MK Taleb Sanaa (Ta'al-United Arab List)
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An Arab Member of Knesset (MK) from the United Arab List-
Ta'al, Taleb Sanaa, has described Jewish settlers in the
occupied Palestinian territories as analogous with a
'malignant tumor.'
"There is no connection between civil rights and settlers in
the Palestinian territory whose point of view is to
persecute and abuse. These vermin must not be permitted.
According to international law, settlers are prohibited from
being there. They are a cancerous tumor," Sanaa said.
"The settlers don't give a damn about the government and the
High Court of Justice's decisions. They come to the Knesset
to enforce terror."
The comment set off a flurry of furious reactions from the
participants during the Monday morning session of Knesset to
discuss the 10-month moratorium on settlement construction,
its implications and its possible negative effects on the
civil rights of West Bank residents.
Committee chairman MK David Rotem from Israel Beiteinu party
irately replied, "If the settlers are a malignant tumor in
the body of the Palestinian state, we hope the tumors will
grow until the Palestinian state ceases to exist."
MK Michael Ben-Ari form National Union party consequently
accused Sanaa of provoking incitement against settlers.
The Israeli plans to build apartments for Jews in East
Jerusalem Al-Quds, where Palestinians hope to set up the
capital of a future state, as well as occupied West Bank
territories have undermined efforts to jump-start the
stalled Middle East peace process.
Tel Aviv is currently under intense pressure from the
international community to halt the construction of illegal
settlements in the West Bank. Israeli settlements are widely
considered the main obstacle in the way of Israeli-
Palestinian peace talks.
Under the 2002 Roadmap for Peace plan brokered by the United
States, the European Union, the United Nations, and Russia,
Israel has to 'dismantle settlement outposts erected since
2001 and freeze all settlement activities.'
There are currently 121 Israeli settlements and 102 Israeli
outposts built on Palestinian land occupied by Israel in
1967.
These settlements and outposts are inhabited by a population
of approximately 462,000 Israeli settlers. Some 191,000
Israelis are living in settlements around Jerusalem Al-Quds
and an additional 271,400 are spread throughout the West
Bank.
All of these settlements and outposts, which have been
erected on occupied land that the Palestinians claim for a
future state, are illegal under international law and have
been condemned by numerous United Nations Security Council
resolutions.
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