"This particular settlement is not one that I envision ever being abandoned or changed over into a Palestinian territory," the former U.S. president said Sunday after meeting with settler leader Shaul Goldstein, head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council in the West Bank settlement of Neve Daniel. "This is part of the close settlements to the 1967 line that I think will be here forever." Jimmy Carter, June 14, 2009

Peace Now is jealous of the settlers. Why? Because Peace Nowniks either don't get married, or if they do, they have few or no children. So, they don't need new housing. The settlers, on the other hand, marry and have big families. Their kids grow up and marry and need housing of their own. The settlers and all the religious are the future of our country. The leftists will just die out - or leave the country!!!

about construction should also be on the construction of Muslim-Arab homes in the "West Bank"! The fact that some close their eyes of the building activity conducted by one people (race) and not the other amounts to nothing short of racism, anti-Jewish racism in this case.

!3,000? I hope that's just for starters. We need more housing - more affordable housing, for young couples and not-so-young couples. Our great little nation was founded on building, while the Palis are busy destroying. They will never have a true nation, whether the UN recognizes them or not.

Its nice to see the settlers haven't lost their enthusiasm. Build my mighty Zionist minions! Build! May you bring many offspring to outnumber our evil foes.

FACT: No country recognizes any changes to the facts on the ground after 1967 FACT: All countries will be in agreement that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal and should be removed paving way for Palestine's establishment and a just solution to the refugees. FACT: You have not seen the worse, oh no, not even close! More condemnation and sanctions to come, until you comply with world demands.

By all legal, moral, and historical criteria, your narrative that the territories in question are "disputed" is flatly rejected. PLO already made a huge compromise by accepting 22% for the homeland of 10 million Palestinians. Stop your greed. We are not so hopeful that you will give up your ways (theft and apartheid) but I assure you that solid action against the status quo will only escalate in the weeks and months ahead. Eventually a huge price tag for occupation will be incurred and it is up to you to decide: Apartheid or Peace.

All the figures of buildings being built dont add up to even 200 units 13,000?? I think we all know the final outcome the so called "right" governments will betray them at one point we will return to be one more small Jewish ghetto and many will leave this country.The left always wins we all know thiswe live in delusion the money and power are with the left,

You said it Girl. Kol ha kavod.

Setler and settlements give me hope for the future.Kol hakavod to them.

muayyad 7 and 8 Thanks for your support !

because they are going to get these settlements for free eventually. ha ha ha ha !

sure- build build- no land for agriculture, no land for trees- and invite all the Jews in the world to move to Israel- this is total irresponsible misguided planing for the future. Greedy contractors and corrupt politicians- and people who don't see beyond tomorrow. Where do you get the water for all those people? this is just for starters...

It's time to massively settle our heartland of Judea and Samaria. The "Palestinian" poseurs never owned our land and have no rights to our tiny Homeland whatsoever. Israel's goal should be to settle 1,000,000 Jews in Judea and Samaria by 2015. Let "Palestians" continue to dream about a hostile state, in our heartland, which never existed and never will. Judea and Samaria are rightfully ours and are vital to Israel's security also.

#7. At the moment it is not trendy, at the U.N., to recognize the truth about Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. So what? A few decades ago, it wasn't trendy to recognize that Eastern Europe would be free of Communist oppression. Prior to WW II, it wasn't trendy to recognize that Nazi Germany would not last more than 12 years. Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria belong to Israel. Every Bible observing Jew, Christian and even Moslem knows this. Ultimately the world will recognize the truth. Oil will not be an effective political weapon forever to stifle the truth.

Very happy news. The Pals have Obama & the UN in their corner. Jews have God.

"FACT: No country recognizes any changes to the facts on the ground after 1967" Ask us if we care. What do you suppose matters more: public pronouncements or private knowledge? Of the tens of thousands of documents released via WikiLeaks that concern the Middle East, did you happen to notice that the "Palestinians" were not mentioned in a single, solitary one? Ouch! You're not as important as you think you are. In fact, you're not important at all. "FACT: All countries will be in agreement that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal and should be removed paving way for Palestine's establishment and a just solution to the refugees." Not hardly. Israel acquired Judea and Samaria in the course of fighting a defensive war against Jordan. You lot are Jordanian citizens, and when Israel annexes Judea and Samaria you will be repatriated. "FACT: You have not seen the worse, oh no, not even close! More condemnation and sanctions to come, until you comply with world demands." You are hardly in a position to be issuing threats. You people have been kicked out of Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, the Emirates and Kuwait. The reason that there continue to be displaced persons (no, you are not refugees because you left voluntarily) is because no one can stand you, not even your brother Arabs. "Condemnation and sanctions?" Dream on. Israel is a western democracy, with a strong economy and technological expertise unparalleled in the world. What can you claim to have contributed to civilization? Nothing but terrorism and violence. Here's a news flash: Israel has far more friends than you realize; the ersatz "Palestinians" have far more enemies than you realize. Simply put, everyone is sick to death of you.

Forgive me for bursting your bubble, but there is the little matter of six wars, all of which were started by the Arabs and won by Israel. You are a vanquished people. You get whatever crumbs Israel may very generously throw your way. The vanquished do not set terms and conditions for anything. What you completely fail to realize is that there are consequences to bad acts and stupid choices. The so-called "Palestinians" are past masters in both. You are the architects of your situation; all Israel did was defend itself against war and terror. Every country has that right. The ersatz "Palestinians" have had three opportunities to accept a two-state solution, and have rejected all three, including one which would have awarded you 90% of the West Bank and East Jerusalem as a capital. You walked away from that one and opted to start the second intifada. That didn't work out all that well for you, but -- hey -- what on earth makes you think that you get -- much less deserve -- yet another bite at the apple? You lot need to learn to accept the fact that you have made disastrous choices and you need to understand that you must also accept the consequences which have ensued from those disastrous choices. The simple fact is that Israel would have been the best -- possibly the only -- friend the ersatz "Palestinians" have ever had. But nearly seventy years of unrelenting terror and constant violence have eroded any good will the Jewish people have had. We are builders and innovators. You are destroyers intent on retrieving a past that never existed except in your fantasies. We don't want you in our land. It is our choice; not yours.

even if it is causing misery and eventually people will die because of it. So sad the greed and the lack of apathy settlers have so sad. The human race is just sad. This answers my question of how the German population agreed on the killing of the Jews. they simply did not care. Shame on you setllers shame… Shame!

The so-called "Palestinian" "misery" is self-inflicted. The settlers are merely asserting their rights -- Israel's right -- to settle and retain land which was acquired in the course of fighting a defensive war. Why is it that the so-called "Palestinians" are completely incapable of shouldering blame for all the horror and devastation that they have brought to Israel and to Jews throughout the world? As it is, all the ersatz "Palestinians" do is bleat and whine and complain. I have yet to hear a single one stand up and acknowledge that the "Palestinians" have been the architects of their fate; that the "Palestinians" have made incredibly bad choices; that the "Palestinians" must bear the consequences of those choices; and that resorting to terror was a remarkably stupid choice. That is what is shameful. I have no pity whatsoever for a violent and unrepentant terrorist rabble, which is -- when it comes down to it -- all that these ersatz "Palestinians" are. The "Palestinians" sowed the wind a long time ago. They lose the right to complain when the time comes to reap the whirlwind.

Or is it volunteer work to be against Israel building homes. The ideas of " Piece Now" seem to be in line with the Arab and E.U. views, and also same as other anti-Israel unfreindly countries and groups.