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Israel/Palestine

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts) Mon May 12, 2014, 01:03 AM May 2014

Indyk: Settlement building poses a danger to 'Israel's Jewish future'

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/11340-indyk-settlement-building-poses-a-danger-to-israels-jewish-future

US Special Envoy Martin Indyk condemned yesterday the building of settlements in the West Bank, saying that they gravely damage negotiations and present great danger to the idea of a Jewish state Israel.

Indyk said the settlements and announcements of new settlements undermine peace talks, in a deliberate move by the supporters of settlements.

In his talk at the Washington Institute for Near East, Indyk said that continuation of building of settlements pushes Israel into an "irreversible binational reality".

He added that the settlements not only undermine Palestinian trust in the negotiations, but pose a danger to "Israel as a Jewish state - and that would be a tragedy of historic proportions."

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