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> By Michael Voss

> BBC correspondent in Jerusalem
> One of the most divisive issues for any future peace negotiations is the
> presence of Jewish settlements in former Palestinian-controlled areas of
the
> West Bank.
> The built-up areas of Jewish settlements account for less than 2% of the
> land occupied by Israel in 1967 after the Six Day War.
> But according to a report published by the Israeli human rights group
> B'Tselem, Jewish settlements control just under 42% of the region.
> This figure includes the municipal boundaries of the settlements and the
> land administered by Jewish regional councils based there.
> The report puts the total number of settlers, including those living in
and
> around Arab East Jerusalem, at about 380,000 people.
> The human rights group accuses Israel of applying two separate systems of

> law in the West Bank, which it compares to the former apartheid regime in

> South Africa.
> Settlers' groups claim they have a birthright to territory they see as
part
> of the biblical land of Israel.
> The fate of the settlements has long been one of the major stumbling
blocks
> in almost all previous peace talks.
> And, so far, there has been no official government response to the report

> that calls for the settlements to be dismantled, along with financial
> compensation for residents.

> "klaptus" wrote:
> > By Michael Voss
> [...]
> Asshole, who gives a shit?

> > The human rights group accuses Israel of applying two separate

> > law in the West Bank, which it compares to the former apartheid

> > South Africa.
> > Settlers' groups claim they have a birthright to territory they see

> > of the biblical land of Israel.
> > The fate of the settlements has long been one of the major stumbling

> > in almost all previous peace talks.
> > And, so far, there has been no official government response to the
report
> > that calls for the settlements to be dismantled, along with
financial
> > compensation for residents.

>Subject: Re: ped ku "pokojowi", czyli dlaczego izrael zajmuje juz
42% west
>bank
>From: "butthead" butth...@my-deja.com
>Date: 5/16/02 3:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <ue81td9tg8e...@corp.supernews.com>
>"klaptus" wrote:
>> By Michael Voss
>[...]
>Asshole, who gives a shit?

> One of the most divisive issues for any future peace negotiations is the
> presence of Jewish settlements in former Palestinian-controlled areas of
the
> West Bank.