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To: Sdgla who wrote (276700)	10/23/2010 4:21:27 AM
From: SARMAN	2 Recommendations Respond to of 281500

Thank you, you are so kind. That will never change the fact that Israel is a terrorist state and is not good for America.

To: Sdgla who wrote (276700)	10/23/2010 5:13:48 AM
From: SARMAN	1 Recommendation Respond to of 281500

Clearly the Israeli Jews do not want peace. Oh poor Israeli Jews, they can't steal more land in peace. Israeli presence on Palestinian land 'irreversible' By Barbara Plett BBC UN correspondent, New York Jewish settlement of Pisgat Zeev in East Jerusalem (16 October 2010) Israel's refusal to extend a freeze on settlement construction has derailed peace talks A UN human rights rapporteur has said continued settlement construction will probably make Israel's occupation of Palestinian land irreversible. Richard Falk said the peace process aimed at creating an independent, sovereign Palestinian state therefore appeared to be based on an illusion. He said the UN, the US and Israel had failed to uphold Palestinians' rights. Israeli officials said Mr Falk's report on the Palestinian territories was biased and served a political agenda. Continue reading the main story Israel and the Palestinians * Mid-East talks: Where they stand * Q&A: Resuming direct talks * Confusion surrounds Arab summit * Hope and anger as freeze expires Nearly half a million Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. They are held to be illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this. 'De-facto annexation' In a report for the UN General Assembly, Mr Falk said Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem had become so extensive it amounted to de-facto annexation of Palestinian land. He said this undercut assumptions behind UN Security Council resolutions which said Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory in 1967 was temporary and reversible. Such assumptions are the basis for the current peace process aimed at creating an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. This now appears to be an illusion, said Mr Falk. Israel said the report was utterly biased and served a political agenda, criticising its author for making no mention of what it called Palestinian terrorist attacks. Continue reading the main story Israeli settlements on occupied land * More than 430,000 settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, alongside 2.5 million Palestinians * 20,000 settlers live in the Golan Heights * Settlements and the area they take up cover 40% of the West Bank * There are about 100 settlements not authorised by the Israeli government in the West Bank * An Israeli settlement in close-up * In the shadow of an Israeli settlement Mr Falk told journalists that his mandate was to report on the Israeli occupation, not on the rights and wrongs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He said he based his conclusion not only on the deepening expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, but on the eviction of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, and the demolition of their homes. Israel's refusal to extend a partial 10-month freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank has derailed peace negotiations sponsored by the United States. Washington wants them resumed. But Mr Falk said both governments and the United Nations had failed to uphold Palestinian rights. He urged the UN to support civil society initiatives, such as campaigns to sanction or boycott Israel for alleged violations of international law. bbc.co.uk