# Why do the Israelis build settlements?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 25, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-israelis-build-settlements/590273 "2011-07-25T15:35:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-israelis-build-settlements/590273/145 "2011-07-27T23:36:12Z")

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> [@Sevastopol](#):
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> Of course he wasn’t really making that case. There is not an iota of integrity in **Airman** ’s post. He dutifully gave the stock right-wing phrasing and moved on. As they do. It is about demonstrating support, not soundly made argument.

This is an attack on **Airman Doors, USAF** as a person rather than a rebuttal of anything he said. Stick to commenting on the arguments rather than the people making them.

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