(Commentary) Rick Richman - With negotiations with the Palestinians nowhere in sight, Israel has announced tenders for 336 settlement units - 294 in Beitar Illit (a large community just outside Jerusalem) and 42 in Karnei Shomron (a small one). If the "peace process" ever produces a peace agreement, Beitar Illit and Karnei Shomron will remain part of Israel. The PA responded by accusing Israel of harming "not only Israeli-Arab peace, but also the entire world peace," showing why it "prompts us to go to the UN." Actually, the PA has rejected three offers of a state in the past decade, and announced in 2009 it was unwilling to negotiate further. It now issues ludicrous statements about areas it knows are not going to be part of a Palestinian state.
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