US: Jewish Homes Endangering World Peace, East Jerusalem Must Go to the Arabs
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U.S. Dept. of State's Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said she was "disappointed" by Israeli's provocative decision to build homes in Jerusalem.
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And we’re off to the races again, with a big NY Times headline: State Department Rebukes Israel Over Settlement Activity, and yet another absurd tail chasing by the U.S., the E.U., Israeli and Jewish leftists, who are convinced that the true threat to the much yearned for 2-state solution is the fact that Jews will live in homes.
The most likely outcome, unfortunately, is that Prime Minister Netanyahu will capitulate, as he has done so many times before it’s an embarrassment to even mention it any more. Netanyahu is like your slightly slow nephew that you catch stealing ten dollars from your jacket pocket. You let him know that you know he did it, only to discover half an hour later that the kid stole the same ten dollar bill yet again.
Does he really think we don’t know he has no intention of actually building anything, that it’s all an election-month gimmick, after which he will surely find a fantastic explanation as to why he must not follow through (I’ll never, ever forget the post-Pillar of Defense appearance of the three tenors, Bibi, Ehud and Ivette, who told us they have achieved for us the very goal that 2 weeks earlier all three described as absolutely insufficient).
But, for now, Netanyahu has promised to start construction on thousands of new homes, 1,500 in Ramot Shlomo, well within Jerusalem proper, and 5,000 in E-1, also inside the Jerusalem municipality. And, again for now, he hasn’t reneged yet, so, who knows, maybe he became a Zionist overnight and will stick by his promises.
The world, fulfilling its own part in this bizarre dance, has taken its cue from the Palestinians, and started shrieking.
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Reuters on Monday that “Settlement activity is unilateral” – you heard that? Going to the UN for statehood in violation of the written “Oslo” peace documents – that’s not unilateral. Building in Jerusalem – that’s a deal breaker.
Fayyad continued, saying the move “is completely adverse to the continued viability of a two-state solution and the possibility for our people to continue to exist.”
Now, observe the following exchange between a reporter and U.S. Dept. of State’s Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, over the issue of the mutual violations of the peace accords:
Reporter: “Up until now, the Palestinians haven’t had any recourse when these settlements were being built. Now, as an upgraded member of the United Nations General Assembly, they do have the option of joining the International Criminal Court or other courts and pursuing this as a matter of international law. And the United States itself recognizes that the settlements are not legal. So what incentive do you have to offer the Palestinians not to try and seek this redress in an international court when you yourself are saying that it’s provocative and it’s not legal?”
See what happened here? By acting unilaterally and in violation of their signed contracts with Israel, the Palestinians will now have to ability to take Israel to court over its own violations of the same contracts.
Ingenious.
Now, in PA PM Salam Fayad’s play book, a viable Palestinian state must have East Jerusalem as its capital. Unfortunately, Fayad knows the score, but countless Israeli governments have failed to act on this essential issue: if Israel does not create facts in the field with mass construction in East Jerusalem, they’ll take it away from us. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but some Israeli prime minister, wishing to show how big hearted he or she is (think Tzipi Livni), will give it away – unless it’s built and populated with hundreds of thousands of Jews.
And so, on cue, on Tuesday, E.U. foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton joined the chorus of condemnation, saying that the European block was “deeply dismayed by and strongly opposes” the Israeli plans.
U.S. Dept. of State’s Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, in her much quoted press briefing appearance on Tuesday, was asked: You will have seen Prime Minister Netanyahu’s comments this morning that they will continue to build in Jerusalem, East Jerusalem included, because it is the undivided and eternal capital of Israel. You will probably also have seen that several European countries that are members of the Security Council are talking about drafting some kind of condemnatory language about this. So one, I’m wondering what your reaction is to the Prime Minister’s comments, and two, I’m wondering if you’ll sign on to the European expression of extreme displeasure.”
tell a friendAbout the Author: JewishPress.com Senior Internet Editor Yori Yanover has been a working journalist since age 17, before he enlisted and worked for Ba'Machane Nachal. Since then he has worked for Israel Shelanu, the US supplement of Yedioth, JCN18.com, USAJewish.com, Lubavitch News Service, Arutz 7 (as DJ on the high seas), and the Grand Street News. He has published two fun books: The Cabalist's Daughter: A Novel of Practical Messianic Redemption, and How Would God REALLY Vote.
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I see you have the same opinion of our politicians as I have. Spineless, you wonder how they manage to stand up with no backbone. I hope you're wrong about Naphtali Bennet but given past history with supposedly right-wing politicians, I won't be surprised if your prediction is correct.
Israel and the US have been on opposite sides of the settlement issue since 1968. When will Israelis get over the fact that they aren't going to change a position that has been held by five Republican and four Democratic US Presidents?
Charlie, we in Israel are not going to change the world by building on our own land of which you and the rest of the world reject but rather HaShem is unfolding His plan for us in Israel of which also you and the rest of the world reject.
Concerning the American Administration's actions toward Israel, best that you educate yourself with some important history: http://www.hirhome.com/israel/hirally.htm
Mr. Bar-el, You are basically correct!
Charlie Hall is a Marxist fool–he shouldn't be here posting as he is not a supporter of Israel.
Liad Bar-el You are spot on. The Jews need to return to their Homeland, so they will need places to live. It is only when the Jews have returned that Jesus will return. I always stand with Israel, was there in May and would love to go back. God bless each and every one of you.
If the deal breaker is building, than we should built as much as the Arabs have built without permits. Settle on as much land without permit or ownership as has been done by Arabs to create more facts on the ground. Such hypocritical behavior for foreign representatives to ignore the illegal building done by the Arabs, yet again, when has Israel actually done anything about the Arabs building illegally.
SABABA, great for the Israelis, build build, build!!!! It is their capital!!!
As for Victoria Nuland–she is a wh*re of the Obama administration.
Keep building, building, building.