rssSettlement Construction Approved Right Before Obama-Netanyahu Meet
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 5:20 pm
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If the Israelis’ announcement of new settlement construction in Jerusalem during Vice President Biden’s Israel trip was “insulting,” what’s this?
The Jerusalem municipality has given final approval to a group of settlers construct 20 apartments in a controversial hotel in East Jerusalem, Haaretz learned on Tuesday.
The announcement comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington smoothing over ties with the United States over the latest settlement-related tensions, and hours before the premier was to meet with President Barack Obama in Washington.
Apparently Netanyahu’s fiery speech last night was only a prologue of how disinterested the Israeli PM is in mending fences with the Obama administration. Marc Lynch of George Washington University tweets that Obama should cancel his meeting with Netanyahu at the White House, scheduled to begin in just a couple of minutes.
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Comment posted March 23, 2010 @ 10:07 pm
“disinterested” does not mean “not interested.” Disinterest implies impartiality as in a baseball umpire. Netanyahu is hardly impartial about settlements.
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Comment posted March 23, 2010 @ 11:38 pm
This Israelis have no regard for anyone but themselves. Just today an I”Israeli diplomat was kicked out of Britain after it surfaced that he helped copy UK passports.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/0…
The US needs to step it up a notch if they wish to achieve a two state solution. It's going to take more than phone calls from Secretary Clinton to get the job done.
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Comment posted March 24, 2010 @ 2:28 am
I think it is time to stop being the primary source of cash and weapons for Israel. Their ideals are no longer the same as ours, and we need the cash. If they are so stubborn, let them go it alone!
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Comment posted March 24, 2010 @ 5:22 pm
“The US needs to step it up a notch if they wish to achieve a two state solution. It's going to take more than phone calls from Secretary Clinton to get the job done”
Why should we “step it up”? We shouldn't want peace for THEIR country more than they do. If they don't care, then why should we?
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