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Does Israel have the right to build more ettlements on the West Bank?

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Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
 
independentusa said:
Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
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I say no.Now if they go to war against the Palestinian and defeat them then sure they would have that right to go into Palestinian territory and settle in it.
 
independentusa said:
Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
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I think they need to find compromise.
 
independentusa said:
Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
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Yes. :yes:

They have this "right" based on historical, religious, and right of conquest reasons.

That does not mean the problems created by this drive should be on our shoulders here in the U.S.A. :no:

The nation of Israel is a "grown-up" country now. They should expect to take care of their own problems without our support or sanction. :coffeepap:
 
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independentusa said:
Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
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Having been following it for some time, I think that the Palestinians have any territorial rights till they have accepted Israeli right to exist and stopped harboring terrorists.
 
independentusa said:
Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
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Israel is a sovereign nation. They can do whatever they want to and dare the rest of the world to do something about it.
 
MaggieD said:
I think they need to find compromise.
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While I believe that to be quite right, having watched the the situation develop down there for some time, I don't see that happening. Though, both sides have been difficult from time to time, I think that the Palestinians are the ones that torpedo every serious attempt at peace. Compromise has not worked for that reason in more than fifty years.
 
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Thanking you kindly.
 
independentusa said:
Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
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Do they have the right? No. will they ignore that and continue to cause contraversary and conflict? Yes. But then so will the Palestinians.

I would like to see a Palestinian state be recognized by Israel but that is never going to happen as long as Palestinians won't recognize israels right to exist.
 
independentusa said:
Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
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Name the new settlements that were built.
 
No. They need to move out of the ones already built too.
 
Nope. People who trade in their humanity for patriotism sicken me.
 
Of course they do.
 
jamesrage said:
I say no.Now if they go to war against the Palestinian and defeat them then sure they would have that right to go into Palestinian territory and settle in it.
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So basically...according to you - all Israel has to do is deliberately go to war with the Palestinians, defeat them and then take their land.
 
DA60 said:
So basically...according to you - all Israel has to do is deliberately go to war with the Palestinians, defeat them and then take their land.
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Yep. That's how warfare traditional worked.To the victor go the spoils of war.
 
I can't get too worked up about people turning scrub land into housing for people to live. It is a shame that places like Jordan won't let the Palestinians assimilate into their society like the west is expected to do with Syrian and other refugees.


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independentusa said:
Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
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Yes, for as long as Israel is threatened with obliteration by its neighbours and the wider Islamic world. Settlements are part of Israel's defensive strategy. The best defence is essential; no other country is under an equivalent threat of destruction.
 
Sweden said:
Yes, for as long as Israel is threatened with obliteration by its neighbours and the wider Islamic world. Settlements are part of Israel's defensive strategy. The best defence is essential; no other country is under an equivalent threat of destruction.
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israel is the only nuclear power in the middle east
it has the best military in that region by far
in no way is israel under threat of destruction
and israel does have the right to build settlements - just so long as they are located in israel
 
independentusa said:
Israel continues to build additional settlements on the West Bank as well as increasing the size of the present settlements. Do you think that Israel has the riight to buld new and expand older settlements on the West Bank?
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Actually they do. Throughout this planet's history, all nations have built settlements in the lands they conquered and managed to hold onto. Why should the middle east be any different. if we are going to demand that Israel back off, shouldn't we then ask every nation on the planet to vacate settlements from any land that they gained at any point in history by conquest? Virtually every border in Europe would change. Israel has been patient for over five decades now. Every time they have given up land to the Palistineans for the sake of peace, the rockets and suicide bombers are just moved in much closer to Israeli territory. At some point, Israel has every right to just say "Screw them!" This land is ours now.
 
justabubba said:
israel is the only nuclear power in the middle east
it has the best military in that region by far
in no way is israel under threat of destruction
and israel does have the right to build settlements - just so long as they are located in israel
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It amazes me that the people who try to victimize Israel do not realize it could likely take on multiple Great Powers simultaneously with its military capabilities (the U.S. excluded, obviously).
 
Abbazorkzog said:
It amazes me that the people who try to victimize Israel do not realize it could likely take on multiple Great Powers simultaneously with its military capabilities (the U.S. excluded, obviously).
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De facto power ≠ de jure legitimacy. Israel does not have the right to build more settlements; that would be against international law. It does however, have the ability to, in the absence of anyone being prepared to prevent them from doing so. Realpolitik is back in vogue, if it ever actually went out of style.
 
Andalublue said:
De facto power ≠ de jure legitimacy. Israel does not have the right to build more settlements; that would be against international law. It does however, have the ability to, in the absence of anyone being prepared to prevent them from doing so. Realpolitik is back in vogue, if it ever actually went out of style.
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What international law would that be? Post a specific statute. We do not have a one world government, even though the UN tries to be. The only international law is in the form of Treaties. Israel is not a signatory to any treaty preventing them from building settlements in conquered territories.
 
ObamacareFail said:
What international law would that be? Post a specific statute. We do not have a one world government, even though the UN tries to be. The only international law is in the form of Treaties. Israel is not a signatory to any treaty preventing them from building settlements in conquered territories.
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UN resolutions form a part of international legislation, along with treaties and conventions. I was referring to the many, many UN resolutions that Israel has defied, including this most recent UNSC Resolution #2334.
 
Andalublue said:
De facto power ≠ de jure legitimacy. Israel does not have the right to build more settlements; that would be against international law. It does however, have the ability to, in the absence of anyone being prepared to prevent them from doing so. Realpolitik is back in vogue, if it ever actually went out of style.
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So a nation derives its rights via UN mandate?
 
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