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| World leaders howl over Israeli settlements | |
| 2010-09-28 | |
| [Al Jazeera] World leaders have expressed regret and disappointment after Israel announced it would not extend the 10-month moratorium on new settler homes in the West Bank. Israeli settlers resumed building across the West Bank on Monday, after the partial freeze on construction expired, but there was widespread praise for Paleostinians, who held back on threats to quit peace talks over the move. "We are disappointed, but remain focused on our long term objectives," Philip Crowley, the US state department front man, said. "One way or the other the parties have to find a way to continue direct negotiations." How about: "Y'want construction to stop, whaddya got to trade?" UN Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon reminded Israel on Monday that the building of settlements on occupied territory was illegal, and said he was "disappointed" by the government's failure to extend its partial ban on further West Bank construction. European leaders were unanimously pious in their concern at the Israeli decision, and warned that the Middle East peace talks could founder on the issue. William Hague, Britain's foreign secretary, said he was "very disappointed" and would personally pass on his appeal to Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Foreign Minister, at the UN General Assembly in New York. Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, joined the growing international chorus against Israel, saying that its one-time ally was not showing signs that it wanted peace.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 HAL 9000 sez: "This conversation can no longer serve any useful purpose". |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-09-28 15:10 |
| #2 World leaders have expressed regret and disappointment after Israel announced it would not extend the 10-month moratorium on new settler homes in the West Bank. Imagine the howling when Persian Gulf oil becomes radioactive. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-09-28 03:48 |
| #1 warned that the Middle East peace talks could founder on the issue. Or any issue, or a broad range of issues, or simply for the HELL OF IT as they have a thousand times before! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-09-28 00:35 |