QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: Cuchulainn4 Palestinians die in West Bank attacks on Israelis, clashesQuoteIn the first incident, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the attacker approached the entrance to an industrial zone in the Ariel settlement and stabbed two security guards, wounding them moderately, before they shot and killed himit's the old story of a palestinian bringing a knife to a gunfightYou mean a "recurring story".so it would seemthe plan seems to be for the palestinians to kill as many israelis as possible before the palestinians end up in muslim paradise with 72 doe-eyed virgins each

Rights Group: Israeli Settlements Control 42 Percent of West Bank

UN Security Council urges an end to Israel settlement building

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1223/840894 ... lestinian/

It states that Israeli settlements have "no legal validity" and are "dangerously imperiling the viability of the two-state solution" that would see an independent Palestine co-exist alongside Israel.

There Never Was a Two-State Solution; It’s Time to Move On

https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/01/19/t ... o-move-on/

Settlement Construction Tripled in 2nd Quarter of 2018

http://imemc.org/article/settlement-con ... r-of-2018/

Big opportunities in property development.

that's compared to the 1st quarter. I'm wondering if there's a construction season in Israel, with construction always higher in the 2nd quarter than the 1st

that's compared to the 1st quarter. I'm wondering if there's a construction season in Israel, with construction always higher in the 2nd quarter than the 1st

Such questions do indeed have answers. Based on OECD data from 1995-2011 (Bloomberg ticker OEILW010) on dwelling starts by month, not seasonally adjusted, there were on average 8.5% *fewer* Q2 starts than Q1 starts.

if that's true. then something weird has happened this year, because from cuch's article

>> In the first half of 2018, 1,073 settlement units were built in the settlements, compared with only 870 in the first half of 2017.

Year-on-year construction rose by 23% in the first six months

But you're looking at housing "starts" and cuch's figure might be completions.

that's compared to the 1st quarter. I'm wondering if there's a construction season in Israel, with construction always higher in the 2nd quarter than the 1st

if that's true. then something weird has happened this year, because from cuch's article

>> In the first half of 2018, 1,073 settlement units were built in the settlements, compared with only 870 in the first half of 2017.

Year-on-year construction rose by 23% in the first six months

But you're looking at housing "starts" and cuch's figure might be completions.

The simple explanation would be a guy with a body part shaped like a toadstool.

Huckabee would put anybody to sleep

US announces softer stance on Israel's Jewish settlements


https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2019/1118/1092713-pompeo-us-israel/

Elections coming up.

And the small matter of having delegated the US Middle East policy to a young Orthodox Jew whose only real world experience is in real estate development and sales. What could possibly go wrong with that?

And the small matter of having delegated the US  Middle East policy to a young Orthodox Jew whose only real world experience is in real estate development and sales. What could possibly go wrong with that?

Never mind that, think of the views and the skyline. It's a win-win.