There is scare campaigning one expects and there is totally inappropriate scare campaigning. This has to be unacceptable.
'Al-Qaeda would blow up Christ's burial site', says Benjamin Netanyahu - Telegraph
The article moves on:
"... If we move out of even one piece of Jerusalem, Hamas moves in, Iran would have a base to attack us in the heart of our capital."
It emerged yesterday that the size of Jewish settlements on the West Bank had grown by 69 per cent in 2008. Activists with Peace Now reported that Israel's army was quietly promoting the establishment of new settlements, as well as the expansion of existing outposts.
The development appears to violate Israel's official promises to restrict the unrestrained growth of the settlements.
The fear that lays at the heart of such campaigning is understandable, but not acceptable when there is a way forward to peace.
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