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Post by karl on Jun 20, 2009 12:25:42 GMT -7
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Post by tuftabis on Jun 23, 2009 1:59:23 GMT -7
Karl. Thank you very much. But what have I done to earn to be so much put on air. Simply nothing. To you all the honour goes, Karl. For you have the courage to face the change, to adjust to the new, to accept the alterations in our constantly changing world, to include them in the set of mind. You have my greatest respect for that, as I know too many of those who remain encysted in the old safe and unrequiring set of convictions, and I know the courage needed to abandon what is no more.
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Post by Jaga on Jun 23, 2009 12:42:26 GMT -7
Why this is not front page news? Israel defies US with plan for 240 new homes on Palestinian landwww.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/israel-palestine-construction-farmers-obamaIsrael's defence ministry has proposed legalising 60 existing homes at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, and building another 240 homes at the site, despite US calls for a halt to settlement growth. Construction at the outpost, known as Water Reservoir Hill, near the Talmon settlement, north of Ramallah, would "greatly damage" the freedom of movement of Palestinian farmers in the area, according to Bimkom, an Israeli planning rights group. It said the construction plan was put forward for public inspection shortly after the Israeli government was formed this spring and was first approved by Ehud Barak, the defence minister. It was now awaiting final approval. But Bimkom added: "In virtually all cases, plans deposited for Israeli settlements were subsequently approved." The Israeli government insisted the homes were part of old proposals. "These houses have been completed, and there has been no approval given for new houses," one official said. The plan, which follows a pattern over many years of settlement growth, appears to challenge directly Barack Obama's administration, which has issued several clear calls for an end to the practice. So far, Israel has resisted Washington's pressure for a halt to construction in settlements and the issue is fast becoming a test of wills between the two governments. In an interview yesterday Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said arguing about settlement activity was a waste of time. Last week, the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, told Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, that Washington wanted "to see a stop to the settlements". Under the US road map of 2003, which remains the basis of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israel is committed to freezing all settlement activity and evacuating settlement outposts built since 2001. The Palestinians, for their part, are committed to curbing militancy.
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Post by pieter on Jun 23, 2009 23:50:57 GMT -7
Jaga,
It was on the Dutch news, I don't know why it was not reported in the US media?
Pieter
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