"Settlements range in their character from farming communities to suburbs to frontier villages, and, in the case of East Jerusalem, city neighborhoods." ...
"International intergovernmental organizations such as the Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, every major organ of the United Nations, and the European Union have declared that the settlements are a serious violation of international law. Non-governmental organizations including Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have also characterized the settlements as a violation of international law."
"Palestinian officials have refused to rejoin peace talks until a total building halt is imposed, including in East Jerusalem."
"International intergovernmental organizations such as the Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, every major organ of the United Nations, and the European Union have declared that the settlements are a serious violation of international law. Non-governmental organizations including Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have also characterized the settlements as a violation of international law."
Not surprisingly, you fail to give any documentation or indication of what the issues are.
Rather than blindly quote without context, take a look at the actual legal issues--the existence of which you completely ignore as if the entire question is cut and dried. Far from it.
"Palestinian officials have refused to rejoin peace talks until a total building halt is imposed, including in East Jerusalem."
Note however that this is a point that did not become an issue until Obama made it into one. These same officials said nothing until they took their lead from them--in other words: it is not a real issue compared with the other unilateral concessions the Palestinian Arabs are demanding from Israel.
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Some things that should also be mentioned there:
"Settlements range in their character from farming communities to suburbs to frontier villages, and, in the case of East Jerusalem, city neighborhoods." ...
"International intergovernmental organizations such as the Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, every major organ of the United Nations, and the European Union have declared that the settlements are a serious violation of international law. Non-governmental organizations including Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have also characterized the settlements as a violation of international law."
"Palestinian officials have refused to rejoin peace talks until a total building halt is imposed, including in East Jerusalem."
source: wikipedia
"International intergovernmental organizations such as the Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, every major organ of the United Nations, and the European Union have declared that the settlements are a serious violation of international law. Non-governmental organizations including Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have also characterized the settlements as a violation of international law."
Not surprisingly, you fail to give any documentation or indication of what the issues are.
Again--here are the actual facts:
The Illegal-Settlements Myth
Preserving a legal inheritance: settlement rights in the "Occupied Palestinian Territories"
Historical Approach to the Issue of Legality of Jewish Settlement Activity
The Territories
Israel’s Legal Claim to the land of Israel
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT
The Legalities in a nutshell
Israel's settlements are legal
Justice In International Law
Rather than blindly quote without context, take a look at the actual legal issues--the existence of which you completely ignore as if the entire question is cut and dried. Far from it.
"Palestinian officials have refused to rejoin peace talks until a total building halt is imposed, including in East Jerusalem."
Note however that this is a point that did not become an issue until Obama made it into one. These same officials said nothing until they took their lead from them--in other words: it is not a real issue compared with the other unilateral concessions the Palestinian Arabs are demanding from Israel.
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