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The talk about Israel freezing its illegal settlement activities in the West Bank is not new, however, it is sometimes highlighted and sometimes hidden in the drawers of the politicians....
...232 settlements have been built since 1996, immediately after the signing of the Oslo accords...
... Israel claims that certain outposts are illegal and that they have been erected without the authorization of the government. In fact, Israel sometimes removes some of these outposts as an attempt to show the world that it is removing what it describes as “illegal settlements.” This serves to divert international attention away from the fact that all settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal and are a grave violation of international law. This includes those settlements that Israel describes as cities or neighborhoods of Jerusalem such as Ma'ale Adomim, Gilo, Ariel, and Gush Etzion as well as the entire settlement ring around Jerusalem...
... The wall, as routed by Israel, shrinks the West Bank by half and disconnects the North form the South giving Israel control over more than 90 percent of the ground water in the West Bank. According to this structure, the Palestinian State will be completely confined inside Israel. Full story
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