I settler determinano il futuro di Israele. Altre 1200 abitazioni a Gerusalemme Est e in Cisgiordania
1 Sintesi personaleIl governo farà di tutto il possibile per sabotare i colloqui con i palestinesi. Non c'è altro modo per interpretare l'approvazione dell'Amministrazione Civile di costruire 878 nuove unità abitative nelle colonie isolate della Cisgiordania . Il governo dovrà anche andare avanti sulla questione dei 91 insediamenti nelle aree prioritarie nazionali di Israele Saeb Erekat, capo del team negoziale palestinese, ha avvertito che la costruzione in Cisgiordania mette a repentaglio i negoziati in programma a Gerusalemme Mercoledì. Nel frattempo, un portavoce del Dipartimento di Stato ha dichiarato che gli Stati Uniti non riconoscono la legittimità dei continui insediamenti israeliani e si oppongono a ogni tentativo di legalizzare gli avamposti.Ma il governo israeliano non si lascia impressionare. Vede se stesso come una vittima di stupro diplomatico al fine di porre fine al sogno di una Grande Israele. Il governo è determinato a combattere coloro che cercano di contrastare questo sogno.Se c'è bisogno di ulteriori prove di alienazione da parte del governo basta considerare la decisione di non firmare l'accordo di cooperazione scientifica con l'Unione europea . Israele è l'unico paese al di fuori dell'Unione europea invitata a partecipare e perderà NIS 1,5 miliardi ? E che cosa importa al governo se i campi di ricerca vitali sono paralizzati finché l'illusione della Grande Israele è protetta?I membri del governo non sono gli unici partner a essere responsabili di queste decisioni pericolose. L'opposizione, la cui voce non è stata ascoltata, legittima ciò con il suo stesso silenzio. Il silenzio della comunità accademica e di ricerca è anche inspiegabile, dopo tutto sanno come protestare contro i tagli a bilanci di ricerca o salari."Vogliamo trovare una soluzione creativa che permetta di Israele di firmare l'accordo," un funzionario che ha partecipato una riunione urgente convocata dal presidente del Consiglio ha detto ad Haaretz.Ma non c'è una soluzione creativa, occhiolino o bluff che può impedire la chiusura su Israele. Sembra che gli insediamenti continueranno a determinare il futuro
Settlements will continue to determine Israel's futureThe government will do anything it can to sabotage the talks with the Palestinians. There is no other way to interpret the recent approval of 878 new housing units in secluded West Bank settlements.
Saeb Erekat, head of the Palestinian negotiation team, has warned that the construction in the West Bank jeopardizes the direct negotiations scheduled to open in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a State Department spokeswoman has said the United states does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity and opposes any effort to legalize outposts.
But the Israeli government is not impressed. It sees itself as a victim of diplomatic rape intended to end the dream of a Greater Land of Israel. The government is determined to battle anyone seeking to thwart this dream.
If there's any need for further proof of the government’s derangement, it's the decision not to sign the scientific cooperation agreement with the European Union as long as the agreement is restricted to the 1967 borders. Israel is the only country outside the European Union that was invited to join, but what's NIS 1.5 billion - the sum Israel will lose if it doesn't sign? And what does the government care if vital research fields are crippled as long as the delusion of the Greater Land of Israel is protected?
The cabinet members are not the only partners to these dangerous decisions. The opposition, whose voice has not been heard, is also a partner, legitimizing these decisions by its very silence. The silence of the academic community and research institutions is also inexplicable; after all, they know how to raise a hue and cry against slashes in research budgets or wages.
"We want to find a creative solution that lets Israel sign the agreement," an official who attended an urgent meeting called by the prime minister told Haaretz.
But there is no creative solution, wink or bluff that can prevent the tightening closure on Israel. It seems the settlements will continue to determine Israel's futuro
2 Three days before peace talks resume || Israel to start building nearly 1,200 new units in West Bank and East Jerusalem
Israel's Housing Ministry announced Sunday the marketing of land for the immediate construction of nearly 1,200 new units in Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement blocs.
About 793 residential units will be sold in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods beyond the Green Line, with 400 in the neighborhood of Gilo, 210 in Har Homa (Homat Shmuel), 92 in Ma'aleh Adumim and 183 in Pisgat Ze'ev. Another 394 units will be sold in West Bank settlement blocs, including 117 in Ariel, 149 in Efrat and 36 in Beitar Illit.
Haaretz revealed two weeks ago that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had informed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that in the coming months of negotiations with the Palestinians, Israel would restrict construction in the settlements and limit it to 1,000 new units.
Senior Israeli officials noted at the time that Israel would announce new construction parallel to the government's decision to release 104 Palestinian prisoners jailed before the Oslo Accords.
The announcement regarding the units for sale comes just hours before the special ministerial committee will convene to select the names of the first 26 Palestinian prisoners to be released in the initial stage, which is expected to occur on Tuesday.
Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiating teams will meet the next day in Jerusalem to resume peace negotiations, accompanied by special U.S. envoy Martin Indyk.
Both the Palestinians and the Americans knew in advance of Israel's latest construction plans.
Shortly before the plans were announced, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that Israel's intention to build new homes in Jewish settlements were aimed to scupper the peace talks.
"Those who do these things are determined to undermine the peace negotiations, are determined to force people like us to leave the negotiating table," he told Reuters on Sunday.
"If the Israeli government believes that every week they're going to cross a red line by settlement activity, if they go with this behavior, what they're advertising is the unsustainability of the negotiations," he added.
Erekat's remarks echoed a letter he wrote to Kerry last week, telling the secretary of state that the new construction attests to a lack of good faith on Israel's part and its lack of seriousness when it comes to the diplomatic process.
Over the weekend Netanyahu reacted in a similar letter to the U.S. secretary of state, in which he claimed that even after the announcement of the renewal of negotiations, the PA continues its incitement against Israel. A senior official in Netanyahu's bureau noted that the prime minister protested to Kerry about the fact that official PA members continue to call for the destruction of Israel, even after the renewal of the peace talks.
Finance Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday slammed the decision to go forth with the sales of the units as a "double mistake", saying that solutions to the housing crisis must be implemented in "desirable" areas and under the authority of the government's housing cabinet.
"Using resources intended for middle class housing in order to prove a useless defiant point to the Americans and throw a stick into the wheels of peace negotiations is wrong and ineffective for the process," Lapid said.
Meretz chairwoman Zahava Gal-On also lambasted the decision as a "roadside bomb rigged by the Israeli government to destroy the peace process before it has even begun. A deal with the Palestinians will not be reached as long as construction in the settlements continues.” The only way to achieve a peace accord, she added, is based on the pre-1967 cease-fire lines with land swaps and the partition of Jerusalem.
Opposition
leader Shelly Yacimovich denounced the decision as “violently damaging”
any international credit Israel has received for agreeing to resume
peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
"Netanyahu
has to decide what government he is leading – a government seeking a
peace agreement or one seeking to prevent any possibility of such deal,"
said Yacimovich, who chairs the Labor Party. Such announcement is like
"sticking a finger in the eyes of the United States, Europe,
Palestinians and the majority of Israelis who want peace,” she said.
Yacimovich
added in her condemnation that while the government focuses on
construction in the settlements, it is doing nothing to address the
shortage of affordable housing for young couples in the rest of the
country
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