USA: Israeli settlements on the West Bank don't violate international law

wakey wakey. you're not paying attention. i am making the case the UN (and hence it's actions) is illegitimate as there is no demos it is accountable to.

Then Israel is also an illigitimate settler state founded by European Jewish settlers and a remenant of British colonialism.

So next time Iran or whatever country goes on about wiping Israel off the map, you should care less because by your standards if a more powerful nation emerged and was able to conquer Israel they would have every right as "international law is illegetimate". You can't have your cake and eat it.

Btw if we take your standards further then Nazis shouldn't have been put on trial at Nuremberg.

wakey wakey. you're not paying attention. i am making the case the UN (and hence it's actions) is illegitimate as there is no demos it is accountable to.

but israel won the land in a defensive war. this is key.

and in Israel, the demos is the Israeli electorate. genius.

but israel won the land in a defensive war. this is key.

You can't 'win' land in a war, even if the war is "defensive" (which it wasn't, but that's irrelevant).

I was surprised.
If it had been an announcement of increased military aid or grants, I wouldn't have blinked at all.
I'm not suggesting that the Trump administration's decision is wrong, only rather unexpected.

Quite a few Democratic and Republican senators have close links with various pro-Israel organisations.
America has long been a staunch ally of Israel- under both Democrat and Republican administrations.
Since the 1960s almost every Democratic and Republican Party presidential nominee has sought to established dialogue with America's largest pro-Israel lobby AIPAC with a view to seeking their support or recognition as pro-Israel candidates.

According to the AIPAC website:
"AIPAC works with Democrats and Republicans"
"The United States Congress has provided Israel with the strongest support of any institution in the world.
Maintaining bipartisan congressional support for Israel is crucial."

I was surprised.
If it had been an announcement of increased military aid or grants, I wouldn't have blinked at all.

but israel won the land in a defensive war. this is key.

and in Israel, the demos is the Israeli electorate. genius.

War is starting to sound frightfully like a game of poker now..

One colonial settler-state supporting the colonial expansion of - and ethnic cleansing by - another colonial settler-state, who could have seen that coming?

but israel won the land in a defensive war. this is key.

Then Israel is also an illigitimate settler state founded by European Jewish settlers and a remenant of British colonialism.

So next time Iran or whatever country goes on about wiping Israel off the map, you should care less because by your standards if a more powerful nation emerged and was able to conquer Israel they would have every right as "international law is illegetimate". You can't have your cake and eat it.

Who determines whether a war was offensive or defensive

Just a quick reminder that anyone objecting to this policy, or the original settlements, is officially Anti-Semitic.

Many fervent zionists, orthodox jews and disgruntled Israeli taxpayer living in other areas have issues with the West Bank settlements.
Particularly as regards those residential complexes housing settlers who emigrated from the soviet union for economic reasons.
Something of a hostile perception exists of some settlements, accompanied by allegations that the occupants are atheists who don't seem to share many of the cultural taboos or partake of the religious traditions that many Israelis view as central components of a jewish-Israeli identity whilst living in Israel.

Maybe but theyre also one of, if not the, most important demographic in elections there due to their huge numbers.

As are the haredi, who tend to have even larger families than most other Israelis.
But often the lifestyles of both groups have the effect of fuelling hostility from the locals of Tel Aviv & Haifa and antagonising the military.