Israel okays 28 new settlement buildings, despite freeze

CJ, I just LOVE your posts!

It's not the disagreements! It's the bias criticism that reveals antisemitism. When people take the situation out of context in order to bolster their false argument. When you attack Israel for a non-violent action(building settlements)as a buffer zone to prevent attacks from the Pals, and have no comment...or excuses...for the Pals constant violations(rocket attacks, snipers,suicide bombings etc.), that's antisemitism. Period! Why your not willing to admit it is beyond me. I certainly don't use the term lightly nor do I use use it to prevent criticism of Israel. I just think it's obviously bias, and the motivation for the bias just as obvious.

BG: "Israeli Settlementd and international agreements." Notice that Barach did, indeed, say "ISRAELI settlements". Note that Barach *then* continued on and talked about JEWISH rights to settle in the territory of the Mandate for Palestine. That subtle sleight-of-hand actually invalidates Barach's argument. Because the "state of Israel" ***ISN'T*** the "Jewish nation": even the zionist regime itself accepts that this is true when it defines Israel as "the state for the Jewish nation". The "rights" that "Israel" possesses therefore extends no further than its own sovereign territory. The West Bank isn't Israeli sovereign territory, Barach, so ISRAELI settlements in the West Bank are, clearly, illegal.

Israeli settlement throughout the West Bank is explicitly protected by international agreements dating from the World War I era, subsequently reaffirmed after World War II, and never revoked since. The Balfour Declaration of 1917, calling for ?the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people,? was endorsed by the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, drafted at the San Remo Conference in 1920, and adopted unanimously two years later. The mandate recognized ?the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine? and ?the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country.? Jews were guaranteed the right of ?close settlement? throughout ?Palestine,? geographically defined by the mandate as comprising land both east and west of the Jordan River (which ultimately became Jordan, the West Bank, and Israel). This was not framed as a gift to the Jewish people; rather, based on recognition of histor

Disagreeing with Israeli policy or lack of policy is antisemitism. Disagreeing with George Bush made somebody a terrorism supporter. And disagreeing with Sarah Palin makes somebody anti-American. Yes, we get it. New Yorkers don't live in REAL America, neither do Californians. Did I get it all?

There can be no Palestinian state without the dismantling of settlements, and there can be no productive discussions while settlement construction continues. Without exception all settlement construction (including "public" buildings) must stop.

Save your hollow indignation. Never have I seen such a bunch of laughable hypocrites. Here you people are writing such hatred and frankly, antisemitism. Yet the freedom in Israel unmatched by any country around it...and the Palestinians... allows your false and evil comments to be printed and read by a worldwide audience. Show me a similar paper in any Arab country or among the Palestinians media machine that allows for such open debate. Arabs kill each other or arrest their own people for criticizing their government let alone allowing foreigners to make such criticisms. You all miss the point, your a joke.

most of the world was and is 'settled' by others. America for one. Glad you're not happy w/ Israel but, we are thrilled. BUILD BABY BUILD!!!!!

I look at him & see something else. Perhaps "duty is in the eye of the beholder."? I found arafat the ugliest of any man on earth. bet you though he was 'cute"?

Someday, the 'pals' cause, will be compared to communism. The communists had 70 years on a road to nowhere, the pals are catching up in time, and in complete failure. Don't ya just love it? Two failed poitical systems offering nothing to their constituates but failure. Give Israel another 60 years and the skies the limit. I doubt the pals can last that long w/ too many failures, deaths, and no hope for a future, all at their own hands. They are cursed as was communism.

What a realization that every wish and hope you've held in your heart is dashed by the reality that the pals can never accomplish their goal to destroy Israel and have the land legally appointed to the Jews as the State of Israel for themselves instead. As the pals premise was not based on fact, the land was never theirs to begin with. It was, and is, always Israel. The pals alone are to blame for the terror tactics that continue to this day in hopes of convincing people that their cause is somehow justified by fiction. All that support them, such as yourself, are condemned to repeat the same mistakes of history and somehow try and justify terror tactics, lies, and threats, and wonder why no one has the power to change what was written thousands of years ago. The games over, the pals lost again. Past these facts, no free person wants to be a part of sharia law which is what Gaza and their sponsor, Iran, demonstrates daily. Misery for you is forever.

or on construction already started, or in east jerusalem... or just about anything at all. no one can say there's been any cheating. he's made sure of that.

