“All questions of right to one side, I have never been able to banish the queasy inner suspicion that Israel just did not look, or feel, either permanent or sustainable. I felt this when sitting in the old Ottoman courtyards of Jerusalem, and I felt it even more when I saw the hideous 'Fort Condo' settlements that had been thrown up around the city in order to give the opposite impression. If the statelet was only based on a narrow strip of the Mediterranean littoral (god having apparently ordered Moses to lead the Jews to one of the very few parts of the region with absolutely no oil at all), that would be bad enough. But in addition, it involved roosting on top of an ever-growing population that did not welcome the newcomers.” GodReligionIsraelOilPalestineMosesJerusalemJewsIsraeli Palestinian ConflictPalestiniansOttoman EmpireSettlementsMediterranean Basin Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir
“One of the most critical ways to protect nature is this: The dominant element in every settlement should be trees, not buildings!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesTreesNature QuotesTree QuotesNature QuotationsTree QuotationsTrees QuotesSettlements Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“In any negotiation, the one who first gives a number is the loser.” NegotiationSettlementNegotiationsSettlements Book:Beyond All Recognition Source: Beyond All Recognition