Israel May Give Utility Services to Settlements Built Recently

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JERUSALEM, Oct. 27

Eight recently erected Jewish settlement outposts in the West Bank could soon receive government services like electricity and phones lines, a Defense Ministry official said Monday. Palestinians denounced the proposal as a violation of the stalled Middle East peace plan.

The plan calls for Israel to dismantle all settlements built since Prime Minister Ariel Sharon came to power in March 2001. Since it was formally introduced in June, only a handful have been removed, and about 60 remain, according to Peace Now, an Israeli monitoring group.

The Israeli official, Ron Shechner, who advises the defense minister on settlements, said it was not his position to determine whether the recently built settlements should remain or be torn down.

But as long as Israelis "are there on the ground, you have to give them the basic security means," Mr. Shechner said on Israeli radio. He cited electricity, phones, fences and schools as services the government could soon deliver. Most settlement outposts consist of only a few mobile homes on desolate hilltops.

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The liberal New York Times avoids bias

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1. NY Time

You mean they avoid telling the obvious - that Israel continues with it's illegal activities that are against international law an UN conventions?

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2. I think that they'll wait on that

An unbiased news report will not jump to conclusions. They won't form opinions for you, just give you the facts.

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3. Greg Myre =

Cowardly fuck.

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4. I see that you have an opinion

But no one told you what opinion you must have. That's a lack of bias.