I couldn't have said it better nor could anyone else. Israel answers to a Higher Power. Build baby build! Israel demonstrates what has been written of thousands of years ago whether they believe or not doesn't matter. There's mans will and then, there is G-ds will. The facts speak for themselves. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and Build, Build, Build!!!!

on akangaroo court which exceeded its own limited jurisdiction to give an advisory opinion. it managed to create a country that still does not exist and to ignore all binding treaties in existence and the un charter of 1945 and unscr242/339the treaties between egypt/jordan and israel and !!

"Stare into the eyes of Ehud Barak at the top of this article. Are these not the eyes of a malevolent man? Where is a shred of humanity, decency and honesty?" - Mark Lincoln Up there in his Akirov Tower, with no-one near him who knows anything at all about such virtues, he imagines they lie in his ability to play a little Chopin on the living-room Steinway.

In 2004 Fourteen justices at The International Court of Justice in the Hague ruled unanimously that all Israeli settlements and structures in the Palestinian territories must be dismantled and void and the Palestinian leadership should not accept Israel's "facts on the ground" In addition, the settlements are used by the Israeli leaders and settlers as an obstacle to the establishment of a Palestinian state as the son of Menachem Begin, Binyamin pointed out in 1991: "In strategic terms, the settlements (in Judea, Samara and Gaza) are of no importance " what makes them important , he added "they constitute an obstacle, an unsurmountable obstacle to the establishment of an independent Arab state west of the river Jordan." This is unconscionable and no one should tolerate settlements or expansion of them at this point. Beyond outrage, Dutch

"Why should Israel keep it`s word to America?" Why indeed? But they are such sticklers for obeying the law, I thnk there must be something in the Talmud about not keeping your word in times of war. Or maybe, not keeping your word to goyim/gentiles/pagans. Just so they can say they have not born false witness.

"Does Israel actually have a foreign policy? I am completely confused." To remove your confusion, you need only observe what Israel does, and completely discount what Israel's government says. But if it will help, be advised that Israel has three separate foreign policies . 1. to the the USA: Suck, suck, suck; 2.. to the rest of the world: Go to Hell; 3.. to Palestine: Now I've got you, you SOB. to which may be added any combination of the following: a. who me? b. its all their fault; c. snicker, snicker, snicker.

" the whole of palestine " where exactly is it jim?? the palestine mandate includes jordan ! prior to 1922 no such entity existed !

"What does Israel want? peace or war?" Either will do. What Israel wants for now is all of Palestine. Her desire is obsessive. She will take Palesinte regardless, or destroy herself trying. And yes, "Israel is not doing enough to prevent a total war". She is doing her best to provoke WWIII. One wonders if she is not simply begging someone to stop her ... like a three year old testing the limits.

Is what Israel chooses to build and is why Israel is a nation and Palestine a fantasy intended to destroy Israel.

Yesterday was the Muslim holiday Id al-Adha when a ram is slaughtered by every Muslim household who can afford it. In Istanbul the beautiful azure color of the Bosphorus has turned to red from the blood that spilled due to the inhumane practices of incompetent butchers murdering the poor animals in the streets of Istanbul. See: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/13057791.asp?gid=229 Bigger numbers of similar incidents happened in Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Islamic world. The great animal rights activist that you claim to be, shouldn't you be commenting in the Turkish, Arabic, Muslim newspapers and protesting this awful and inhumane practice today? Or in your kind of humanity is only Jews and Israel that is to be questioned while Arab and Islamic world are free to commit these atrocities to animals?

Stare into the eyes of Ehud Barak at the top of this article. Are these not the eyes of a malevolent man? Where is a shred of humanity, decency and honesty?

So you don't want a settlement with the palestinians? So you don't want peace? So why don't you just goddam come out and say so and stop jerking everone around? Oh, then you might have a little problem. You may not be able to continue your parasitic relationship with the US. You just have to have your cake and eat it too, don;t you?

but not for the real government, but rather for a 'Coloured Persons Representative Council', which, with the various limits on its authority, sounds a lot like the 'Palestinian Government' that Israel keeps trying to foist on the Palestinians (and the world) as a state. But that failed to save that regime when the people of the world (note, the people, not the governments) grew fed up with the situation. Have you been keeping track of the BDS Israel movement, comparing where it is to where the anti-Apartheid one was in its history? These sorts of things don't spring full-blown into existance. Even Susan Boyle put in years of work before becoming an 'overnight success'.

