Israel Announces New Settlement Construction in the Wake of Family Massacre; Jeffrey Heller Springs into Action
Jeffrey Heller is Editor-in-Charge of Reuters Jerusalem Bureau. Googling his name and the word “settlements” produces over 70,000 results. This is a man literally driven to the core of his soul, by an obsession with Jews who choose to exercise their rights, in international law, to live beyond the 1949 Armistice Lines in the disputed territories constituting the original Mandate of Palestine.
Heller is not bothered much by murderous Palestinian terrorism, which he never characterizes as such, nor even by Palestinian incitement to murder Jews, which he only reports offhand and as noted by others (as if Heller is personally unaware of the barbarous incitement permeating all facets of Palestinian society):
Netanyahu, who spoke with Abbas by phone, said the statements by the Palestinian leadership were not strong enough and it must move to end what he termed incitement against Israelis in Palestinian schools, mosques and media.
But given an announcement by the Israeli government to build additional homes in the disputed territories, Heller burns the midnight oil to report the move… cont’d