From: "Jerry Sauk" <jerrysauk@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.atheism,can.politics,alt.politics.democrats.d,alt.food.fast-food,alt.fun
Subject: Re: EU condemns latest Israeli land grab
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 13:23:09 -0500
"Dawn Flood" <Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 3/25/2024 9:18 AM, NefeshBarYochai wrote:
>> The EU issued a statement on 24 March firmly condemning Israel's
>> recent plans to confiscate over 800 hectares of occupied Palestinian
>> land in the West Bank, the largest confiscation since the signing of
>> the Oslo Accords in 1993.
>>
>> Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the confiscation
>> on Friday, declaring the 800 hectares (1,976 acres) as "state lands"
>> to open them to Jewish settlement.
>>
>> Israel plans to build hundreds of settlement units on the stolen land,
>> in addition to an area designated for industry, trade, and employment.
>>
>> Smotrich made the announcement on the day US Secretary of State Antony
>> Blinken visited Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin
>> Netanyahu. Continued settlement building goes against official US
>> policy as it is illegal under international law, but US leaders take
>> little action to prevent it.
>>
>> The EU statement added that "Settlements are a grave breach of
>> international humanitarian law" and urged "Israel to reverse these
>> decisions."
>>
>> Further, "the EU will not recognize changes to the 1967 borders unless
>> agreed by the parties."
>>
>> At the same time, the EU affirmed that it is determined to support
>> Israel "by continuously condemning Hamas in the strongest possible
>> terms and through sanctions and other measures."
>>
>> The 800 hectares of land in the Jordan Valley were designated as state
>> land following a similar confiscation in February of 300 hectares (740
>> acres) of Palestinian land near the Maale Adumim settlement in the
>> West Bank, which land is crucial for the establishment of a future
>> independent state.
>>
>> A long-time settler activist, Smotrich became Finance Minister after
>> his Religious Zionism party joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
>> governing coalition following elections in November 2022.
>>
>> He assumed new powers over the occupied territory and quickly moved to
>> approve thousands of new settlement homes, legalize previously
>> settlement outposts that were unauthorized under Israeli law, and pass
>> measures to accelerate the demolition of Palestinian homes and to
>> prevent new Palestinian homes from being built.
>>
>> The moves came as part of Smotrich's broader effort to ethnically
>> cleanse and annex the West Bank to enable Jewish settlement in the
>> Palestinians' place.
>>
>> The Associated Press reported in September that "As the first
>> government minister to oversee civilian life in the West Bank, his
>> role amounts to a recognition that Israel's 56-year military
>> occupation is not temporary but permanent, observers say."
>>
>> "If Smotrich keeps this position for four years, we will be at a point
>> of no return," said Ilan Paz, former head of Israel's Civil
>> Administration, a military body overseeing civilian affairs in the
>> West Bank.
>>
>> https://thecradle.co/articles/eu-condemns-latest-israeli-land-grab
>>
>>
>> The longer this war goes on, the more Netanyahu is becoming like
>> Hitler; even worse in some respects.
>>
>>
>
> In another century or two (maybe a few decades?), it will all be
> sea-bottom anyways; what's the point?
>
> Dawn
Dawn, do people seriously believe that? Sounlds like a cult religion to me.
Worried about some world-flood unless you sacrifice to the planet.