"We strongly oppose settlement activity, which is corrosive to the cause of peace. These steps by Israeli authorities are the latest examples of what appears to be a steady acceleration of settlement activity that is systematically undermining the prospects for a two- state solution."

“All the building will be done by the Defense Ministry and will be presented as construction for the IDF’s needs.”
--Document revealed that confirms the system of confiscating Palestinian land by military order, which is allowed by international law, as a cover for the purpose of establishing settlements, which is not.*

"No good can come out of this trial."
--Yedioth military affairs commentator Yossi Yehoshua attended the trial where Sgt. Elor Azariya, 'the Shooting Soldier from Hebron' testified for the first time and left with mixed feelings.*

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You Must Be Kidding: 
Sgt. Elor Azaria also alleged in his trial that the B'tselem videotape that captured his execution of the incapacitated Palestinian assailant and which led to his prosecution, "was a violation of human rights, it shows only what he (the photographer) wanted to show."**

"Inshallah, we will meet in Riyadh."
--Saudi Arabian Gen. (ret.) Anwar Eshki told a group of Jewish members of Knesset he met with in E. Jerusalem.*

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You Must Be Kidding: 
Israeli forces detained Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat at the weekly protest in Bilin on Friday. Burnat’s 2011 Oscar-nominated documentary, "5 Broken Cameras," showed his first-hand account of the protests in Bilin that began in 2005 against the expansion of nearby Israeli settlements and the construction of Israel's separation wall, which separated Bilin residents from their privately owned lands.**

"Against these two groups we must battle. Otherwise, we will become, sooner or later, a democracy - Turkish style."
--Yedioth's top political commentator, Nahum Barnea, writes that two groups are challenging Israel's democracy: the government and radical religious Zionism.*
  “Israel is witnessing a deep, racist and dark intifada of hatred.”
--Opposition leader and Zionist Camp leader MK Isaac Herzog said he fears a civil war.**