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Bennett: Building is the Zionist response to murder of Jews

September 2, 2014 at 10:34 am

Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that Israel has always responded to the killing of Jews by building more illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Visiting a Jewish seminary in the Gush Etzion settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media quoted Bennett as saying that Israel’s “ultimate goal” is clear, referring to the Zionist plan to seize all of historic Palestine.

Regarding the Israeli decision to confiscate nearly 4,000 dunams of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank to build a new illegal settlement, he said building is the Israeli response to “terrorism”.

The US has criticised Israel’s move to confiscate more Palestinian land. “This announcement, like every other settlement announcement Israel makes… is counterproductive to Israel’s stated goal of a negotiated two-state solution with the Palestinians,” a US official told Reuters news agency.