CLAIM: Israel’s initial expansions in the West Bank had been limited to military bases for security purposes.
RATING:
Mostly false
Since 1967, successive Israeli governments have regularly seized territory in the West Bank, often for alleged military or security purposes, and then built civilian settlements on them.
For example, Israeli government officials held a meeting in July 1970 in Moshe Dayan’s office in which they planned how to establish the settlement of Kiryat Arba. The land “would be confiscated by military order, ostensibly for security purposes, and that the first buildings on it would be falsely presented as being strictly for military use. […] As per the meeting minutes, these officials decided to build “250 housing units in Kiryat Arba within the perimeter of the area specified for the military unit’s use. All the building will be done by the Defense Ministry and will be presented as construction for the IDF’s needs.” […] Its goal was to present the appearance of complying with international law, which forbids construction for civilian purposes on occupied land. In practice, everyone involved, from settlers to defense officials, knew that the assertion the land was meant for military rather than civilian use was false.”
Source: Secret 1970 document confirms first West Bank settlements built on a lie
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Keep trying to invent history. The palis didn’t exist until the mid 1960s.
One other fun fact – every group, every political organization, and every government that has ever tried to destroy the Jews has been destroyed. Fun fact #2 Israel has never been stronger.