The un-spoken and truly evil equation made by the Palestinians is that their dispute as to property is more valuble than Jewish lives. This is a "profit before people" position. It is inexplicable as to why the naive Western supposed "peacenik" appologists for the Palestinians accept this evil equation.

right on brother!

"Neither do they seem to recognize any value in keeping their word to an ally." - Mark of Lewiston Why should Israel's politicians keep their word? America is never going to punish them for lying.

of liars and thieves, most of whoim have absolutely NO relation to Moses and the Semites. It is a cult of Satanic proportions masquerading as a nation. Go ahead, please; attack Iran so they have reason to wipe the Holy Land clean.

How stupid can I be to have my government use my tax payer money to propagate occupation .

oh yes! moron-ann...it's been a while... i actually think that 'everyone' as you say, (whoever the heck they may be)is sick and tired of the lies and terror spread by the islamists. you are obviously unaware, (antisemitism can really cloud one's vision)that a little woman like yourself, would be quickly silenced by the very people you so wholeheartedly champion.

honestly i don't know why i bother replying to idiots, but i have to make an exception. fyi (it means for your information),1. israel needs NOBODY'S permission to build in its OWN LAND.2. not that it has to ask hussein obama what to do, but this construction was already in the works way before this 'freeze' nonesense. 3. notwithstanding hte above 2 points, there is such a thing as FACTS ON THE GROUND, capisce? (Does the gov't of canada ask permission to build from the iroqois, inuits,hurons, abenakis, etc. you may not be the sharpest pencil in the box but i'm sure you get the point

The proper name for this country is Bizzaroland.Fits to a Tee ! Seinfeld watcher

I am completely confused. Do these guys have any plan in mind at all? Do they have a policy regarding Palistinians? What are their goals? It seems pretty simple simple to me. If you want to encourage settlements then you obviously don't want a 2 state solution. If you want a one state solution then its either demographic suicide, apartheid or forced relocation, ethnic cleansing and endless war. If you want a 2 state solution shouldn't you be encouraging the PA that has done everything asked of it in the last few years and seemingly really abandoned violence. Instead they give PA less than zero and about to release Bargouti to Hamas, proving that Hamas has a more viable strategy for dealing with Israel. Perhaps they want a 2 state solution but are forever trying to alter the equation with "facts on the ground". But when does that end? Is not time running out? What do Israelis actually want? I am completely bewildered.

... neither deeds nor intentions... it's not a question of left or right...

Israel is expert at creating PR messes. If it wants international approbation, it must not expect to get it by executing half measures. And to top it off, reversing course in the next breath. Is it possible for observers to be more cynical than they already are? If so, count me in.

settlements will collapse not only in a holly land but across the globe. back to caves.

Anti-freeze: Your God is not my God.

Petra, surely you are not a woman !

you are 100% right. I like to read all your messages. Good luck!

"just keep building you`ll need many new homes for Jews returning to Israel." Build in Sovereign Israel, there's room enough for every Jewish person on the planet. No need to illegally take other folks territory. "They are out of line, it`s Israel`s land, Israel`s decisions, not theirs." It isn't Israeli land and it IS the world's business what Israel does outside it's sovereign borders. "The only safe place for a Jew is Israel" It's safer in the US, Australia, the UK than it is in Israel.

No israel, No Palestine. One State Solution is the best for all. One Man, One Vote, Equality for all inhabitants. Equal Pay for Equal Work, Equal Water Rights. No Apartheid, No Segregation...A Very True Secular Democracy. Let us call it :?State of Holy Land?.

"There are no illegal Jewish settlements!" There are illegal Israeli settlements.. "Jews are entitled to build anywhere between the Jordan river and the Med." ISRAELI's can build in Israel... "Contrary to propoganda the Arabs should be residing in Jordan not Judea and Samaria" Only those Palestinians in the area that became Jordan had a right to Jordanian citizenship. The Palestinians in what was left of Palestine between 1946 and 1948 (incl Jews) were citizens of Palestine. The Palestinians in what is left of Palestine after 1948 are Palestinians. "Israel must ignore the anti-semitic politicians and terrorists and build, build, build!" The Law is not a terrorist or anti-semitic. Why do you advocate breaking it

This is a concession Bibi has had to make to keep his coalition intact. After he annoucned the full freeze there were calls by his coalition partners for him to resign so this is a comproise had to make. Remeber politicians put their jobs first they are not idealists like some of the people here. Before this news was announced though Abbas was saying he wont even sit and talk if the freeze doesn't include Jerusalem which he knew himself was always going to be Bibis red line. Why should Israel stop a single apartment being built if the palestinians are not even going to talk? Remeber its the palestinians who want this state on this land where Israel is builing homes for its people if he won't come and talk how does he expect to get this state? Israel won't put everything on hold and beg him. Abbas wants to win first prize in a competition he doesn't want to enter The fools here are the palestinians who are personally destroying chances of ever getting a state.

