This cheap political propaganda is distasteful - and add to the fact it was dishonest, makes it worse. The PA does not object to Israelis building homes in Israel, but does object to the illegal stealing of land captured in 1967.
You can't spin your way out of this, my original post is quite clear that no excuses are given for the terrorist attack, nor does the terrorism justify/hide/cover-up Israel's crimes. My statement is clear - on the Palestinian side, the stealing of land, the colonies and colonists remain the main point of contention, and it is a simple statement of fact that the reason the 4 were targetted is because they were colonists. No spin, just facts.
Oh, and let's not forget that the security breakdown is not the fault of the PA - as Haaretz reminds us, the roads are not under the PA responsibility:
Netanyahu as well as the decision-makers in Washington know who controls the roads on which Tuesday's terror attack took place. The IDF is deployed along the West Bank's main roadways, and the Shin Bet watches over the details, so it's difficult to accuse the Palestinian Authority of not doing enough to prevent the attack. The PA's security apparatus detains dozens of Hamas operatives and shouldn't be punished by renewing settlement building (only partially frozen in any case ) across the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/ne ... s-1.311623
Cheers,
Shafique
