I love Silvan Shalom’s comment that Washington’s “one-sided” pressure on Israel could derail peace efforts. Talk about cocky! So Israel poo-poos on the United States, continues with construction in east Jerusalem and now is saying that the U.S. could derail peace efforts; not the Jews for continuing construction on land that is to be a future Palestinian state, but the U.S.
What arrogance; and this coming from a little country whose inhabitants are descendants of a horde of nomads from the desert. TGO
Refer to brief story below. Source: Associated Press
JERUSALEM – Members of Israel’s hard-line government are lining up behind embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his dispute with the U.S. over Jewish construction in east Jerusalem.
Two Cabinet ministers, including Israel’s vice prime minister, accused the White House on Thursday of unfairly pressuring the Jewish state.
Netanyahu left Washington early Thursday after a last-ditch effort to heal the rift with the U.S. failed. Washington wants Israel to stop building Jewish homes in east Jerusalem — the section of the city that the Palestinians claim as their future capital. Netanyahu refuses.
Netanyahu’s deputy and rival, Silvan Shalom, told Israel Radio he “completely supports” the prime minister. He also warned that Washington’s “one-sided” pressure on Israel could derail peace efforts.
