Israeli officials love to negotiate while continuing to create "facts on the ground" by destroying one Palestinian home at a time.
Last year, a coalition of international rights groups and aid organizations said Israel's demolition of homes in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem had displaced more than 1,000 people in 2011, twice that of the previous year and the highest number since 2005.Fort Israel serves the Empire very much like the old US forts did while occupying Native American territories back in the 19th century.
Israel has sped up its construction of illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem in defiance of international law, while continuing to demolish Palestinian homes.