According to leaks made to Haaretz 4 conditions are put to Netanyahoo by the US admin. to restore confidence:
1. Investigate the process that led to the announcement of the Ramat Shlomo construction plans in the middle of Biden's visit. The Americans seek an official response from Israel on whether this was a bureaucratic mistake or a deliberate act carried out for political reasons. Already on Saturday night, Netanyahu announced the convening of a committee to look into the issue.
2. Reverse the decision by the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee to approve construction of 1,600 new housing units in Ramat Shlomo.
3. Make a substantial gesture toward the Palestinians enabling the renewal of peace talks. The Americans suggested that hundreds of Palestinian prisoners be released, that the Israel Defense Forces withdraw from additional areas of the West Bank and transfer them to Palestinian control, that the siege of the Gaza Strip be eased and further roadblocks in the West Bank be removed.
4. Issue an official declaration that the talks with the Palestinians, even indirect talks, will deal with all the conflict's core issues - borders, refugees, Jerusalem, security arrangements, water and settlements.
Haaretz
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America has absolutly no desire for Israeli settlers to dispossess the Palestinians of the little that remains to them, no disire whatever to prosecute the Palestinians in any way. Israel benefits from these activities; America merely pays the price, in dollers and lives. This is an offense not only to morality but to commen sense.
ReplyDelete<span><span>Absolutely, and slowly, but steadily, the American public is becoming more aware of the realities behind the occupation and the dispossession of the Palestinians..The Bronners, the Kershners and the Goldbergs are doing their best but their best isn't enough to repel the huge tide of dissent. Hell, the waves are even getting bigger and bigger by the day..How long are the Americans going to accept to foot the bill for this insane danseuse who is an occupation anda land theft addict..?</span></span>
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