The Settlements: Self-Entrapment Of Existential Proportions by Alon Ben-Meir published on 2016-09-08T15:56:32Z Israel’s continued settlement activity—whether retroactively approving ‘unauthorized’ outposts or advancing plans for new units as was recently announced—represents yet another nail in the coffin of the peace process. The settlements have become nothing but Israel’s self-entrapment, threatening its very existence. Prime Minister Netanyahu and his coalition partners, however, are not concerned about the prospective dire repercussions of settlement activity. They put the sanctity of the land above any other consideration, and view the settlement enterprise as the prerequisite to repossessing the entire historic ‘land of Israel.’ To read more, visit: http://alonben-meir.com/writing/settlements-self-entrapment-existential-proportions/ Genre News & Politics
