Seriously, reader, who else could it be?
"In a new development involving the West Bank, the army confirmed Tuesday that a little more than 56 acres of private Palestinian land and 352 acres of state land had been appropriated in the area of Maale Adumim, a large Jewish settlement to the east of Jerusalem, for the construction of a new road. The road will link the Palestinian areas of Bethlehem and Jericho, bypassing both Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement bloc. According to the army, it will “improve the quality of life for Palestinians.”
It will also help consolidate Israel’s hold over the Maale Adumim bloc, which Israel intends to keep in any final settlement with the Palestinians.
The newspaper Haaretz first reported Tuesday morning that the land had been confiscated from Palestinian villages.
The army said the need for the new road arose because of the West Bank barrier, which is under construction in the area.
The barrier, which Israel says is intended to keep out suicide bombers, is supposed to loop around the Maale Adumim settlement bloc, joining it to Jerusalem. Both the Palestinians and Washington have objected to the barrier route around Maale Adumim, and to longstanding Israeli plans for further settlement building in the area known as E1, between Maale Adumim and Jerusalem.
[Washington's criticism means nothing and is hollow.
All for show, as they stoop to blow!]
Critics say the plans mean the effective separation of the West Bank’s northern and southern halves, harming the prospects for a territorially contiguous Palestinian state. Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon talked of providing the Palestinians with “transportational contiguity,” through a network of new roads (New York Times October 10, 2007)."
Which is what the PLAN is: Bantustans, then genocide!
Well, FUCK ISRAEL and her stinkfuck NaZionists!!!!
