Posted on 03/25/2015 7:44:20 AM PDT by Star Traveler
EXCLUSIVE: Some 1,500 new housing units Har Homa on hold due to political sensitivity, Netanyahu's office presses pause on discussions.
Israel is freezing construction of 1,500 new housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, beyond the Green Line, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's election eve declaration that building in Jerusalem would continue regardless of international pressure.
The massive construction plan in Har Homa has been suspended "for neither planning nor professional reasons," Ynet has learned.
The Ministry for Construction and Housing and Jerusalem municipality confirmed that two critical planning discussions set for the coming week on advancing the construction have been canceled for unknown reasons.
Planning officials familiar with the details of the plan told Ynet that the program is not being advanced due to the political sensitivity and that there had been no approval from the Prime Minister's Office to hold the planning discussions.
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Jewish establishment sounds alarm as White House rhetoric intensifies [Israel]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3271564/posts
Leading figures in Washington’s pro-Israel community are calling on the Obama administration to turn down the temperature.
For years defensive of their support for US President Barack Obama and his White House, Washington’s pro-Israel establishment now fears that the train of US-Israel relations is “running off the tracks.” Speaking to The Jerusalem Post, their reactions ranged from deep concern to “bewilderment.”
“The fact that the outcome of a Democratic election in Israel seems to be of great concern” to the Obama administration, said David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, “is cause for deep anxiety and puzzlement.”
“Whatever the failings of the prime minister, the way this is unfolding runs completely contrary to the spirit of US-Israel relations,” Harris said. “The US appears to have a reasoned interest in prolonging the crisis.”
“As someone who was critical of several steps by [Netanyahu] during the campaign leading up to his re-election,” said Abe Foxman, longtime national director of the Anti-Defamation League, “I am even more troubled by statements now coming out of the White House.”
“What we are hearing from the Obama Administration raises deeper questions about their intentions and perspectives,” Foxman said. “From the beginning of the Obama years, there was a disturbing indifference to the mindset of the Israeli public.”
Obama’s revenge against Israel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3271462/posts
President Obama is angry with Israeli voters for re-electing Benjamin Netanyahu, and he’s willing to risk the lives and security of Israeli citizens to show it.
The State Department is reportedly considering reversing the decades-long policy of protecting Israel’s security at the United Nations and is threatening to allow the Security Council to compel Israel to enter forced negotiations with Hamas-controlled Palestine.
This action would be reckless—and shameful. At a time when anti-Semitic attacks are rocking Europe, and the need for a secure, Jewish state has rarely been more apparent, the Obama administration would force Israel to negotiate with entities that have sworn to wipe it off the map.
The unity government between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas is a sham. Hamas is controlling Gaza and would likely control all Palestinian territories if the Palestinian Authority would permit a vote. Even if Israel were forced to deal with the Palestinian Authority, this deal would have no impact on Hamas—and it may even enhance Hamas’s power.
Obama-Netanyahu Fallout is ‘Unprecedented’ in History
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3271438/posts
Historian reveals the key clashes between US presidents and Israeli prime ministers, and why none have been as bad as the current one.
The current diplomatic crisis between Israel and US President Barack Obama’s administration is the most vicious and public yet among only a handful of crises that have marred the close, long-running relationship, says an expert on relations between the two nations.
Obama’s frosty relationship with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hit new lows this month, with the White House criticizing remarks Netanyahu made on election day, in which he said a Palestinian state would not be founded if he was elected - which he quickly backtracked on, and warned foreign funded NGOs were busing Arab Israelis to vote en masse - which he apologized for.
The White House threatened in response to the issue of a Palestinian state that it may pull support for Israel at the UN, allowing such a state to be recognized. It likewise rejected Netanyahu’s apology on the Arab voter issue; Netanyahu’s warning noted that groups like V15 were busing in the voters to oust him, and the Senate has in fact launched a probe into Obama’s alleged funding of the V15 campaign.
Jewish refugees from Europe need housing.
Hope you are right, and not another case of the Victor acting like the Loser so as not to offend the Loser (Boehner and McConnell come to mind).
Actually this is more about the Saudis, and getting their help in the event of a strike on Iran, since the Obama-Jarrett appeasement "deal" with the Mullahs looks almost certain to get done.
Flashback: Report: Saudis might help Israel attack Iran in exchange for progress in peace process
islamists hate Jews.
What's the news?
Well ... Post #2 is news ... :-) ...
Netanyahu is PM of all Israelis, frequently following the lead of suicidal surrender monkeys who, after all, are Israelis too. That’s his history, and he’s way too old to change.
YOu are right about that, and I have noticed that pattern over the years, not just with Bibi.
No! No! No!
The rest of the world hates you, Israel. Nothing you do will change that.
Build wherever and whenever you like.
Netanyahu is the supreme Statesman for Israel. That’s the thing about Netanyahu ... he knows when and where to get things done. You can always depend on Netanyahu to do the best thing for Israel in the current environment he is working in!
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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