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AP sources: US getting tougher with Israel over settlements
Associated Press ^ | May 7, 2016 2:57 AM EDT | Matthew Lee and Bradley Klapper

Posted on 05/07/2016 1:57:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The United States will endorse a tougher tone with Israel in an upcoming international report that takes the Jewish state to task over settlements, demolitions and property seizures on land the Palestinians claim for a future state, diplomats told The Associated Press.

The U.S. and its fellow Mideast mediators also will chastise Palestinian leaders for failing to rein in anti-Israeli violence. But the diplomats involved in drafting the document said its primary focus will be a surge of construction in Jewish housing in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

The U.S. approval of the harsh language marks a subtle shift. Washington has traditionally tempered statements by the so-called “Quartet” of mediators with careful diplomatic language, but the diplomats said the U.S. in this case will align itself closer to the positions of the European Union, Russia and the United Nations, who emphasize Israel’s role in the Mideast impasse. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; Israel; Russia; US: New York; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2016election; dhimmitude; election2016; germany; iran; israel; israelsettlements; kerry; lebanon; newyork; obama; palestinians; rop; russia; settlements; stateofpalestine; terrorism; trump; unitedkingdom; waronterror; worldwar3
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To: Olog-hai

It’s not “the US”. It’s the Muzzies and their toads in the Obama regime doing this.


21 posted on 05/07/2016 5:24:12 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (San Andreas is "locked and loaded",)
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Meanwhile, Trump suggests that they carry on with construction - looks like those who tried to say he was against Israel really mixed up the message he was putting out....

Go Trump!

22 posted on 05/08/2016 3:34:16 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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I still think teamobama/valjar will have our US military fire at Israel before they leave the WH.


23 posted on 05/08/2016 11:45:25 AM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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