tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post5718350105593802029..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Into The WeekendDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-52492042475934803422009-02-01T12:28:00.000-08:002009-02-01T12:28:00.000-08:00I read it as sort of a below-the-radar slush fund ...I read it as sort of a below-the-radar slush fund type of deal. I think it almost definitely was a sort of wink-and-nod type of case -- I don't think the Israeli government was in the dark about this -- but it wasn't exactly above board either.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-5766672154477209912009-02-01T12:09:00.000-08:002009-02-01T12:09:00.000-08:00"...detailing the extent to which the settlement e...<I>"...detailing the extent to which the settlement enterprise (even the "legal" ones) has been carried out without government permission..."</I><BR/><BR/>This implies that the Israeli government is not responsible for the lawbreaking. The article seems to indicate that the Israeli government is, to a significant degree, responsible:<BR/><BR/><I>Since in many of the settlements, it was the government itself, primarily through the Ministry of Construction and Housing, that was responsible for construction, and since many of the building violations involve infrastructure, roads, public buildings and so on, the official data also demonstrate government responsibility for the unrestrained planning and lack of enforcement of regulations in the territories. [...]<BR/><BR/>"Nothing was done in hiding," says Pinchas Wallerstein, director-general of the Yesha Council of settlements and a leading figure in the settlement project. "I'm not familiar with any [building] plans that were not the initiative of the Israeli government."</I>Barry Deutschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796981762797604817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-87057272028737888992009-02-01T11:56:00.000-08:002009-02-01T11:56:00.000-08:00Thanks for the link to my toon! :-)Thanks for the link to my toon! :-)Barry Deutschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796981762797604817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-45306925506497042602009-01-30T22:27:00.000-08:002009-01-30T22:27:00.000-08:00FYI, Olopade is female.FYI, Olopade is female.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-36773183553260019082009-01-30T21:06:00.000-08:002009-01-30T21:06:00.000-08:00apparently the settlers have an expansive concept ...apparently the settlers have an expansive concept of adverse possession.The Gaucho Politicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12842680553585405562noreply@blogger.com