The government’s decision to declare 4,000 dunam (1,000 acres) of land in Gush Etzion “state land” to clear the way for major construction has sparked a harsh response from the United States, Britain and the PA (Palestinian Authority).
America is calling on Israel to reverse decision which elicited an angry PA (Palestinian Authority) response; with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) accusing Israel is not being genuine in its announced support for a two-state solution.
Minister of the Economy (Bayit Yehudi) Naftali Bennett praised the decision, explaining that objections are expected as has always been the case regarding continued Israeli construction.
Justice Minister (The Movement) Tzipi Livni explains that the US is well-aware that Gush Etzion is and will always remain an integral component of Israel. She was critical of the announcement, pointing out that to date there have not be any audible US objections to Israel vis-à-vis Gush Etzion but now even the US is opposed to the reality created by the announced decision.
IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Major-General Yoav Mordechai explained the decision is “the continuation of the political leadership’s directives given at the end of Operation Brothers Return”, the operation to locate the kedoshim kidnapped by Hamas; Glad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Frenkel HY”D.
As was reported earlier, Head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council David Pearl praised the government decision and he remains optimistic that thousands of housing units will be constructed in the next two years as a result.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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this was top story front page news in CNN.com (and I won’t be surprised if it will also be front page in the New York Times.
good cop/bad cop
Israel will reverse its decision to annex and return the land to the Arabs immediately after the USA reverses its past decisions and returns the colonies to England and the rest of its lands to Spain, France, Mexico and Russia.
We’re the only country that is stopped from building on its own land.
In contrast this story didnt feature at all on the bbc front page of its website, and we all know how quick THEY are to condemn Israel for pretty much anything
The US, et al are idiots…if they actually think that any “peace agreement” is still possible.
If they think it is possible, they have to learn that terror will be met by building.
Why do they think that the Arabs will ever give into any agreement if they see that terror pays?
Encouraging terror is a way to achieve “peace?”
Why don’t they just come our bluntly and state their intentions…..to create for Israel “Auschwitz borders?”
I think we all know their intentions and those who are slow to realize should FINALLY wake up.
Whenever isreal is about to shift leftward on what’s of real importance to our destiny,they invariably cover it with bellicose settlement building
It is the land of the Jews , UK we didn’t steal the land The Lord gave it to US Jews , America we didn’t kill and wipe out the American Indians and take there land and put the rest in reservations to just drink boz , it is our land, not for you to take away from us Jews to give to Arabs
The US, under Hussein Obama or anyone else, has no right to meddle in the affairs of a sovereign Nation. How would they like it if Israel would start weighing in on what America should do about their Border crises? Immigration, Obama care, reperations for Blacks, Fracking, pipe lines,NSA spying, greenhouse gases, Ferguson riots, etc…?
B”H, the Israeli’s haven’t folded YET like a cheap camera.
not getting involved,
sorry to argue with you, but what about russia/ukraine, north/south korea, etc.
please dont tell me because there isnt another party, b/c America thinks there is, the PA