Israel air strikes on Gaza kills Hamas leader

[Prince Mongo]

It is a war of colonization of the Israelis against the Palestinians. Listen to Jimmy Carter in the last video I posted, he lays it out pretty well and states so categorically. He is certainly a credible observer.

Israel approves new homes in West Bank


The Israeli government has approved the construction of 3,000 new homes in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, less than 24 hours after the UN voted for Palestine to be upgraded to a non-member observer state, according to Israeli media reports.



The homes will be built both in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, but the government did not stipulate in which settlements.



According to a report in Haaretz, prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu also plans to “promote planning and construction” in the so-called E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, a major settlement with nearly 40,000 inhabitants.



The Obama administration has tried to discourage construction in that area, which would cut off East Jerusalem from surrounding Arab towns and further carve up the West Bank.



The decision was made by Israel’s “security cabinet,” a forum of nine senior ministers led by Netanyahu.



Israel’s government had threatened to approve further construction in the settlements as a possible response to Palestine’s bid for recognition.



But Palestinian officials have described that as a meaningless threat. Even before the bid, Netanyahu’s government has been approved thousands of new settler homes each year.