‘NYTimes’ Should Stop Hiding the Truth: Israeli Settlements Are Illegal Under International Law

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• ‘NYTimes’ Should Stop Hiding the Truth: Israeli Settlements Are Illegal Under International Law
  by James North, http://mondoweiss.net/
  The BBC story on Israel’s plans to build 3,000 new settlements in occupied territory characterizes the colonies correctly. Just 12 words:
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  “The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.”
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  After all, the UN Security Council just voted unanimously (with one abstention) in favor of the resolution that the settlements are a “flagrant violation of international law.”
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  Contrast that language with the New York Times story today, “Israel Approves Another Wave of West Bank Settlement Construction,” co-authored by new Jerusalem bureau chief Ian Fisher. It offers these milder phrases that suggest that the world has it out for Israel, once again the victim:
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  “World leaders have denounced the settlements in the West Bank . . .”
  “In a wave of new construction plans that defy the international community . . . ”
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  I’ll bet the Times‘s inaccurate language is imposed by editors in New York, no matter what Fisher might want to say (as I indicated yesterday). But I have a challenge for the newspaper of record. If it really thinks the “settlements” should not be illegal, it should:
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  1) Say so on its editorial page, and tell us why;
  2)  and/or quote a legal expert on these matters.
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  Until then it should respect international law.

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