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Eitan: Blocs to be Annexed; Rest of Yesha to be Abandoned
Arutz Sheva ^ | 5/7/11 | David Lev

Posted on 07/05/2011 3:03:13 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

For perhaps the first time, a minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government has admitted that the Prime Minister plans to give away most of Judea and Samaria to an incipient Arab state, with Israel retaining only the settlement blocs. During a tour of Gush Etzion, Michael Eitan, whose title is Minister for Improvement of Government Services, said that “enacting the Prime Minister's policies will lead to the annexation of the settlement blocs, including Gush Etzion, with the intent of giving up other parts of Judea and Samaria for the benefit of a Palestinian state.”

Gush Etzion Council head Shaul Goldstein, who accompanied Eitan during the tour, said that he appreciated the minister's vote of confidence in the future of the Gush, even if he disagreed with Eitan on surrendering other parts of Yesha.

In his comments, Eitan was referring to a speech by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to the Knesset in mid-May. In the wake of that speech, several right-wing MKs expressed concern over the fact that Netanyahu stressed that Israel would keep the settlement blocs in any final-status settlement with the PA – but that “painful concessions” would need to be made. This was taken by many as a sign that Netanyahu was prepared to give them away to the PA for establishment of an Arab state in Judea and Samaria.

After the speech, government Minister Benny Begin said in several interviews that he “knew for certain” that Netanyahu had not intended to imply an Israeli withdrawal from non-bloc areas of Yesha. A report on Arutz 7 said that following the speech, Likud MK Tzipi Hotovely approached Netanyahu...said, "The rule that you set implies the exception to the rule," ... retaining the settlement blocs means that the other towns are expendable. Netanyahu responded, "That is not the intention.”

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: annexation; blocs; eitan; israel; peaceoffensive; yesha
Moral of the story: Make more blocs. Build more houses. Bibi's in a right-wing mood lately, but don't trust it.
1 posted on 07/05/2011 3:03:23 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

The second part of the story will be when the Netanyahu gov’t circuitously announces that it has agreed to divide Jerusalem.


2 posted on 07/05/2011 3:42:58 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Eleutheria5.


3 posted on 07/05/2011 3:44:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Eleutheria5

Rope-a-dope against Obama.


4 posted on 07/05/2011 3:46:40 PM PDT by bvw
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To: Eleutheria5

I would have thought that the Israeli government have learned their lesson after the 2005 Gaza expulsion of Jews...


5 posted on 07/05/2011 3:53:51 PM PDT by Roger_Wildcat
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To: Eleutheria5
American Jews stand by Israel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678564/posts

What the British Jews think of Israel's war
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678566/posts

Most Americans Support Right of Jews to Live and Build in Judea-Samaria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/927783/posts
June 10, 2003
"By a margin of nearly five to one, Americans oppose the Bush administration's demand to halt all further Jewish construction in Judea-Samaria (the West Bank) and Gaza . . . The poll, carried out by John McLaughlin & Associates, surveyed a scientific sample of 1,000 American adults on May 21, 2003.


6 posted on 07/05/2011 4:20:21 PM PDT by familyop ("The Romans and their Empire were but a bauble in comparison to the Jews." --President John Adams)
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To: Eleutheria5
So I want to know:
1. Is Maale Adumim part of some "bloc"?

2. When I drive from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, will I still be able to head east? (Or will this road only be open to non-Jews?)

3. Or will I be restricted from Jerusalem altogether?

ML/NJ
7 posted on 07/05/2011 4:22:14 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj

1. Yes.
2. I think if the road East is only for non-Jooos!, you’ll probably see my dead body lying in the middle. No way are they giving it back.
3. They must feel nostalgic for the context in which Yerushalaim Shel Zahav was first sung. No matter. See 2 above.


8 posted on 07/05/2011 10:02:59 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today)
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9 posted on 07/06/2011 4:41:08 AM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: Eleutheria5

Will it Bibi Netanyahu yimach shemo? or will Bibi end up listening to Hashem and be a hero to the Jewish people...


10 posted on 07/06/2011 9:21:54 AM PDT by blasater1960 (Deut 30, Psalm 111...the Torah and the Law, is attainable past, present and forever.)
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To: Eleutheria5

So as soon as Palis cut a reasonable deal and honor it, they’re golden?

Somewhere in heaven, Abba Eban is smiling.


11 posted on 07/06/2011 2:11:33 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Yup, and no matter how long we’ve been around, no matter how many wars we have to fight, no matter how much good we do for the region, we still have to defend our “right to exist”. Merely existing in the plane of reality is not enough. In fact, it’s a provocation.


12 posted on 07/06/2011 3:33:49 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today)
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