Let’s once and for all stop getting excited about America mounting pressure on Israel to freeze West Bank settlements. The entire fascination with the topic is a product of Zionist spin. It is there to divert attention from the root cause of the conflict: The robbery of Palestine and Palestinians in the name of a ‘Jewish home coming’. The call to stop Israeli construction in the West Bank is there to leave us with the false impression that the robbery of Palestine started in 1967. The facts are known to many of us, but not to all. The vast majority of Palestinians were expelled from their towns, villages, fields and orchards in 1948.

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In the following Al Jazeera report Israeli government forces can be seen withholding water from Palestinian farmers.

On top of denying the farmers their water the Israeli government has labeled them as “water pirates”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8LP0nei8qY&feature=player_embedded