re: #674 drcordell

Exactly. That is all I am saying. I used the term “East Jerusalem” to refer to the controversy over increased Israeli settlements. Just as the term is used by all of the journalists who cover the diplomatic relations between Israel in the U.S. And by the U.S. Dept. of State. And by Netanyahu’s staff itself.

I looked back upthread to see where the whole controversy arose.

I see why the media reports it like that. I also see why you chose to do the same.

But I also think it is fundamentally misleading (when referring to the recent Ramat Shlomo thing) to call it “East Jerusalem”.

Part of the “settlements” problem is that the media completely avoids nuances.

Anywhere in Jerusalem beyond the Green Line is a “settlement”. Anywhere in the West Bank whether in a major settlement bloc or a hilltop outpost is a “settlement”. When you avoid dealing with any of the nuances, inherent there, it causes a LOT of people to misunderstand.