Posted on 03/22/2010 9:04:55 PM PDT by Steelfish
Netanyahu Reaffirms 'Right To Build' In Jerusalem
Benjamin Netanyahu "Jerusalem is not a settlement; it's our capital"
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asserted Israel's "right to build" in Jerusalem, amid a row with the US over plans for new homes in the city. "Jerusalem is not a settlement, it's our capital," the Israeli prime minister said in Washington.
But he did not mention controversial plans to build 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem in his speech. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton earlier urged Israel to make "difficult but necessary choices" for peace. The Palestinian Authority is furious at Israel's insistence on building on occupied territory.
It sees it as a serious stumbling block to the resumption of talks, which have been stalled for more than a year. In his speech to a convention of the influential pro-Israeli group Aipac (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), Mr Netanyahu said building in Jewish neighbourhoods in Jerusalem "in no way precludes the possibility of a two-state solution". He said Israel wanted Palestinians to be "our neighbours, living freely". He also called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to "come and negotiate peace".
Mr Netanyahu added that said while the US could help resolve the problems with the Palestinians, peace could not be imposed from the outside.
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Thank God for Bibi.
Praying for PM Netanyahu and Israel now. They will be facing Iran virtually alone sometime in the coming months. They have no choice, and they know it. If I could help in some way, I would — Obama and the whole Washington DC crowd be darned... :-)
Gotta love Netanyahu. Now that is a statesman.
Unreal isn’t it?
Makes no sense why the Jews universally support Obama & Co.
Especially given Obama’s willingness to “hold talks” (cozy-up) to the insane, bloodthirsty holocaust and 9/11 denier Ahmadinejahd.
I’d like to know what those 78% of jews think of Israel and their problem dealing with Hamas and the PA.
Dennis Prager explained the “jews” voting habits in an interesting way last week.....many gave up one “ism” for another “ism”.....Judaism....for Communism, Marxism....
Netanyahu is absolutely right. We have no right to tell him how to run Israel. If he wants to build, let him build. Screw the so-called “Palestinians”.
The Israelis need to tell Obozo and his little lapdog, Hitlery, to STFU and stay out of their business.
He is probably right. I like Prager and like his Happiness Hour on Fridays.
I cannot help but wonder, considering the timing of all of this, if the Administration didn’t deliberately cook this whole bru-ha-ha up as a convenient diversion from the Health Care debacle, just in case things went bad. We already know it was Rahm who proposed the “Plan B” that Comrade Peloski bravely refused to accept, so why wouldn’t Our Rahm cook up a tempest with those Joooooooooooooooooooossssssssssssssss, just in case he needed it??
Textbook Chicago Politics.
Their meeting on Tuesday is really a meeting between a MAN and child.
They will be damned - perhaps literally so for all eternity. Just sayin. (Had to change the language to convey the meaning, not to be vulgar).
We REAL Americans are with you, Bibi.
It makes huge sense if you follow scripture and believe in prophecy.
Otherwise, it lacks logic.
I'd like to believe we're not in the end of days, but it's hard to not acknowledge the forces of nature, geopolitical upheaval, and a flood of misanthropic tyrannical leaders, which have created a tinderbox on Earth.
With all due respect, thats Jooooooooooooooooooooozzzzzzzzzzzz.
I second the statement
Leadership in one simple phrase. Vs...uh,uh,um, uh, I, uh, I, I, uh.....
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