But for Palestinians who hope the West Bank will someday form part of a Palestinian state, the move is a grab not only for land but also for their past - a ploy to cut them out of history and away from land they say is rightfully theirs.

The Bible says David, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, first ruled in Hebron before conquering Jerusalem to the north. "You come to see where King David started his first palace, it blows you away. I don't know, it blows me away!" said David Wilder, spokesman for the Jewish community in Hebron.

The dig, located on a plot of Jewish-owned land that is part of an island of 500 settlers among some 250,000 Palestinians, takes place under the protective eyes of Israeli soldiers toting automatic weapons.

But how genuine is their opposition? The current disturbances in Ukraine and the western response to them, suggests that it’s highly selective to say the least. Let’s imagine for a moment that there were violent demonstrations led by ultranationalists and neo-Nazis in a Western European country, and that those demonstrators held up posters of figures who had collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.

That they had shouted neo-Nazi slogans and their leaders had made anti-Jewish and homophobic statements. That these same protesters had used violence to try and topple the democratically elected government – and that they had seized government buildings. We can expect the western elites and establishment journalists to fiercely denounce the protesters, who would definitely be labeled “rioters,” that they would call for “law and order” to swiftly be restored and for the leaders of the demonstrators to be arrested, and for them to be prosecuted under hate speech legislation.

Yet this is exactly what has been happening in Ukraine, and far from condemning the far-right protesters, the Western elites have been enthusiastically supporting their cause.

UNRWA has adopted the slogan “Peace Starts Here” but if the people responsible for its activities were honest about their true goals and the organization’s achievements over the past six decades, they would admit that “War Starts Here.”

UNRWA declares itself to be “one of the largest United Nations programmes, with over 30,000 personnel working across five areas of operations.” UNRWA manages the education of 492,000 students, who are indoctrinated with the idea that the miss-named “right of return” to what is now Israel is the goal for which they must live and die.

It is an ongoing recipe for disaster. In what is one of the greatest human rights tragedies of the 21st century, UNRWA perpetuates the stateless status of the refugees and their descendants, reinforcing a life of limbo, poverty and anguish. In order to get on track to genuine peace and for its stated goals to be taken seriously, UNRWA’s notorious policies advocating a “right of return” by force of arms must be thoroughly and permanently overhauled.

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon responded to Kerry's threats of boycotts, saying "we respect Secretary of State Kerry but will not hold talks with a gun to our head. Friends don't put ultimatums on the security of the state of Israel." Speaking at a security council in Munchen, Germany, Kerry also mentioned Defense Secretary Moshe Ya'alon's comments calling Kerry "messianic" and "obsessive" in trying to force Israel to submit to a peace deal, which would include massive territorial withdrawals and an Arab capital in Jerusalem.

"I'm a little surprised by the articles quoting statements on obsession or a fanatical effort to try and achieve peace," remarked Kerry. "We're just working hard, and I still am full of hope that our efforts will succeed and bring a peace agreement." At the same time that he rejected accusations of "fanaticism," Kerry stated "we're working hard, because the consequences of failure are unacceptable to us." Kerry's plan reportedly includes Israeli withdrawals along the 1949 Armistice lines.

This is not the first time the US Secretary of State has threatened Israeli security or interests in the event his country's "peace initiative" is not adopted by the Jewish state. Last November, Kerry threatened that Israel would face a "Third Intifada" - or violent uprising - if talks did not end with a "Palestinian state" in Judea and Samaria.

Set by the bank and intended to help households manage their debts, minimum repayments are set at a percentage of the outstanding debt plus interest or £5 – whichever is the greater sum. In 2010, the average was 2.15 per cent – today it is just 1.53 per cent, according to TotallyMoney, a credit card comparison website.

Based on the UK’s average £1,905 credit card debt, this adjustment costs a borrower an extra £411 in interest a year – and means it will take them two more years to clear their debts. In total, card firms are raking in an estimated extra £1.4 billion a year from the 3.3 million customers who pay only the minimum. Britons owe more than £55 billion on credit cards – nearly three times as much as in 1998.

Will Becker, chief executive of TotallyMoney said: ‘Many making the minimum repayment are never going to realise this has happened and are certainly never going to figure out how much it is going to cost them. With lower minimum repayments, getting rid of that credit card debt could be a long and expensive process for borrowers.’

If a borrower spends £2,000 on a credit card with interest at a typical 18.9 per cent and repays only a minimum 1 percent plus interest, it would take 19 years and 10 months to clear what is owed. The total interest payable would be £2,551 on top of the original £2,000 debt. However, if the same customer repaid 5 percent of the outstanding balance each month, they would pay just £287 in interest – and be free of debt in three years and 10 months.

A state-wide drought was declared earlier this month, as the largest reservoirs sank to record low levels. Forecasters have warned 2014 could be California's driest year on record. The extreme conditions have already caused a wildfire that destroyed homes in the Los Angeles area. Previous extremely dry years led to catastrophic wildfire seasons in California in 2003 and 2007.

It is the first time in the water agency's history that it has predicted a so-called "zero allocation", which will affect around 25 million people. State governor Jerry Brown said the announcement was a "stark reminder that California's drought is real". Meanwhile a spokesman for the state's farming federation called the news "a terrible blow".

Bill Gates' prediction of no poor countries by 2035 had more of an opportunity in 1984 than it does today. I hope he is right but as brilliant as he is I don't think so. Yes, America could continue to feed the world if it only learned to better take care of itself.

There is plenty of blame to be thrown around but President Obama gets the bulk of it. President Obama's vision of America and the world fits right in with George Orwell's 1984. The President via Obamacare and numerous other actions has made America a third world country. The world does not respect America and has little trust in the President.