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Israel/Palestine

shira

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10. There is no other binding UN resolution stating settlements are illegal.

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #9)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 08:34 PM

Aug 2016

That was the 1st attempt.

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Middle East Human Rights Watch director Sarah Leah Whitson, released the statement, "President Obama wants to tell the Arab world in his speeches that he opposes settlements, but he won’t let the Security Council tell Israel to stop them in a legally binding way,"[16]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_United_Nations_resolution_on_Israeli_settlements,_2011

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Israel Lays Groundwork for Possible Settlement Expansion Southeast of Jerusalem [View all] Israeli Aug 2016 OP

Provocative moves everywhere ... BlueMTexpat Aug 2016 #1

Just annex the whole West Bank and do away with the charade. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #2

Only an utter fool would believe that Israel wants a two-state solution. n/t Little Tich Aug 2016 #3

Is Israel annexing West Bank Area C? Israeli Aug 2016 #13

Israeli, isn't this land part of Israel in any future peace deal? shira Aug 2016 #4

The position of the UN and the world is that the settlements are illegal and have to go. Little Tich Aug 2016 #5

In 2011, the U.S. vetoed a U.N. resolution declaring Israeli settlements illegal shira Aug 2016 #7

Weak sauce. The UN constantly reaffirms their legal stance on many things. n/t Little Tich Aug 2016 #9

There is no other binding UN resolution stating settlements are illegal. shira Aug 2016 #10

This is getting silly... Little Tich Aug 2016 #11

Since when do you care what Yossi Beilin and Avraham Burg have to say shira ? Israeli Aug 2016 #6

So I take it that's a Yes from you. n/t shira Aug 2016 #8

You take whatever grabs your fancy shira ..... Israeli Aug 2016 #12

For First Time in Decade, Israel Plans to Expand Jewish Settlement in Hebron Israeli Aug 2016 #14