If Israel is going to make unilateral moves -- and 3,100 new settlement homes is a bit over the top -- there should be nothing to stop the Palestinians from also pursuing other peaceful and diplomatic remedies. The argument that these new homes are "in areas that (Israel) expects to keep" is specious. These matters, like borders are supposed to be the SUBJECT of negotiations.

Buld more should be the answer.

Once the war crimes proceedings start... i suggest the first thing that Israel does is reciprocate with bringing up Abbas on charges related to the Munich Massacre. There happens to be a lot of people within Fatah and Hamas both with hands that will not become clean no matter how hard they scrub.

You aint seen nothing yet! Wait until the building boom is really at full tilt.. Subject ? of what negotiations? You bastards have your convicted, jailed, terrorists back and this is the partial payment, stay tuned, more to come!!! Payback's a bitch elke. KEEP BUILDING !!!!

Look, the Palestinians are trying to destroy Israel. If it's not settlements then the Palestinians would find some other excuse to turn to the UN, Arab countries or the West for boycott or sanctions. So, Israel will have to deal with anything Palestinians throw at them. The best Israeli response is building more settlements because that's what Palestinian leaders obviously hate the most. So, that's what they deserve the most to get- more Jewish neighbours.

The actions by Israel to build 3100 homes in the disputed territory is the result of the Palestinian failure to negotiate a peaceful end to their efforts to ultimately destroy the Jewish State. The propaganda blitz of mendacious messages of vitriol is not intended to create peace between the Palestinian Arabs and the Israelis. Whole generations of Palestinian Arabs are subjected in newspapers, books and schools(including even pre-schools) to the vicious attacks on the character,faith and efforts by Israelis to promote peace and terminate the never ending conflict. An enduring peace can never endure under such conditions.

Hate to break it to you... but the building of homes that can be either uprooted or re-purposed to suit new owners... in no shape or form hinders peace. You are enabling them, as the world seems to be wonderful at doing. You can still negotiate over a home, having a negotiation over a dead body (when either side tries to kill each other) does not have the same effect.

Look, the Palestinians are trying to destroy Israel. If it's not settlements then the Palestinians would find some other excuse to turn to the UN, Arab countries or the West for boycott or sanctions. So, Israel will have to deal with anything Palestinians throw at them. The best Israeli response is building more settlements because that's what Palestinian leaders obviously hate the most. So, that's what they deserve the most to get- more Jewish neighbours.

You aint seen nothing yet! Wait until the building boom is really at full tilt.. Subject ? of what negotiations? You bastards have your convicted, jailed, terrorists back and this is the partial payment, stay tuned, more to come!!! Payback's a bitch elke. KEEP BUILDING !!!!

Problem with your view is that you and many Americans are blinded. Once the Israelis withdraw from the territory, the Hamas will take over in a split second. If Abbas continues to play his dirty games, he will find out that PA has no more state to control. It happened in Gaza, ,thanks to then President Bush's insistance to call for a democratic election and we all know what happened. A creation of Hamastown, same thing willhappen happen if you and other misguided Americans don't get a sobber second look at the situation on the ground. The result will be a bloody war, because there is no way Israel could live with a neighbour bent on destroying the only Jewish state.

Elke #1 is hundred percent right. All those agains Elke will fall on their face soon. Europe wants this stubborn conflict to be solved more than the USA and it will be solved taking the 1967 borders into consideration.

you see UN TROOPS in Israel stopping construction cranes? HAH! HAH! HAH! meanwhile your BROTHER ARABS are using poison gas on each others children...this is why you will always lose.

in the midst of massive war crimes and crimes against humanity being perpetrated on all sides of Israel. But I would not put it past that organization to focus their resources on building construction instead of human lives.

1967 borders will be taken into consideration if acceptable to Israel. Any ceding of any part of Jerusalem would trigger an Israeli referendum. Livni or anyone else can't just hand it over. Israel listens to the EU and US but they don't decide anything.