Leftists such as yourself often focus on minor issues such as 28 structures being built in various places of the West Bank. Spit in the eye? The current right wing administration has given more concessions for the sake of peace negotiations than any other administration in the last two decades. The Middle Envoy George Mitchell commented on the move describing it as " more than any Israeli government has done before and can help movement toward agreement between the parties." Instead of supporting Netanyahu for this bold step, despite the risks of a deteriorating government, all your ilk do is complain. Even when leftists had substantial power in government, they themselves didn't meet the offer Netanyahu has presented. No wonder the left is nearly extinct in Israel. The Israeli public is tired of the complaints and lack of participation from the left. That was clear in last years elections.

Thanks for exposing another lie that Israel is besieged and its citizens are under constant threat and in danger! The Palestinians win this "prize" hands down! ......PEACE EVER?

It is not a freeze. So sit back and watch the okaying of this building type that's not included and the okaying of that construction that's not included so that furious ministers can rest assured about this government's lack of any will to create a Palestinian state in any space in the West Bank at all and, crucially, stay on board the leaky ship. Those Ministers don't even call the negotiations they say they are ready to undertake peace, they call them "appeasement" and, of course, you know what that means in newspeak. This government will writhe and squirm between smiling to the choir and winking to coalition members all the way to the next election and call it statesmanship.

Israelis you guys are too much,you suffer from saying the right things and then following it up with you obvious deception. Yet America continues to applaud you.

... nonsense...

For all intents and purposes, Israel just walked away w/ al the marbles.

The headline "israel okays 28 new settlement buildings" gives the wrong impression that these are new settlement to be build. If the writers wanted to give this impression they have succeded. It is very wrong to misleading your readers by giving a misleading headline in order to induce them to read the article. Esther

and you could buy a used camel from the 'camel lot.'

never heard that word(?) before..

Checkmate, game over.

seems the liars are hamas who keep rocket launchings on a daily basis. Abbas is speechless and 'demanding' lol, what a combo. The combo makes building a priority. I'm lovin' it as are most Americans. You thought you were writing the script but, you didn't write the ending...

we have 9-11 and Ft. hood. "Possession is nine tenths of the law."

just keep building you'll need many new homes for Jews returning to Israel. Europe has some nerve, seeing how most couldn't defend themselves and gladly gave up their Jews to Hitler. During the war, America did nothing to help the Jews either, nothing. That is to their shame, not Israel's. They are out of line, it's Israel's land, Israel's decisions, not theirs. The only safe place for a Jew is Israel, thanks to the same interfering nations that forget the importance of Israel to their own general well being. That's why this is such good news! Excellent, in fact.

There are no illegal Jewish settlements! Ask any professor of International Law, even the Arab ones! Jews are entitled to build anywhere between the Jordan river and the Med. Contrary to propoganda the Arabs should be residing in Jordan not Judea and Samaria. The government should not expect the IDF to carry out any more racist, illegal expulsions of Jews as they are illegal under Nuremberg article 4. Israel must ignore the anti-semitic politicians and terrorists and build, build, build!

Seems like they prefer war. I have been to some settlements in the Shomron, they are huge and expanding more and more. The local Palestinians benefit from the new roads, electricity and running water, so that is good for both parties BUT if Israel can achieve peace by giving back some land, why does she continue building new settlements? I simply do not understand this government. It is the orthodox pressure? orthodoxe money acting here? Israel is not doing enough to prevent a total war which the arabs will gladly launch one day.

... it took only 24 hrs to openly spit-in-the-eye of Obama and all those bleeding hearts who thought that the beleaguered Pals would a last be able to create a safe-haven for themselves...

For it is their land! And the world knows how Israel is. They like you just hate but sitll, they know better.

Even Fox News has abandoned the story of Bibi's bogus freeze. It appeared briefly low down on the website yesterday and now it's gone forever. A bit like hopes of peace with Bibi in charge.

