We do not effectively counter the artful way Abu Mazen negotiates with threats and falsehoods , we do not get like treatment for Jews cleansed out of the Middle East , American administration today is hostile; We stand our grounds, we renounce not an inch , and Kerry, Can go play with Obama.

Israel wants to build apartments on land around Jerusalem that likely will remain a part of Israel in any kind of deal with the Arabs. Meanwhile, Israel releases 26 murderers, who are received as heroes by the Palestinian Arabs. These brutal killers, spared the death penalty by a country that is far more merciful than it ought to be, will likely take up arms and kill again in the not too distant future. At a minimum, they will serve as symbols of the very best a young Arab boy can aspire to in their twisted, bizarro world that uplifts murderers while arresting or assassinating those who advocate peaceful relations with the Jews.

How about those "affordable" rental apartments in the larger cities that the government talks about?????

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We act as stupid donkeys... It will cost dearly....

REAL prisoners were released. REAL negotiations are underway. The current negotiations will be concluded long before any one of these homes will be built, if ever. Kerry can easily ignore this nose-thumbing hollow chest thumping.

So we act like stupid donkeys by granting Jews the right to live in apartments and houses instead of letting them live on the street? So we act like stupid donkeys if we build housing units for human beings who happen to be Jewish in our historical homeland to which we have historical and legal rights? So if we have historical and legal rights to claim a land, it is a "stupid" behavior to claim what is ours and to build on the very land which is ours? Don't you think it's stupid to give up something which is ours and letting Arab squatters and colonialists illegally take our land? And don't give me the crap that "the world doesn't accept our presence there". "The world" is not united and doesn't speak with one voice, most governments do not speak for their peoples and the will of the people is constantly ignored, most people don't oppose Israel and our presence in Judea and Samaria, and most governments in our world oppose our presence in Judea and Samaria purely on political grounds - not on historical, moral or legal grounds. And in what sense will it cost us dearly? Something you believe or something you hope? You are a shame to our country when you insist on opposing your country's right to claim what is rightfully ours. With countrymen like you who needs enemies? Kerry may whine, but Israel will continue building in our historical homeland. If the world prevents us from building in Judea and Samaria, it is the rest of the world, and not Israel, that is violating international law, since international law is and will remain the law - it doesn't take politics, opinions or popularity into account.

affordable housing in Beer Sheva?

Why building in occupied territories is more important than investing in Israel's future at home. 80 percent of Israel within the Green Line is an "empty land." Yes, 80 percent of the population lives on 20 percent of the land. Can someone please explain this?

Mr Kerry must tell that we do not occupie the land of Israel it is all the land of Israel west or east banks we have the right to build were we like

There is a lot of building in Beer Sheva but its not enough. We have to build everywhere, in Beer Sheva, Haifa, and Jerusalem. You cannot stop building in your own capital city.

Because we want to populate Judea & Shomron, is that so hard for you to understand.?

No need for explanations. It's our land, we will build & live where we want. You dont like it, tough luck!

Excellent post, Ariel. Bravo to you. Kudos.

This poor guy writes anti-Israeli comments on numerous sites. Few of his comments are vitriolic racism and conspiracy theories, other call to boycott Israel. He represent well many of the mentally ill people criticizing Israel in the internet.

...the Americans and the Europeans find Israels setllement policy on theWest Bank illegal and immoral, why don't they do something about it, in deeds rather than through ineffectual and sanctimonious verbiage ?

Issue some papers in order to compensate the families who were broken by the murderers you released. Step down, Bibi, go play golf with the other incompetent, and let Feiglin/Bennet/Lieberman be the true leaders of Israel.

because Judea/Samaria ARE Israel's "home."

The time for games is long over. Judea and Samaria are the more than 3,500 year old ancestral heartland of the Jewish people. It is also obvious to any literate school child, who can read a map, that Judea and Samaria make Israel viable. Without Judea and Samaria, Israel would be a 9 mile wide concentration camp. There is no excuse for any racist restrictions on Jewish building on our land. Demand UNLIMITED Judea and Samaria building NOW!

Can you please explain why so much of the continental United States and Alaska are uninhabited?

Semantics tell a lot about the bias ot the author of the article.