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WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in East Jerusalem.
The State Department said Clinton spoke to Netanyahu by phone to express U.S. frustration with Tuesday's announcement that cast a pall over a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden. A State spokesman said the Israeli move has endangered indirect peace talks with the Palestinians that the Obama administration had announced just a day earlier.
Clinton called "to make clear that the United States considered the announcement to be a deeply negative signal about Israel's approach to the bilateral relationship and counter to the spirit of the vice president's trip," department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.
The harsh criticism of America's closest Mideast ally and questions about its commitment to the U.S.-Israeli relationship followed equally blunt condemnation of the housing announcement from the White House and Biden himself.
It also comes ahead of a trip to the region by U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell and a meeting in Moscow next week of senior officials from the Quartet of Mideast peacemakers.
The Israeli announcement took the U.S. by surprise and enraged Palestinians and Arab states, jeopardizing indirect peace talks Mitchell is to mediate
"The secretary said she could not understand how this happened, particularly in light of the United States' strong commitment to Israel's security and she made clear that the Israeli government needed to demonstrate not just through words but through specific actions that they are committed to this relationship and to the peace process," he said.
Crowley stressed that the United States strongly objected to both the content and timing of the announcement and said Clinton had "reinforced that this action had undermined trust and confidence in the peace process and in America's interests."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100312/ap_ ... east/print
I read a lot on here about how the Obama administration is just more of the same from Bush but this stuff makes me think he really is committed to working on a resolution in Israel. I know it won't satisfy the Palestinians demands but its good to know his administration is willing to condemn Israel.
The State Department said Clinton spoke to Netanyahu by phone to express U.S. frustration with Tuesday's announcement that cast a pall over a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden. A State spokesman said the Israeli move has endangered indirect peace talks with the Palestinians that the Obama administration had announced just a day earlier.
Clinton called "to make clear that the United States considered the announcement to be a deeply negative signal about Israel's approach to the bilateral relationship and counter to the spirit of the vice president's trip," department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.
The harsh criticism of America's closest Mideast ally and questions about its commitment to the U.S.-Israeli relationship followed equally blunt condemnation of the housing announcement from the White House and Biden himself.
It also comes ahead of a trip to the region by U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell and a meeting in Moscow next week of senior officials from the Quartet of Mideast peacemakers.
The Israeli announcement took the U.S. by surprise and enraged Palestinians and Arab states, jeopardizing indirect peace talks Mitchell is to mediate
"The secretary said she could not understand how this happened, particularly in light of the United States' strong commitment to Israel's security and she made clear that the Israeli government needed to demonstrate not just through words but through specific actions that they are committed to this relationship and to the peace process," he said.
Crowley stressed that the United States strongly objected to both the content and timing of the announcement and said Clinton had "reinforced that this action had undermined trust and confidence in the peace process and in America's interests."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100312/ap_ ... east/print
I read a lot on here about how the Obama administration is just more of the same from Bush but this stuff makes me think he really is committed to working on a resolution in Israel. I know it won't satisfy the Palestinians demands but its good to know his administration is willing to condemn Israel.
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Obama is picking up with Clinton left off when we were close to a settlement around 1996 I believe. He has stated what he wanted in regards to Israel from the get go and has not wavered from it. We all know that the Palestinians are getting screwed here but so did the Native Americans here, the Jews in Europe, the Armenians in Turkey, etc etc. Why are we not up in arms about all of those atrocities but we care so much about the Palestinians???
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because our tax dollars are subsidizing it. also, the native americans and what happened to the jews is way in the past, this is right now
i do like that they are willing to SAY they don't approve of this but will it change how much money and weapons we give them? i would like to see some actions like cutting back their aid if they don't comply, and technically it's illegal for us to give israel ANY aid because they have a secret nuclear program and use weapons we sell them on civilians.
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