| According to Haaretz via Associated Press, Read Settler compensation bill
Israel says it wants to hold on to the huge settlement blocs ringed around Jerusalem and protected by the Seperation Wall which isn't recognized around the world as legal housing for Israeli settlers and it also would split the West Bank in two and cut off the territory from East Jerusalem not mention make life for East Jerusalemites more difficult. My question is why can't the U.S. not only use the Road Map but also pressure Israel to follow and accept United Nations Resolution 242 which states that no occupying power is allowed to build, transfer or move its citizens into occupied territory? Can UN Resolution 242 be applied to Israel to dismantle the large settlement blocs in East Jerusalem and West Bank as well? Can 242 also be submitted to Congress to remind the representatives that the Seperation Wall and settlement blocs in and around East Jerusalem and the West Bank are illegal and are one of the major obstacles to peace? Regardless of all the excuses made by the settlers and Israeli government, most of the world does not view the illegal settlements as legitimate for the creation of a Palestinian state if the goal is to be achieved. From Lisa B  UN144K Download |
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