Israel’s new land grab is clearly illegal
An editorial in Haaretz discusses Israeli occupation policies in the West Bank (“Israel’s new land grab is clearly illegal,” Haaretz, 15 April 2014):
The Defense Minister’s green light to appropriate land in the West Bank places him in the extreme right and shatters Israelis’ hopes for resolving the conflict with the Palestinians.
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Although the defense minister is acting in accordance with his authority his powers are based on a warped legal system. That system was developed over decades as a means to chip away at international law and provide a cover of legality for illegal occupation policies. Otherwise, how could it be that expanding settlements or populating a West Bank Arab city with Jews could be legal, while settlement itself is illegal?
Read the full article here.
Photo credit: Ariel Hermoni, Israeli Defense Ministry