The Jerusalem Post ran an article today entitled Major Settlement Building Won’t Stop. The article is about the Israeli government’s refusal to halt settlement building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Although there has been much outcry from around the world about Israel’s continual development in the occupied territories, the Israeli government believes it is crucial to continue building where there are already large Israeli populations. Not only have the Palestinians demanded that no such settlements be built, but Condeleezza Rice has spoke out, in rare fashion, against further development. The US Secretary of State told the JPost that “the US opposes any new construction in the southeastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, and does not distinguish between Israeli building in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. Perhaps Bush will not be greeted the open arms he expected when he arrives in Israel next week.
January 10, 2008...7:00 pm
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