Israeli Interior Minister: US Can’t Stop Settlement Expansion…

Touring the sights of planned settlement expansions in the West Bank, Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai insisted that the US could not do anything to stop the new construction, and insisted that “there is no escape from our crucial security need to continue with this construction.”

Minister Yishai’s comments were seconded by Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, who was also on the tour. Rivlin insisted that “if we don’t build here, the Palestinians will.” The construction in the long-sought E1 settlement is part of the “natural growth” promised by the Israeli government.
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