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From: Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.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 15:36:44 -0600
Organization: UTB

In article <EoydnSSCR67piKD7nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@supernews.com>, 
jerrysauk@hotmail.com says...
> 
> "Dawn Flood" <Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:utthqf$1jc7m$2@dont-email.me...
> > 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. 

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