"Natural Growth" of Israeli Settlements

Israeli settlement construction, including "natural growth," an obstacle to a two-state solution.

After U.S. President Obama's Cairo address to the Muslim World, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state under what's called the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But access to water and land, amongst other issues raise serious questions about the feasibility of a Palestinian state, considering that more than half of the West Bank is already annexed by Israeli outposts and settlements.

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[arle]

Breaking news, by the way -- the Israeli navy has commandeered another humanitarian aid ship, confiscated the relief supplies and are taking the whole thing -- the ship, the cargo and what are now hostages -- from Gaza's coastal waters to an Israeli port.
http://freegaza.org/en/home/hope-fleet-news/976-israel-attacks-justice-boat-kidnaps-human-rights-workers-confiscates-medicine-toys-and-olive-trees

[Prattvictory2]

If an Arab Israeli adds a room to his house in Jerusalem the Israelis knock the whole building down. I think the same should apply to the settlements.

They should give the Palestinians the governance over permits and the bulldozers to enforce it. Tit for tat.

[arle]

Better still, send the Israelis back to Israel and let the Palestinians decide what to do with the settlements. Maybe once they fix the "unique features" -- like the raw sewage outlets onto Palestinian farmland and water sources -- the Palestinians themselves might live on houses on their land.