It's sub-zero already and getting colder under Bibi's alliance of losers, cynics, extremists and the just plain demented.

There are already many Anonymous Support groups for Alcoholics and Drug addicts. There should a "Settlement Anonymous Support" group as well.

by the Palestinians? This freeze is illegal and racist.

I dont understand why bibi thinks that if he rephrases natural growth suddenly the whole world will think hes frozen settlements. We are not stupid, ok maybe hillary is a bit stupid but the rest of us arent!

Ehud Barak was told he was to freeze settlements either 1 nanosecond before Netanyahu said 'no,' or issued his unrepealled commands 1 nanosecond after Netanyou and NEVER countermanded his orders. OR, the simplest answer is that Barak KNEW before he sent conteravailing orders that it was all a fraud. Knowing what EVERYONE who has observed Ehud Barak and Bibi Netanyahu, what would any sane person think? What if one knew that both Bibi Netanyahu OR Ehud Barak had never made an honest statement upon the subject of peace? The fact is that Bibi and Ehud have engaged in such a transparent attempt to create a war that no sane Israeli may ignore it. May any man running Israel to day be assumed to put the future of Israel as more important than his personal gain? I see.

And again, even worse, no feeling of responsi- bility at all for the image of the Jewish people and the Jewish religion in this world as THE representative of both of them.... ...if Abe Foxman wanted to be taken seriously, his very first addressee would have to be the political establishment in the Israel of 2009. Together with the U.S. Congress, there is surely no bigger creator of anti-Jewish stereotypes today....

The Palestinians can either accept this partial freeze or they can stew for another 60 years. Their choice.

Israel feeling so strong that they are laughing at the world and because they feel so powerfull they don't realize that the time is on the palestinian side not on their side, and at the end of the game they will be the loosers because they didn't take advantage of making peace with the 2-states solution when it was feasible

Which he won't get in any case.

force peace.

Israel is breaking International law, so Israel should now be considered a criminal. in a court of law, criminals will try to distort justice, some fail, some get away with it, but the stigma stays. The state of Israel may have a reason to continue it's building on stolen lands, but whatever they are, the stigma of the criminal remains.

Bibi really has stolen Baghdad Bob's Credibility. J Street and AIPAC went out on a limb for him and he made liars out of them too. The Freeze was a fake anyway. But now it cannot be disguised as anything but the fraud it was intended to be. Rachel, you need to find some politicians that at least can recognize truth. Your current crop don't seem to have made even a passing acquaintance with the concept. Neither do they seem to recognize any value in keeping their word to an ally.

Reminds me of that famous scene from Casablanca. Was anyone expecting anything different?

Clearly Bibi is not taking this seriously... Maybe he looks so serious on TV because he knows a priori that every morning he will be confronting us with a new "exception"... The government plan has not changed one iota: "What we have we will keep, and what we do not have today, we will have tomorrow..."

"Peace NOW!!!" - Rachel Rabin Please get out while you still can. The world needs you.

"How does this change from the policy over the last 6months except to make it official and set a deadline of 10months?" - bloodyscot Because the 10 months turned out to be 10 nanoseconds. Within a breath of changing policy, Netanyahu renounced it, and Barak made it official. There was no 'freeze' it wasn't even a cool breeze. It was over before it began. It was a lie. And the only people in the world moronic enough to believe it were Hillary Clinton and Bernard Kouchner. All sane and intelligent people knew it was a lie because Netanyahu has NEVER failed to lie about stopping settlement building for decades. I guess you might have been too young to notice that he had once been Prime Minister before now, and then he promised to halt settlement building, and then he proceeded to expand settlement building. He has a track record. One did not have to be a genius to bet that Bibi had not changed in the last decade as he had not changed for decades before.

"Would you buy a used car from the likes of Bibi, Barak and their ilk?" - EL No, but Hillary Clinton and Bernard Kouchner did.

The freeze extends to not showing this in the US media! Just keep repeating "FREEZE" and CBS NBC ABC etc give 15 to 30 seconds of coverage to inform the sheep then move on to the more important "reprieve of a damn turkey".....the Palestinians are being crushed by this never ending propaganda and Israel wields it like a well polished sword....its your biggest tool creating illusion in trusting minds that are confused and unarmed!...... In the US 2+2 really does add up to 5 after taking an Israeli "math class" .....Peace Ever?

