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ISRAELIS BUILDING STILL MORE SETTLEMENTS
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ISRAELIS DEFY WORLD
USING TRICKS AND SUBTERFUGE
MER - Washington - 8/2/97:
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Even while the United Nations General Assembly
met last month in special session to condemn Israeli policies, the Israelis
continued to push forward not only with expansion of existing settlements
but creation of new ones.
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The United States knows very well what is going
on, but chooses to pretend otherwise. The Arab regimes who have called
for a boycott of Israel in an Arab League meeting are afraid to pursue
this policy for fear of American reaction.
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One example of Israeli duplicity took place in
mid-July when members of the right-wing youth movement known as Bnei Akiva
were given permission by the Israeli Army to establish an "agricultural
camp" just south of Hebron.
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The site was quietly established by the "Nahal
Brigade", an Army group which allows young Israelis to combine their
army service with settlement creation. About 50 Israelis currently are
living at the site, just a short drive from Hebron. Hoping to deflect criticism
the Israelis temporarily say they are doing "agricultural development
work" and that this location is an army one.
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Within a few years, however, most of these special
"agricultural" areas develop into permanent Israeli settlements
with very special tax and monetary incentives provided by the government
to those who build homes and live in these areas.
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