Biden scolds Israel over settlement plan | Reuters: "'It is incumbent on both parties to build an atmosphere of support for negotiations and not to complicate them,' Biden said in a media statement alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
'Yesterday the decision by the Israeli government to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem undermines that very trust, the trust that we need right now in order to begin ... profitable negotiations,' Biden said.
In Jerusalem, an Israeli cabinet minister apologized for what he termed 'real embarrassment' caused to Biden by the news Tuesday that Israel would erect 1,600 settler homes in an area of the occupied West Bank it annexed to the holy city.
Israel's announcement of the project changed the tone of a visit in which Biden had focused on reassuring Israelis that President Barack Obama was committed to their security in the face of a possible Iranian nuclear threat."
No comments:
Post a Comment
Spamming will be removed.
Due to spamming. Comments need to be moderated. Your post will appear after moderated regardless of your views as long as they are not abusive in nature. Consistent abusive posters will not be viewed but deleted.
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.