Washington – The US State Department condemned the decision made by the Jerusalem Municipality’s Committee for Planning and Building on Wednesday permitting 558 new homes to be built in east Jerusalem.
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“Our position on Jerusalem is clear. We oppose any unilateral actions by either party that attempt to prejudge final status issues, including the status of Jerusalem,” said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki at the daily press briefing in Washington on Wednesday. “We’ve called on both sides to take steps to create a positive atmosphere for the negotiations.”
The decision to build new housing units amid contentious ongoing peace negotiations prompted a negative response from the Palestinians.
Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, called the moves a “deliberate provocation of the Palestinians to drive them to leave the negotiations.”
“Israel is not only capable of sabotaging the talks, but it is flagrantly destroying the chances of peace and stability throughout the region,” Ashrawi said in a statement.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has been the subject of recent criticism from Israeli officials in the last week, which has led to friction between Israel and the US as Kerry attempts to broker a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
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The Obama administration is showing their ugly side people need houses to live in and they cant wait till there is a peace agreement because the negotiations started 21 years ago under Rabin and there is no end in site Israel froze all building for 10 months and it was a disaster the peace talks didnt pick up and the price of housed sky rocketed people were struggling to find apartments
Read the Tanach Obama.
The final status of Jerusalem has already been determined. It is Jewish.
Hypocrisy! US never protests the Arab destruction and desecration of Har Habayis.
“US Condemns New Israeli Settlement Plan”
So what?
Yawn