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The United Nations on Wednesday condemned Israeli plans to authorize both the Shvuet Rachel outpost and 180 already existing homes in the Shiloh settlement, located in the Binyamin region of the West Bank.
UN slams plan to authorize outpost, Shiloh homes
Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:06 PM EST
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh_(biblical_city)
Shiloh resumed its status as a Hebrew town in 1978 when a group of Hebrew affiliated with the Gush Emunim movement returned to the location to assert revenant rights. In 1979 the Israeli government officially authorized Shiloh's status as a recognized village. At the end of 2008, the population of the village was approximately 2300 [2]. The community contains educational institutions, grocery, a Hesder yeshiva (combining military service and advanced Talmudic studies), sports fields, a pool and several synagogues, one built as a replica of the Biblical Tabernacle.
Retaken from the Muslim invaders....
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#1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:12 PM EST
Muslims are the natives. Those Jews, in contrast, were mostly immigrants from other countries, thus, they were the actual invaders. That's probably why the UN is condemning such Israeli settlements in the Arab's West Bank...
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Jews have been in this land as long as anyone else. Your assertion that there are not Jewish native inhabitants is absurd.
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Why would you want to live in a place that's surrounded by people that hate you? Unless it's just to cause hate and discontent.
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#2 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:14 PM ESTBecause it is where your ancestors are buried.
The hate is theirs, let them hate their whole lives away.
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My ancestors are buried in various places Europe but I'm not about to move there, camp out in some spot and claim it as mine. Conversely if some random person camps out in my back yard and tells me it's theirs I'll do whatever I can in my power to remove them. Additionally I've seen the hate coming from the hard line conservatives in Israel as well as Palestinian extremists. You will never resolve the issues if you cannot accept your own role in their creation.
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Why would you want to live in a place that's surrounded by people that hate you? Unless it's just to cause hate and discontent.
Because it's home for many Israeli's and has Has been for a long time.
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