Should this plan come to fruition there would be at least 25 cities in Samaria by 2050, compared to Samaria’s one settler city of Ariel.
I tried to explain that just like us, almost all Palestinians want to control their own destiny and they do not want to live under the oppression and humility of occupation.
Israelis will officially be allowed to return to the Homesh settlement in the West Bank.
Most new and renewed Jewish communities are neither “illegal” nor “colonial,” considering the Jewish connection to the land.
“There is a constant risk that events in the West Bank could spill over to Gaza,” UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Israeli prime ministers and defense ministers have kept a tight hold on the process to avoid diplomatic and security crises that might arise.
Amitai Etzioni, a German-born Israeli-American sociologist who founded the Communitarian Network, wrote in his memoir about how his youth in Israel helped develop his social theories.
The resolution, which is non-binding, is the latest instance of Republican support for Israeli territorial claims in the West Bank.
The State Department has repeatedly called on Israel to refrain from any moves that escalate tensions with Palestinians, like formalizing settler outposts.
"We are concerned by today’s provocative visit to the Temple Mount... and the accompanying inflammatory rhetoric," read the official statement.
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