Israel should stop illegal settlements: Quartet report:
Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating land for exclusive Israeli use that Palestinians seek for a future state, the Middle East peace "Quartet" recommended on Friday in a an eagerly awaited report. Ref. Source 7q.
Israel approves plans to build another 800 illegal settler units: Official:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the minister of military affairs, Avigdor Liberman, approved the new construction plans on Sunday, Haaretz quoted an Israeli official as saying Ref. Source 9x.
An honest question I will like any Israeli to answer for me is what do they hope to gain from this kind of antagonism?
Illegal Israeli settlements have grown during the Obama years;
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed a wave of construction during the Obama presidency that matched, and even exceeded, the amount of building that took place under his predecessors during the Bush years. Ref. Source 9y.
Israel proposes 500 new (Illegal) settlement homes near Jerusalem;
Jerusalem's municipality has proposed building 500 more housing units in an area of the city annexed by Israel after the 1967 Middle East war, a settlement monitoring group said on Wednesday. Ref. Source 6w.
Israel government nears deal that could 'legalise' settler homes;
International community considers all Jewish settlements on occupied land to be illegal, whether authorised by Israel or not. Homes located in Israel-approved settlements were built on Palestinian land Ref. Source 3k.