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Ministers approve bill to extend Israeli law to West Bank, without annexing territory
Moran Azulay
Published: 09.11.14, 17:22
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1. Long Overdue
Yishai Kohen ,   YeShA, Israel   (11.09.14)
We aren't second-class citizens. We pay taxes, serve in the IDF (in greater percentages in the elite units[!]), and are no less a part of the country than anyone else. Next is to let each local council (moetza mekomit) here make the decisions about how much building and where we build, just like every other local council.
2. well done!
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3. Half Measures?
(11.09.14)
Judea And Samaria WERE WON!!! Five well armed arab cuntries ATTACKED ISRAEL AND LOST!!! Pass the Law and THEN ANNEX The Conqured Land, ISRAELI LAND!!! Layla Tov
4. At last!
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.09.14)
The first step on the road to annexation. The Jewish people in Judea and Samaria have every right to be under Israeli law in the jurisdictions in which they reside. The Arabs will have to make do with Israeli military rule. Gal-On -- predictably enough -- is wrong. She forgets that the settlers -- I prefer to think of them as pioneers -- are citizens of Israel. The Arabs in Judea and Samaria are not citizens of Israel. Neither are they stateless, however -- they are Jordanian citizens. Israel could easily have simply annexed Judea and Samaria outright and repatriated all those Jordanian citizens to Jordan. But the ersatz "palestinians" have presented Israel with a much better opportunity. Thanks to the unity government entered into between Fatah and Hamas, Israel can simply speed along the process of creating a state of "palestine" in Gaza. You can always count on the ersatz "palestinians" to act in their own worst interests. But if there are no Arabs in Judea and Samaria, there is no apartheid -- ridiculous as those claims are to begin with. What with the international community having pledged $5.4 billion to Gaza (whether or not they ever collect is certainly not Israel's problem) Israel can simply point out that Gaza can be turned into a handsome place, and we really want the ersatz "palestinians" to have their own state, and Gaza it is. If Fatah and Hamas cannot get along, it isn't Israel's problem. Like all nations, they will have to endure their own civil war. And any civil rebellion should definitely not spill across any borders. Look at Syria. Why should Gaza be treated differently? At least Israel and Egypt will make very, very sure that ersatz "palestinians" -- and issues -- remain firmly entrenched in Gaza.
5. LIVNI IS UNFIT TO SERVE ISRAEL
stude ham   (11.09.14)
this is a good law... and world opinion (including livni's) be damned. BUIL ISRAEL BUILD!
6. Leftists whi approve of Arab Apartheid on Jews cry Apartheid
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (11.09.14)
7. Israel officialy becomes an apartheid state
Non Jewish Immigrant ,   Haifa   (11.09.14)
Now it cannot say it is not an apartheid state anymore. LOL
8. Why does the West Bank, aka Judea & Samaria, need to be
Danny   (11.09.14)
annexed if it's part of the Jewish land for thousands of years like Jerusalem and Haifa?
9. Nothing to ...add
Jacob Edelman ,   New York,USA   (11.09.14)
Spoken by Prometheus in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Masque of Pandora": "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad".
10. @ #8 Danny It's Called Symantics Boychick
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11. To: No. 7
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.09.14)
You are such a moron. The Arabs in Judea and Samaria are not stateless. They are Jordanian citizens. There is no need for Israel to extend Israeli law to them. On the other hand the brave Jewish pioneers are Israeli citizens, and Israeli law should apply to them. Besides, Israel is not an apartheid state. Did we not let your filthy carcass into our country? Are you discriminated against? I'm guessing you're treated very well, otherwise you'd have left. Don't bite the hand that feeds you, sluggo.
12. Israel accepted and radified international laws, but
USA   (11.09.14)
apply the loop-hole of Kol Nideri.
13. Just bloody do it. Announce that it is our sovereign Land!
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14. King Bibi the Weak still can't bring himself to say the word
A ,   Belgium   (11.09.14)
"annexation". He should be able to stand before the United Nothings with a map showing Israel from the Mediterranean Sea to the natural eastern border, the Jordan River, and be able to ask, "where is this so called "palestine"? He won't though, but hopefully Danon or Feiglin will.
15. the stupid is strong in this Knesset.
just saying ,   Israel   (11.09.14)
They keep this up and we are all going to end up without Israel, without the West Bank. Prime Minister Netanyahu is setting himself up to go down in history as the Prime Minister who through his avarice lost the State of Israel.
16. Meanwhile the people who left Otef Aza* this summer...
Israel ,   Israel   (11.09.14)
due to the war have still not received Knesset Assistance in returning to their homes. Keep this up and we are all going to loose our homes. *Otef Aza = an internationally recognized part of the State of Israel. That the MK's friends of TBer #1 have refused to assist.
17. @1 4 2nd class citizens y'all get a gr8 deal of money!
Israel ,   Israel   (11.09.14)
over 1/2 of the budget of the State of Israel gets handed to you for you to abuse. Stop belly aching you money hungry fool.
18. Nations don't extend their expiration
shrinkDave ,   Kibbutz Revadim   (11.09.14)
dates by reducing the area under their governance. Nations that capitulate to nations seeking their obliteration die.
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