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West Bank settler group boasts rapid growth
Associated Press
Published: 16.09.14, 19:18
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1. 4% Annual Is Low Growth For Us
Yishai Kohen ,   YeShA, Israel   (09.16.14)
We are usually closer to 6%, and our target should be 8%
2. "Palestinians" have NO national rights on our land!
Chaim ,   Israel   (09.16.14)
This tiny land is ours. "Palestinian" poseurs have NO national rights on our land. There never was a nation called Palestine, in our land, and never will be. If they are unhappy that Jews are building in our own land. Tough. They belong in the Arab states from which they came.
3. The land is part of the Jewish homeland
Zev ,   Israel   (09.16.14)
and belongs to the Jewish people. There never existed a Palestinian state or a Palestinian people.
4. Ashrawi clearly does not understand
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.16.14)
... that when you go to war (six times) and you lose (six times), there are consequences which are not pleasant, including loss of territory. The ersatz "palestinians" are not magically exempt from this basic rule of armed conflict. Judea and Samaria are non-sovereign. They haven't been a kingdom since the first century. The ersatz "palestinians" are newcomers to the region. Israel is going to annex Judea and Samaria, and kick the ersatz "palestinians" back to Jordan -- they are, after all, Jordanian citizens or, if they prefer, to Gaza where they can work on the finer points of the shiny, new "unity government."
5. To: Facebook Mike White
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.16.14)
The ersatz "palestinians" could have had a state in 1947. They chose to go to war instead. They lost. In 1967, they chose to go to war again. They lost. Cry me a river, why don't you? Since when does the aggressor who loses a war have a right to anything? What you need to do is read the Hague Conventions, which articulates the things that can befall an aggressor who loses. They are necessarily unpleasant, and are deliberately designed to be unpleasant. One certainly does NOT gift a state to six-time aggressors who lost all six times.
6. Very good news ! More incentives for
olim hadashim ,   tel aviv/israel   (09.16.14)
the settlements are needed.The people build their future on their land.
7. 2% should be 100% When you read the original land given to I
BUILD BABY BUILD!!!!   (09.16.14)
Israel today's Israel is but a remnant. Annex it all and repatriate all the pals to Jordan. KEEP BUILDING BABY !!!
8. Jew settling the Jewish homeland on which Pals are squatting
Sam ,   Canada   (09.16.14)
The Palestinians grew comfortable in the Jewish homeland so they want to keep it. The Arabs have enough territory so they should control their greed. It's they who reject any peace agreement so tough luck to them. Jews owe them nothing.
9. Oh Don't those babies and children look threatening!
Riva   (09.16.14)
...family of "settlers!"
10. Expansion of wellness
olavi ,   espoo, finland   (09.17.14)
This is good news. The land is Israeli land and they are the only people whon can bring it prosper. The arabs has produces nothing usefull but misery.
11. Poor baby !!
Bob ,   USA   (09.17.14)
@ Hanan Ashrawi: You can take your football & go back to wherever you came from if you don't like it. What are you going to do about it other than cry, die or decide to live in peace /sarc on last one ?
12. To: Riva at No. 9
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.17.14)
Actually, they really are a beautiful family, aren't they? Best thing yet, they are not Molotov-cocktail throwing, thuggish Arab terrorists. Jewish pioneers settling land which has always been the heartland of the Jewish people. What's not to like?
13. # 9 Sooo scary! LOL
BUILD BABY BUILD!!!!   (09.17.14)
Nothing prettier than a large "Settler" family. G-d bles 'em! KEEP BUILDING !!!
14. # 6 Correction They build a future on Jewish land.
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America also started with 'settlements' San Francisco had 570 'settlers' in 1847. To think how far America has come since the original 'settlers' we don't call them 'settlements' now we call them cities. KEEP BUILDING BABY !!!
15. Half a Million Jews living in Judea, what cld be more naturl
David Shiff ,   Nj   (09.17.14)
16. Whoa! Yesha Council is NOT the official umbrella group
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (09.17.14)
Yesha Council is not the official umbrella group for "the settlers". They are self-appointed, not transparent, and have their own agenda. If they want to be "official" then they should open their books, have regular elections and be accountable to "the setters". They do NOT represent me or hundreds of thousands of my fellow "settlers", but they do spend hundreds of millions and NOBODY but them know where it goes.
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