Israel: Hey Assholes, give us more money and go to war for us

[Crazy Eddie]

There are three ways to expand the illegal settlements.

1. Stealing more land.

2. Building on land already stolen.

3. Bringing more people onto stolen land.

When none of these are occurring then expansion has stopped.

#1 is expansion. #2 and #3 are not.

This post came to mind when I saw this news article, as it seems you are alone in this definition of "expansion."

What really caught my attention was this:

Israeli authorities have taken control of illegal homes being built in the occupied West Bank, prompting clashes between Jewish settlers and Israeli border police.

Tuesday's protest was staged against the demolition of the so-called Dreinoff buildings, which were built on private Palestinian land that was seized by the Israeli army in the 1970s.

The demolition of the homes was ordered last month by the Israeli High Court, stating that the houses must be removed before July 30.

Followed, eventually, by this:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the “immediate construction” on Wednesday of 300 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beit El and has advanced plans for 504 new housing units in Israeli settlement areas in East Jerusalem.

[...]

Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Beit El complex must be demolished.

The Israeli government had fought the ruling and made efforts to legalize the complex, under construction without prior Israeli authorization. The Supreme Court rejected a petition to overturn the court's initial ruling to demolish the complex and ordered the demolition be completed by Thursday.

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, a member of the Jewish Home party, said the court’s order to demolish the complex must be followed but said there was little reason to worry as the buildings would be immediately rebuilt, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. “This is the Jewish way. You don’t lose hope, and you keep building, building, building.”

Which reminds me of something that isn't pointed out often enough in here: strictly speaking, even ISRAELI law cannot sanction the construction -- let alone expansion -- of those settlements. The Israeli government (meaning Netanyahu, by act of executive power and not by legislature) goes out of its way to protect them, violating its own laws in the process.

 

[fromderinside]

#1 is expansion. #2 and #3 are not.

This post came to mind when I saw this news article, as it seems you are alone in this definition of "expansion."

What really caught my attention was this:

Israeli authorities have taken control of illegal homes being built in the occupied West Bank, prompting clashes between Jewish settlers and Israeli border police.

Tuesday's protest was staged against the demolition of the so-called Dreinoff buildings, which were built on private Palestinian land that was seized by the Israeli army in the 1970s.

The demolition of the homes was ordered last month by the Israeli High Court, stating that the houses must be removed before July 30.

Followed, eventually, by this:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the “immediate construction” on Wednesday of 300 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beit El and has advanced plans for 504 new housing units in Israeli settlement areas in East Jerusalem.

[...]

Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Beit El complex must be demolished.

The Israeli government had fought the ruling and made efforts to legalize the complex, under construction without prior Israeli authorization. The Supreme Court rejected a petition to overturn the court's initial ruling to demolish the complex and ordered the demolition be completed by Thursday.

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, a member of the Jewish Home party, said the court’s order to demolish the complex must be followed but said there was little reason to worry as the buildings would be immediately rebuilt, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. “This is the Jewish way. You don’t lose hope, and you keep building, building, building.”

Which reminds me of something that isn't pointed out often enough in here: strictly speaking, even ISRAELI law cannot sanction the construction -- let alone expansion -- of those settlements. The Israeli government (meaning Netanyahu, by act of executive power and not by legislature) goes out of its way to protect them, violating its own laws in the process.

...and across the middle east deposed Palestinian Muslims are raising their middle fingers, pointing those fingers toward Israel and pulling them back and forth across their thumbs in the only protest remaining for them. No sound, no result, just finger pointing as prologue to ISIS chickens coming home to roost.