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Oren: Colonization benefits Palestinians

A howler from today’s NYT story about the expiration of the so-called settlement freeze:

Israeli officials said that Mr. Netanyahu felt it important for his credibility not to extend the moratorium beyond 10 months.

“It is a read-my-lips moment,” said Michael B. Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the United States. “This establishes credibility, not just for the Israelis but for the Palestinians. Establishing that the man is true to his word is going to be a very important asset going forward.”

Wow. Thanks, Bibi, for keeping your word that you would officially endorse continued and intensified violations of international law, land theft, colonization, and ethnic cleansing, ten months after you pretended to slow that stuff down a tad. We trust you, we trust you! You are a man of your word.

P.S.-  Another gem from the story:

Several thousand supporters were bused in [to the Kiryat Netafim settlement], balloons were released and speeches were made about Jewish rights and a policy that bars only Jews from building homes there, which the settlers regard as racist.

When has the New York Times made even the slightest reference to Israeli policies towards Palestinians as racist? Oh, but a flimsy, hole-ridden policy intended to mildly inhibit Jews from stealing land violating international law is racist? Puh-lease.

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