this is how the logic works in the zionist entity: they want to build the new colonies and expand the existing ones as quickly as possible so as to employ a temporary colony building freeze. where is the logic?
The group included many prominent politicians and members of the current Israeli government administration, who said that they would continue construction and expansion of settlements on Palestinian land despite any negotiated agreement, international law, or US pressure.
Some of those who attended the ceremony were Ministers Daniel Hershkowitz (Habayit Hayehudi) and Uzi Landau (Yisrael Beitenu), as well as Knesset Members Danny Danon (Likud), Zeev Elkin (Likud) and Uri Orbach (Habayit Hayehudi). Those who led the ceremony promised that the groundbreaking was just a beginning, and that the settlement they plan to construct on the land will “soon become a reality”.
In fact, the Israeli government has invested some 200 million NIS ($50 million USD) into infrastructure and planning of the settlement in question as part of the so-called ‘E1 corridor’, beginning in 1999. This corridor would encircle East Jerusalem with Israeli settlements, thereby displacing the nearly 500,000 Palestinian residents and excluding them from the city of their birth.
Monday’s ceremony came at the same time as an announcement by the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, that 500 new units would be allowed to be constructed before the implementation of a six-month ‘hold’ on settlement construction meant to please the US government. The planning, design, and infrastructure development for new settlements would continue throughout the six-month long hold.
zionist land grab 