News and Politics | July 19, 2009 | 3 comments

Israel rejects US demand to halt east Jerusalem project

source: http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=33242

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Thats right-Bite the hand that feeds you. It's more like Israel giving the finger to the American public. Again, Israel proves the reason they continue the atrocities against the Palestinian people is for the lust of money-GREED! What are Americans gonna do about it? here's the story:

Israel on Sunday rejected out of hand a United States demand to stop a building project in annexed east Jerusalem, in the allies' latest dispute over settlements.

Hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the government was not going to place restrictions on Jewish residents in a city that the state considers its capital.

"We cannot accept the idea that Jews will not have the right to live or to build anywhere in east Jerusalem. We cannot accept such restrictions," Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting.

"Unified Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish people and the state of Israel. Our sovereignty over it is unquestionable," he said, adding that the city's Palestinian residents could buy houses throughout the city.

Israel's ambassador in Washington Michael Oren was summoned to the State Department at the end of last week and was told the project, which aims to build housing units in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, should be halted, an Israeli official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

There was no immediate US comment on the reports.
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3 comments // Israel rejects US demand to halt east Jerusalem project

  • freecrack
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      freecrack  

    • what nation can protect its people when it behaves in the interests of foriegn nations and not thier own. the europeans could say we need to have socialized medicine. the fact that we dont isnt because we are giving a giant fuck you to the europeans its because we govern ourselfs independantly as does every other nation.
      also remember the us position on isreal is just that the stance that benefits the us.
      the situation between the isrealis and the palastinians is far more complex that settlements. to focus on settlements is like buying a new wardrobe after one day at the gym. sure one day those smaller sizes will be usefull but until the weight is lost its just a waste

    • 2 years ago
  • regularrf
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      regularrf  

    • Being a half a world away makes this a no brain er
      just mind our own business or.let the Jewish people build and stabilize the area bombed out shacks are not a good base to expand on.We the American government
      don't always make the right decisions see George Bush.

    • 2 years ago
  • WorldPeaceTV
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      WorldPeaceTV  

    • Under new US President Barack Obama, Washington has repeatedly pressed Israel to stop all settlement activity, something that hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far refused to do.

    • 2 years ago
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