The US Attitude Towards Judea and Samaria? Not at All Subtle

...Jews resident in the area of Judea and Samaria face, for all intents and purposes, a policy of exclusion. Is it constitutional and legal that in the same geographical area under the jurisdiction of a consulate, there exist two separate and not equal populations: Jewish and Arab, whether Muslim or Christian? Is this policy in the spirit of the democratic foundations of American democracy? Can the consulate adopt exclusionary policies that separate between peoples based on race, nationality and/or religion in the same geographical area? Can it create the “state of the West Bank”?

Yisrael Medad..
Algemeiner.com..
10 May '16..

According to an AP report, the United States will “endorse a tougher tone with Israel” and will publish a report that “takes the Jewish state to task over settlements, demolitions and property seizures on land the Palestinians claim for a future state.” The Palestinian Authority also will be “chastise[d],” although “its primary focus will be a surge of construction in Jewish housing in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.”

This move, as AP has it, “marks a subtle shift.”

Anyone who follows the postings of the US Consulate General in Jerusalem knows well that the American attitude towards Jews living in the areas of the former Mandate for Palestine not currently under full Israel sovereignty is basically one of near total disregard and oblivion.

For example, its Facebook page is in two languages only: English and Arabic. Considering that the Israeli population under the consulate’s jurisdiction, Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria is over a million (Jerusalem 800,000+ and Judea and Samaria almost 500,000), that’s a significant overlook.dorse a tougher tone with Israel” and will publish a report that “takes the Jewish state to task over settlements, demolitions and property seizures on land the Palestinians claim for a future state.” The Palestinian Authority also will be “chastise[d],” although “its primary focus will be a surge of construction in Jewish housing in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.”

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