Aside from the Kurds, the Palestinians are the largest people group in the world without an official state. Israel says it favors the creation of Palestine (the "two-state solution"), but it continues building what the World Court claims are illegal settlements around Jerusalem. Today, the European Union has criticized the continuing construction.
I asked an Israeli official about this today while visiting the embassy in Washington with a group from the Osgood Center for International Studies. He denied the new settlements and took the opportunity to criticize Palestinian looting of donated greenhouses almost two years ago. Typical maneuvering by a diplomat and illustrative of the accusatory rhetoric that has so far hindered a final Middle East agreement.
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