"The government's decision ( to build 3000 settlement units in E1 area) is the last nail in the coffin of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Bar-Ilan University speech in 2009. It is proof positive that this speech, in which he ostensibly accepted the principle of two states, was merely a deception. What is particularly astounding, however, is the violation of Israel's commitment to the United States not to build in E1, given that construction there would preclude the establishment of a contiguous Palestinian state in the West Bank. After America was left as virtually the last supporter of Israel's position at the United Nations, Israel is repaying it with a resounding slap in the face."
It is certain Israel had these housing units planned long before the UN vote but they are using it now in a retributive way, as a threat to Palestinians: 'if you try to make any progress, we will do you better.' But it shows just exactly what Israel has in mind--a Zionist state "from the river to the sea."
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