Israel Gives US the Finger - Announces 2600 New Houses on Eve of Obama Meeting

[gryfin]

Looks like Israel tried to pull a fast one and got caught. It tried to announce the illegal housing development without anyone outside of Israel noticing. Netanyahu is not happy that the the Hebrew only announcement was revealed to the world.

"The Obama administration sharply criticized Israel on Wednesday, just hours after President Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that it will face international condemnation “from even its closest allies” if it proceeds with a massive new housing project in East Jerusalem.

News of the construction effectively overshadowed the Oval Office meeting, the first between the two leaders since this summer’s Gaza war and the start of the multinational military offensive against the Islamic State.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States is “deeply concerned” about the proposal to build more than 2,600 housing units in Givat Hamatos, or Airplane Hill, in East Jerusalem. The settlement would be built in an area the Palestinians envision as part of their future state, making it more difficult to realize Palestinian aspirations of East Jerusalem as their capital."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...2680d6-4999-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html

http://peacenow.org/issue.php?cat=blog#.VC6eVfldXhs

https://twitter.com/kampeas/status/517807802191187968

 

[fuji]

This is the location where all the Ethiopian Jewish refugees live in a tent camp? And 800 of the planned houses are for Palestinians?

Seems like much ado about nothing.

 

[gryfin]

This is the location where all the Ethiopian Jewish refugees live in a tent camp? And 800 of the planned houses are for Palestinians?

Seems like much ado about nothing.

What do you think matters more....the US State Department or an oily windbag? I'll go with the US State Department.

"State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States is “deeply concerned” about the proposal to build more than 2,600 housing units in Givat Hamatos, or Airplane Hill, in East Jerusalem. The settlement would be built in an area the Palestinians envision as part of their future state, making it more difficult to realize Palestinian aspirations of East Jerusalem as their capital."

 

[nottyboi]

This is the location where all the Ethiopian Jewish refugees live in a tent camp? And 800 of the planned houses are for Palestinians?

Seems like much ado about nothing.

Hey Fuji, how would you feel if someone seized your house, took 2/3 for them self and left you 1/3? Sounds like nothing? Whats you address?

 

[IM469]

Hey Fuji, how would you feel if someone seized your house, took 2/3 for them self and left you 1/3? Sounds like nothing? Whats you address?

If it's Israeli Jews, I'm sure he would give it to them. He didn't have any buildings in his backyard anyway so it would seem like a big ado about nothing.

 

[basketcase]

Hey Fuji, how would you feel if someone seized your house, took 2/3 for them self and left you 1/3? Sounds like nothing? Whats you address?

Strange that in none of the articles including from peace now does it say that people are being evicted from homes. In fact the Peace now report gryf linked explicitly say there is no private Palestinian land involved.


Yes, housing announcements aren't helpful to peace (though this isn't a new announcement, it was approved and criticized in 2012). Of course there are other major obstacles to peace that G&G choose not to mention.

 

[fuji]

Hey Fuji, how would you feel if someone seized your house, took 2/3 for them self and left you 1/3? Sounds like nothing? Whats you address?

The irony here is you are talking about the "Jewish Quarter" of Jerusalem and in this case some surrounding lands. Know why it is called the Jewish Quarter?

The surrounding land was empty until it became a refugee camp for Jews fleeing Ethiopia.

 

[basketcase]

The irony here is you are talking about the "Jewish Quarter" of Jerusalem and in this case some surrounding lands. Know why it is called the Jewish Quarter?
....

Don't you get it? Arabs ethically cleansing the Jewish population of the old city in 1949 is okay but Israel building new homes on land where Jews are currently living is genocide.

 

[Aardvark154]

Everyone who has the brainpower of a horsefly knows that east Jerusalem will never be part of a Palestinian state.

As I've stated several times before it will have to be under joint sovereignty of some sort. Neither party will like it, but neither party will accept anything less.

 

[Aardvark154]

What do you think matters more....the US State Department or an oily windbag? I'll go with the US State Department.

Quite obviously you don't know much about either "Foggy Bottom" or Jennifer Psaki, when you make a statement like this!

 

[bishop]

Netanyahu already said publicly in June 2014 that there will never be a 2 state solution, a one state solution will never happen and god help both the Jews and Arabs if it did. So what is left is continuation of the same policy, digest all the land until there is no Palestine.

 

[nottyboi]

Strange that in none of the articles including from peace now does it say that people are being evicted from homes. In fact the Peace now report gryf linked explicitly say there is no private Palestinian land involved.


Yes, housing announcements aren't helpful to peace (though this isn't a new announcement, it was approved and criticized in 2012). Of course there are other major obstacles to peace that G&G choose not to mention.

The reason there are no evictions is because the land was already ethnically cleansed. This is just the final phase of it.

 

[nottyboi]

Netanyahu already said publicly in June 2014 that there will never be a 2 state solution, a one state solution will never happen and god help both the Jews and Arabs if it did. So what is left is continuation of the same policy, digest all the land until there is no Palestine.

That is the plan, it is working quite nicely so far.

 

[gladheateher]

fool time

Looks like Israel tried to pull a fast one and got caught. It tried to announce the illegal housing development without anyone outside of Israel noticing. Netanyahu is not happy that the the Hebrew only announcement was revealed to the world.

So? What are you going to do about it? Yeah, that's what I thought ... LOL @ you ass clown !

 

[nottyboi]

So? What are you going to do about it? Yeah, that's what I thought ... LOL @ you ass clown !

That picture in your signature...how come the Israels solder is pointing his gun at a baby while the Pali soldier is pointing his gun at the Israeli soldier. Does that mean IDF are baby killers?

 

[Moviefan-2]

Quite obviously you don't know much about either "Foggy Bottom" or Jennifer Psaki, when you make a statement like this!

That's what I was thinking.

 

[fuji]

That picture in your signature...how come the Israels solder is pointing his gun at a baby while the Pali soldier is pointing his gun at the Israeli soldier. Does that mean IDF are baby killers?

Keep thinking about it, you ALMOST got it, you are right on the edge of understanding why there were so many civilian casualties in Gaza.

 

[gryfin]

Keep thinking about it, you ALMOST got it, you are right on the edge of understanding why there were so many civilian casualties in Gaza.

Yes, combine that image with the 400 Palestinian children murdered by Israel during the latest assault on Gazans and the reality of Israel's homicidal tendencies towards children are aptly illustrated.

 

[fuji]

No one was murdered by Israel. Zero. You have no basis for that claim (and probably can't define the word "murder" either).

The reality is that Hamas is responsible for the deaths.

 

[groggy]

No one was murdered by Israel. Zero. You have no basis for that claim (and probably can't define the word "murder" either).

The reality is that Hamas is responsible for the deaths.

Tell that to the ICC.
Abbas should be hitting the UN SC with his resolution to end the occupation by 2016.
When the US vetoes that, Palestine will join the ICC.

Then you can tell that to the ICC.