Budgets for Illegal Settlements

Jubilee recently did a very insightful and fascinating video where they sat down three Israelis and three Palestinians to talk about their differences and similarities regarding the Israel-Palestine crisis. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jj8vne0ca0 If you watched it, what are your thoughts?

"President Donald Trump has announced that the US formally recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will begin the process of moving its embassy to the city, breaking with decades of US policy." ...He added he is not taking position on any final status issues, including contested borders. Trump said he intends "to do everything" in his power to help forge a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians. ...Shortly after Trump's speech, Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, said the US president "destroyed any possibility of peace" and was "pushing this region towards chaos [and] violence"." Source: Al Jazeera

This is an article/interview that I did in collaboration with a friend of mine from Palestine two years ago, which received plenty of attention at my school during that time. We tried to convey the perspective of an insider who has lived all her life under occupation in a city with most settlements. http://politicsmadepublic.com/is-there-a-third-intifada-2/