The pA must remember the the land belongs to the Jews not to them Arabs they can go tithe UN it UN hot air they have stolen Jewish land All the time

These negotiations will fail because the G-d of Israel said so. Also, a new leadership in Israel will arise to annex all territories stunning and shunning everyone else. All those against Israel will not only fall on their faces but all their curses will be turned against themselves.

Kerry: His stratagems with El-Baradei are exposed. Dirt everywhere The Divider in Chief :Obama's Judgement and integrity suspect : Erdogan forced Apology, BenGhazi , Surveillance, Lexicon wars, etc PA is irrelevant without all Arab Nations We can't give up secure borders USA using us for distracting the USA people Enough talks. Territory legally ours EU anti semites, Husseini's Arabs Obama's fantasies, AM Yisrael need to avoid second Holocaust. SECURE BORGERS

Jerusalem is not a settlement. There are not 1967 borders. There was a war in 1948 that led to war refugees. Not the first not the last ones.

Go to the UN - nobody cares. They do not have any authority to do anything whatsoever. This is legally, morally and historically our lands. Don't like that fact - too bad. We should respond by deporting ALL the illegal Arab migrants from our lands. So go to the UN - and we can expel them too

we a basically forced to support our enemies. FTW let them go to hell since they want it so bad.

If I was a settler encouraged and authorized to buy/live on land that the world does not recognize as belonging to your country, well....... I'd start suing all those government officials that said go ahead. Why should they keep their fortunes for breaking laws.......Sue Sue Sue!

Those who think that Europeans and USA have solution live in delusion and short term memory loss. We all see whats happening in Iraq, the sectarian murders every day, we all see what's happening in Libya and the tragic murder of the US ambassador, we all see how bright was the idea to push the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, we all see the ineptness of Europeans and the might Americans to resolve the Syrian massacre, so Harold and Elke have a magic recipe to push back Israel to the suicide line of 1967, give up part of the real and historical capital of Israel, Jerusalem. Incredible that how it is easy to forget pushing Czechoslovakia in 1938 to cede territory to Germany and the catastrophe it followed and paid by 6 million Jews. Have ever Harold and Elke read the PLO charter? Most likely not, so therefore, please do not propagate the potential destruction of the Jewish State and to return the remaining Jews to a life in a stetls and ghettos.

They have threatened us with this kangaroo court for years; Let's call their bluff. Building settlements a "crime against humanity?" The ICC was never meant to cover building code violations. The ICC has no interest in having their institution hijacked by the PA. Also, the US is the last country that wants the ICC to go after anything but African tribal butchers, and a few Serbs. The US is the next prime target, given the hundreds of thousands of civilians it killed in Iraq in Afganistan.

Israelis remember how Europeans historically have dealt with the Jews. Don't want to lose lands? Don't attack Israel.

A land exchange with Islamic Israel the Little Green Triangle and Bedoin inhabited Negev areas.Five hundred thousand refugees from the Syria and Lebanon who are screened against Fatah Baath and Jihadi Califati links are willing to have a balanced educationfor. their children ought be allowed to settle over time but the Jews need iron clad security capacity.

The PA know that they won't get the rest of the prisoners, they won't get any Israeli nor US financial aid. Abbas won't be able to amass his fortune any more at the expense of the palis.

the morons really think that some judges sitting in europe can tell the sovereign jewish state what to do. these bastards are murdering each other with every and all means at their disposal, gassing poor innocent children, yet they think they are superior.

So you are admitting Israel has committed war crimes?

Being aware that someone is going to sue you, or charge you falsely with a crime is NOT in any way implying that you have committed a crime. Seriously lame specious argument Bob! Get a life!

The only "War Crimes" in the Arab/Palestinian-Israel conflict are the horrific terrorist attacks committed by the Palestinians against people of ALL creeds in Israel like the bus bombing, hotel and restaurant bombings, cutting the throats of children and their parents while they slept and a numerous other heinous crimes committed in the name of Islam by the people who you seem to regard as heroes! Actually Israel should have a very good look at what Assad is doing to his people and what the "rebels" are doing in return because this is exactly what the Palestinians would do to Israelis given half the chance!