They say one thing and do another. How many times over the past two or three yrs has Israel sworn that the illegal outposts would be all down by this time? Are they? And as the government dithers, they expand. East Jerusalem is excluded, natural growth is permitted and outposts remain firmly grounded. On top of this this same pack of liars and deceivers issues permits for new construction. And the US says this is a step forward. Cut them off and declare them a paraiah state.

Haaretz, your news about 28 buildings show your leftist paranoia. Give me a break.

we're almost the majority in palestine today. soon we'll outnumber you. time's up.

The settlements are ILLEGAL. Unless our leaders are renowned scholars in international law who have other facts and knowledge, the international legal and political communities, including the USA, have unequivocally determined and clearly stated that our settlements in Palestine are ILLEGAL. Even if they were not illegal, if we truly want peace, we would admit that they are the NUMBER ONE obstacle to peace and that they must be removed not frozen by words only. Alternatively, Jews living in these settlements can elect to be full citizens in Palestine and stay there. Let?s not fool ourselves with this fake freeze. The world is not fooled. The world is tired of our lies and tricks. Peace NOW!!!

There is no 'freeze'. Talk of 'freeze' is just twaddle from the expansionist loonies to buy time. Lies, lies and more lies from the Zionists. How utterly transparent.

How does this change from the policy over the last 6months except to make it official and set a deadline of 10months? This is likely backfire for Netanyahu since there will likely be more building under the freeze than a year ago. Netanyahu is playing the US and they seem to have fallen for it hook line and sinker or have they and it was a trap for later.

Would you buy a used car from the likes of Bibi, Barak and their ilk?

A freeze that allows building on the illegal settlements/outposts. Black is white Up is down. This is just a continuing incitement and plainly a litany of lies by Netanyahu. The borders are not agreed. (how do you even call Israel a country when it does not say where it's border are?) Until then, the green line is the starting point. Anything being built by Israelis outside that is illegal. You need to stop. There is no "Natural Growth" in lands that have not agreed as being yours. I once had immense respect for Israel. Growing a green land out of a wasteland in places. The enormous intellect of many of it's people. The immense contribution to medicine and business. Having read Benny Morriss's book, I now understand the truth. A number of the Zionists of Israel have perpetrated many crimes against humanity in building the state. 531 Arab villages ethnically cleansed in 1948. It really is time to stop and come to an agreement with your neighbors. With Metta

Hillary Clinton, the Foreign Minister of France, and Barak Obama, you suckers! Eat Crap says Bibi Netanyahu. So much for the 10-month Freeze. It was a 10-nanosecond freeze. No sooner than gullible fools like Hillary Clinton, Bernard Kouchner and Barak Obama applaud, than Netanyahu stuffs it up their wazoos. Bibi has maintained his life-long record of never telling the truth and his life-long dedication to preventing peace.

This is Bibi's credibility talking.

"Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday ordered the IDF to issue a temporary freeze order, but at the same time allowed the construction of 28 new public buildings in settlements." *chortle* I wonder if Barak even had time to put his pen down between signing one and then signing the other? You guys can't even be bothered trying to hide how nonsensical this farce really is, can you..... "So far, the Israeli announcement had not had a warm reception in the international community." No shit, heh? Dare I suggest that articles like this help to explain WHY the international community thinks that this "moratorium" is just a crock o' shit.

Do not negotiate or free Shalit until Israel freezes settlements.Do not allow Israel to undermaine the world AT YOUR EXPENSE. Make Shalit's freedom,a main condition for stopping the settlement expansion and land grabbing.Do not negotiate with Israel until they agree to stop stealing land

to pressure Palestinian Authority and Arab States is a waste of time! All nations have their eye on Israel's blatant Palestinian land theft and continuing settlement building, and everyone is sick and tired of Israel's double talk!

freezing settlements? i knew it wouldn't happen, bibi and all his cohorts are liars, and to you posters who tried to make me look stupid, well, here's my proof of what i was saying, and how so correct i was, there will never be a freeze, israel knows how to thwart them with make up wars.

How does Israel expects to be credible now?

they can't even makeup their mind on "isreal" border, it is simple, it eather the green line and pal get thier own state or the jordan river and one state for all people

But there shall be no peace. Words of Jesus. The only peace anyone shall know is that which comes from the God of Israel. All else is illusion. Freeze=expulsion. Believe in the Word of God or the word of the PLO?