Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Netanyahu rejects US demand to stop settlements in Jerusalem

Ramallah, July 19, 2009, (Ramattan)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected on Sunday an American demand to stop construction in the occupied East Jerusalem.
"Our sovereignty in Jerusalem is indisputable," Netanyahu said during the weekly cabinet meeting, "We can't agree to such a demand in East Jerusalem."
The U.S. State Department summoned the Ambassador of Israeli in Washington Michael Oren over the weekend, and told him that building housing units in East Jerusalem should be halted, Israel Radio and Army Radio reported.
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13 comments:

  1. DancingOpossumJuly 21, 2009 at 11:11 AM

    And the price they pay for this is...? Nothing, of course.

    Note that Oren was not told of any consequences that Israel would incur by continuing to build settlements. Of course not.

    In better news, Germany has awarded one of its highest honors to Elisabeth Langer, a Jewish lawyer who has aggressively sought to have Israeli leaders tried as war criminals. Really!! Naturally, the usual suspects have gone ballistic.

    The article -- from Norman Finkelstein's site -- is amusing in its own right. The paper is clearly pro-Israel and the writer does an impressive job of making this hero into a raving loony anti-Semite while maintaining a veneer of objectivity:

    http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/a-surprising-award-from-politically-correct-germany-to-a-wonderful-human-being/

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  2. DancingOpossumJuly 21, 2009 at 11:12 AM

    Apologies -- Felicia Langer, not Elisabeth.

    As part of my company's cost-cutting measures they've taken away our free coffee, and it shows :-D

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  3. AnnJuly 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Okay, Obama, time to show us what you are made of.  Netanyahu is standing on your foot -- what are you going to do?

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  4. AnnJuly 21, 2009 at 5:05 PM

    I admire Norman Finkelstein.  I remember seeing a Youtube clip of him in an interview during Israel's massacre of Gaza in January.  The interviewer asked him something about "how does this make you feel?".  Finkelstein wasn't buying, it; he refused to answer, saying instead that at least he was able to feel, unlike all the dead Palestinians whose lives were obliterated in the assault.

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  5. thankgodimatheistJuly 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM

    "This shoe needs a bit of a polish, sir!"

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  6. thankgodimatheistJuly 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM

    "Those shoes needs a bit of a polish, sir!"

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  7. vJuly 21, 2009 at 5:41 PM

    <span style="font-family: Verdana;">"The Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported that the housing project was developed by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz, an influential supporter of Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem."</span>

    Seems that the fine line of "legal" activity has to be drawn here, something with teeth has to be applied - just like the draconian and often erring matter of sending money to terrorist groups. If the Zionists who are citizens of the USA do not like it - thay can just move :)

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  8. vJuly 21, 2009 at 5:45 PM

    <span style="font-family: Verdana;">"The Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported that the housing project was developed by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz, an influential supporter of Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem."</span> from article
     
    Seems that the fine line of "legal" activity has to be drawn here, something with teeth has to be applied - just like the draconian and often erring matter of sending money to terrorist groups. If the Zionists who are citizens of the USA do not like it - they can just move :) However, even if they move, the money that is generated in the USA should not go for cruel activity like dispossessing Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem in defiance of International Law.

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  9. vzaJuly 21, 2009 at 8:18 PM

    He's the same guy who has the big Bingo business in LA. This was on angryarab:

    <div id="main-article-info">
    <h1>Gambling with peace: how US bingo dollars are funding Israeli settlements</h1>
    <p>• California charity 'a barrier to West Bank resolution'
    • Millionaire's foundation must be curbed, critics say
    <p> 
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/19/us-bingo-funding-israeli-settlements</div>

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  10. vzaJuly 21, 2009 at 8:19 PM

    He's the same guy who has the big Bingo business in LA. This was on angryarab: 
     
     
    Gambling with peace: how US bingo dollars are funding Israeli settlements
    • California charity 'a barrier to West Bank resolution' 
    • Millionaire's foundation must be curbed, critics say
      
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/19/us-bingo-funding-israeli-settlements

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  11. thankgodimatheistJuly 21, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    Thanks Ann for this article. I'll make a post tonight.

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  12. thankgodimatheistJuly 21, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    "Those shoes need a bit of a polish, sir!"

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  13. vJuly 21, 2009 at 11:41 PM

    absolutely correct

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