lego 44,165 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Daniel Shapiro said that Washington was "concerned and perplexed" over Israel's strategy of building West Bank settlements. Speaking to the annual conference of the Institute for National Security Studies, a top Israeli think tank, he said Israel's continued expansion of settlements raises questions about Israel's intentions and its stated commitment to establishing an independent Palestinian state. Shapiro added that Israel had also legalized some West Bank outposts despite pledges to the United States not to do so. As Israel's closest friend, the United States is steadfast in its support for Israel but it was also its role to call Israel out on its errors, Shapiro said. He noted that Israel restricts Palestinian economic development in the West Bank and, despite its recent indictment against the suspects in a deadly arson attack against a Palestinians family, bemoaned what he called an inadequate response to settler violence. "Too much vigilantism goes unchecked and at times there seem to be two standards of adherence to the rule of law: one for Israelis and another for Palestinians," he said. In the West Bank, Israelis are subject to Israeli civil law, while Palestinians are governed by Israeli military law, which offers far fewer legal protections. Palestinians and rights groups say that Israelis suspected in violence against Palestinians are rarely brought to justice, while Palestinian attackers are quickly arrested or killed. The Israeli human rights group Yesh Din said Shapiro's comments were grounded in data they have been collecting that showed an 85 percent failure rate in investigating ideologically-motivated crimes by Israelis against Palestinians. READ ALL http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_US?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-01-18-15-01-45 FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Blah blah blah do something. How many more decades do we need to hear this ****. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Just now, Didymus said: Blah blah blah do something. How many more decades do we need to hear this ****. When they elect a Republican, we won't even get this empty talk. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I still don't know how it will end and how they will solve it especially with the growing Israeli population Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brizoda 4,177 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 they talk a lot but they do nothing effective Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmm 979 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Just now, Simon said: I still don't know how it will end and how they will solve it especially with the growing Israeli population A growing Israeli population isn't justification for the settlements though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 23 minutes ago, hmm said: A growing Israeli population isn't justification for the settlements though did i say that anywhere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmm 979 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Just now, Simon said: did i say that anywhere? No, but it's easily inferred - otherwise, did I say that you said that anywhere is equally as valid :shrug: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiphEret 1,320 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 It's so unsafe for both, just look at the hate crime, a Jew attacked by a Palestinian so more Jews attack more Palestinian that attack more Jews.... Israeli is already blind. Yet the US are good at talking but what else? Sur le sable sur la neige, Sur les images dorées,Sur le front de mes amis, J’écris ton nom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is probably the dumbest issue we have today. I wish Israelis would let go of the archaic idiotic notion of a Jewish state, and the Palestinians would get over their now irrelevant pre-Israel sole territorial rights and just ****ing live together. Wishful naive thinking though. Humans can be so ****ing stupid sometimes. K i'm done venting. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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