Posted on 03/10/2010 5:48:53 AM PST by rhema
In the midst of a high-profile visit by Vice President Joe Biden, Israel on Tuesday unveiled plans for new housing in disputed Jerusalem, a surprise step that embarrassed and angered the highest-ranking Obama administration official yet to visit the country.
Biden, who had come to promote new peace talks and to smooth the Obama administration's strained relations with a longtime ally, instead denounced Israel's plans to build 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem as a threat to the search for peace.
"I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem," Biden said, calling it "precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now."
"We must build an atmosphere to support negotiations, not complicate them," Biden said.
The sharp turn of events abruptly changed the tenor of the trip in its second day, coming just hours after the vice president proclaimed his love for Israel and declared enduring U.S. support. Biden's visit followed a year of tension brought on by Israel's defiance of the Obama administration's admonitions on precisely the same issue: housing settlements in disputed areas.
In Washington, the White House added its own criticism. But it was unclear how deeply the latest step by Israel would affect ties between the two countries, which have been strained by tensions over the Jewish state's hardline security measures.
Aides said Biden raised the issue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a dinner given in honor of the vice president's visit. U.S. officials have repeatedly warned Israel that such development in Jerusalem would anger Palestinians and further threaten prospects for peace.
Biden is to deliver a major address on U.S.-Israeli relations on Thursday. He will also meet with Palestinian and Jordanian officials.
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Dear Joe:
PWNED.
Love, Bibi
}:-)4
>”I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem,” Biden said...
Because housing is a right, EXCEPT FOR JEWS!!
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“Israel exerts sovereign right to its capital as Biden looks on astounded”
Joe Biden, foreign policy expert. I friggin’ LOVE this story!
“This administration has done NOTHING for Israel and I believe this is the lowest point of the two countries relationship in my lifetime”
Um...how old are you?
>Imagine this headline:
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>“Israel condemns US for new subdivisions in Northern Virginia”
LOL - That would be awesome... :D
40, how old are you?
you have freepmail
It's sad that Israel must continually pretend to negotiate in good faith with ignorant savages raised from the womb to desire their extermination.
And sending Biden is just proof that our own government has no sincere desire for diplomacy either.
OT or NT, would’t want to be putting God to the test... and yes it would be nice to see the evil eradicated... that day will come. As we strive to become perfected in Christ, we must be patient and endure evil and the pain it produces.
How DARE they build more housing in their capital city? What nerve!
Biden and his entourage should pack their bags and leave in the night without paying their hotel bill.
“stand up Chuck” Biden — what a dunce.
Some Jews I know are “secular” jews—that is not religious ones.
They are every bit as secularly murderous as marx or lenin was (both jews)
Joe “ho” Biden has to be one of the dumbest individuals on this planet by far.
Well Joe, just like your boss won, Israel won against the Arabs. They can damn well build where they like.
It is not known if Biden can actually read.
.. Lenin was a Jew? That’s something new..
Oh, I have been informed. Thanks.
Certainly. Lenin was of mixed ancestry but definitely had jewish ancestry on his father’s side I think. The point is that MOST of the leading Communists who took control of Russia in 1917-20 were of Jewish ethnicity...but not religious jews -— the other horrible kind.
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