No overview of what’s changed in Israel since the Six Day War would be complete without a discussion of how the settlement movement has altered the face, and shape, of the nation’s heartland

F or those who enjoy word-association games mention the word “settlement” especially in the context of the Middle East and you will evoke a wide range of reactions.
For some settlements imply a return to the Jewish biblical heartland a return that is an inalienable right even a mandate from G-d.
For others it’s either an impediment to peace or no longer an impediment to peace but perhaps just unhelpful.
For yet others the word implies apartheid human-rights abuses and Palestinian dislocation.
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