Some thoughts on Jewish settlements

Bataween
Point of No Return
03 October '10

It looks as though 'peace talks' between Israel and the Palestinians are in danger of breaking down because Mrs Cohen wants to build an extra bedroom or Mr Levy a garage. Daniel Greenfield in Right Side News has remarked on the absurdity and iniquity of blaming building in Jewish settlements for the absence of an agreement, especially when the Jews who are building are sometimes the very same people who have been evicted from their homes and communities in Arab countries. My comment on this thorny question follows:

Daniel Greenfield writes:

If you believe the newspapers, a kindergarten in a town built by Jewish refugees from Yemen is about to doom all hopes for peace in the Middle East. Forget the fact that there was never any peace long before a few dozen Jews who fled Yemen built themselves a small town where they could raise their families, without being murdered for their faith or driven into ghettos-- as is the fate of the last remaining Jews of Yemen.

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