Israel is set to start construction on one hundred homes in settlements already occupied in the West Bank. After peace efforts were stalled last year over the Israeli settlement building, it seems the Israeli Prime minister already knows the position Palestine will take. However, looking at the events leading up to this announcement on construction, the palestinian militants murder of the Fogel family, who are already living in an Israeli settlement in a in which five members of the family were stabbed to death in their sleep, this event did not go unnoticed by the Prime Minister of Israel and many think this pushed the construction of settlement homes to being again. the Palestinians have refused to speak with Israel until construction is frozen. There seems to be no forward movement to peacemaking between the two countries after several years of religious territory disputes. The United States had intervened last year trying to mediate talks, put after the attack on an Israeli family and reconvening of construction these two leaders are back to square one.
To read more:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12725487
-Kathleen Fultz
No comments:
Post a Comment