Israel/Palestine

Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sat Jul 2, 2016, 06:12 PM Jul 2016

Israel Approves Construction Of 42 Units In West Bank Settlement Home To Slain 13-Year-Old

Sources say Israel has also decided to set up a special graveyard for Palestinian terrorists killed during attacks, thus avoiding the need to return their bodies to their families.

Barak Ravid Jul 02, 2016 9:27 PM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday approved the construction of 42 housing units in the West Bank settlement in which a 13-year-old girl was killed in her bedroom.

The tender was published a year and a half ago but was frozen after no contractors applied. The bidding process is now re-opened.

Sources in the Prime Minister’s Office said that after a number of meetings in recent weeks on the topic it was decided Israel would set up a graveyard for Palestinian terrorists, and thus avoid returning their bodies to their families.

Israel has been reluctant to return the bodies of alleged assailants, citing fears their funeral processions would turn violent and glorify acts of terror.

read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.728476

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Israel Approves Construction Of 42 Units In West Bank Settlement Home To Slain 13-Year-Old (Original Post) Purveyor Jul 2016 OP

Here we go again... Ford_Prefect Jul 2016 #1

cold blooded murder vs constructing an apartment building 6chars Jul 2016 #2

Netanyahu sees some equivalence Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #3

Do you think that building new settlements is an appropriate response to terrorism? n/t Little Tich Jul 2016 #4

No -- but human life is of greater importance than construction. 6chars Jul 2016 #5

Ford_Prefect

(7,933 posts)

1. Here we go again...

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Jul 2, 2016, 06:32 PM

Jul 2016

6chars

(3,967 posts)

2. cold blooded murder vs constructing an apartment building

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Jul 2, 2016, 06:45 PM

Jul 2016

some see these as morally equivalent. not me.

here is the difference. the first one of them is murder.

EU and UN "Israeli construction of apartments and Palestinian cold-blooded murder of Jews are both impediments to peace."

Violet_Crumble

(35,992 posts)

3. Netanyahu sees some equivalence

Reply to 6chars (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 09:08 AM

Jul 2016

In the article the claim is that constructing an apartment building is strengthening Israels defences after the murder. That's a definite WTF??? Moment.

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

4. Do you think that building new settlements is an appropriate response to terrorism? n/t

Reply to 6chars (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 4, 2016, 01:57 AM

Jul 2016

6chars

(3,967 posts)

5. No -- but human life is of greater importance than construction.

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 4, 2016, 06:54 AM

Jul 2016

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