

(4,169 posts)

3. Was once Little Tich....

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:54 AM

Jun 2015

Sadly ....not any more .

Settlement enterprise based on illegality and deception

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4666423,00.html

In the short periods in which the centrist-leftist parties ruled the country, they didn't dare deal with the winking culture. They had a slew of constraints: Inconvenient coalition partners, fear of right-wing protests, fear that their bargaining power would be affected in the middle of negotiations, and mainly embarrassment.

The " winking culture " has won .

The settlers have won .

The two-state solution is as dead as Oslo and any peace initiative since then .

Forget about a two-state solution.....its never going to happen .

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

4. I'm not as pessimistic as you are about the two-state solution,

Reply to Israeli (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:51 AM

Jun 2015

but I do think that the one-state solution must be explored. It just might happen, and some people who fear the one-state solution must be shown that it's not such a bad thing after all.

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