Now we learn that under cover of the smoking mirrors of peace talks and the smoke of the incinerated civilians of Gaza, the inexorable growth of the Jewish squatter colonies eating up what remains of Palestine has been accelerating at an unprecedented rate. According to the Israeli news website Ynet, “Israel’s settler population in the West Bank increased by 2 per cent in the first half of the year… signalling robust growth in the settlements even while Israel was conducting peace talks with the Palestinians”. It quoted the Yesha Council, the official umbrella group representing the more than 100 Jewish squatter colonies in the occupied West Bank, as saying that the squatter population “grew to 382,031 as of 30 June [2014], up 2 per cent from 374,469 on 31 December [2013]. The projected 4 per cent annual growth rate would be more than double Israel’s nationwide growth rate, according to official figures”. Meanwhile, Washington’s slavish support of Israel continues as if that international pariah were a model law abiding state.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:26:05 +0000
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