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Al-Maliki: Israeli settlements blocking progress | ||
2009-06-21 | ||
[Iran Press TV Latest] Contrary to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's claim, his Palestinian counterpart believes that Israeli settlement activities are the 'main obstacle' to the peace process.
"Lieberman has a twisted vision and analysis about the settlements' issue," al-Maliki added, explaining that settlement expansion was part of a larger Israeli plan to occupy Palestinian land. Despite Lieberman's claim, the construction of settlements has always been a sticking point in talks between Palestinian and Israeli officials. US President Barack Obama has called for a halt to settlement activities which are ongoing in the West Bank and al-Quds-Sharqi (East Jerusalem). Defying US calls, hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his first major foreign policy address on Sunday, stated that the construction would continue in the already existing settlement areas. The issue is widely viewed as Tel Aviv's plan to engineer the demographic features of al-Quds-Sharqi (East Jerusalem) and Judaize what it calls "the future capital of Israel".
While the Obama administration seems determined to pursue the two-state solution and establish peace in the region, opinion polls suggest that Palestinian and Israeli citizens have 'little hope' that such negotiations would bear fruit. | ||
Posted by:Fred |
#1 If the Juice stopped building settlements, the Paleos would just move on to the next "issue". If the Israeli government forcibly moved all Jews out of the disputed settlements, the Paleos would just move on the next "issue". Repeat past nauseum. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-06-21 19:33 |