Israeli Settlements Quietly Halted: No New Housing Permits Granted


	Israeli Settlements Quietly Halted: No New Housing Permits Granted

ratilfar

8-18-2009 6:18 PM

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israel, palestine, peace, obama, huckabee, occupied, territories

ratilfar says:

A short step on the long road to peace.

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8-19-2009 2:45 AM

darkeforce

And here's Huckleberry Neocon (Huckabee) visiting Israel, acting all apologetic about a US President finally showing some stones and standing up to the Zionists. But patting Israel on the back now is like congratulating a still-active child serial killer for no longer committing necrophilia on the corpses. The US needs to keep up a strong front on the settlements, and keep pushing for humane treatment of the Palestinians.

8-19-2009 8:03 AM

ratilfar

Freedom for Palestine is the only "humane" answer.

8-20-2009 2:05 AM

darkeforce

Absolutely.

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