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| US: Israeli settlement offer not enough | |
| 2009-11-14 | |
Speaking at the Middle East Institute in Washington, Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns reiterated Barack Obama's insistence that the US does not "accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements." "We consider the Israeli offer to restrain settlement activity to be a potentially important step, but it obviously falls short of the continuing Road Map obligation for a full settlement freeze," Burns added, according to the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz. His comments came a week after President Mahmoud Abbas announced he would not seek a second term in office, saying he made up his mind when it became clear the US would not alter its position in favor of Israel and the settlement enterprise. The announcement came days after Palestinians were left stunned when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised as unprecedented Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer to limit construction in West Bank settlements to some 3,000 additional housing units. Meanwhile on Friday, The Jerusalem Post, an English-language Israeli newspaper, reported that construction was moving forward throughout parts of East Jerusalem, despite an Israeli minister's insistence that no new projects had been approved in the occupied city or West Bank since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office at the end of March. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 . . . US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised as unprecedented Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer to limit construction in West Bank settlements to some 3,000 additional housing units. Amateur hour. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-11-14 19:48 |
| #1 Bibi has already seen that people who say "FU" to the Zero get treated better than allies |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-14 14:39 |