Native Americans
Jul. 6, 2009
Critics of Israeli Settlements Should Study U.S. Law
Those eager to comment on the legality of settlements in the West Bank should check out what American law has to say on the subject, writes Gideon Kanner.
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By Gideon Kanner Of late, the media have been reverberating with charges that Israeli settlements on the West Bank are illegal and are an "obstacle to peace." It's difficult to see how that can be true, since before 1967, before there were any Israeli settlements on the West Bank, there was no peace - the Arabs were just as hostile and just as committed to the destruction of Israel then as they are now. But if we are going to talk abo...
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