After war in Lebanon, Israeli settlements growing again
West Bank expansion may complicate Secretary Rice’s aim for Israeli-Palestinian talks.
By Ilene R. Prusher | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
KARNEI SHOMRON, WEST BANK
At this time last year, many people in this settlement started eyeing their future with increased doubt.
Some 8,000 Jewish settlers had just been forcibly removed from Gaza, and people here learned that Karnei Shomron was going to be outside the separation barrier – a high-security network of walls and fencing that Israel is building inside the West Bank.
Today, things look much different, underscoring just how the turmoil in Gaza and the war with Lebanon has affected Israeli politics.
In fact, “things” are looking very much like business as usual.
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